Shortcuts and other time saving tips

Thought it may be a good idea to post some handy metatrader tips. Feel free to add your time saving tips.

1. To get the crosshair quickly click the wheel on your mouse - to go back to normal arrow click the left button.

F5 - Go to Next Profile
Shift + F5 - Go To Previous Profile
F4 - Open MQL4 Editor
Alt + F, N - Open New Chart

There are a bunch of others.

Maybe there's a list of keyboard shortcuts for MT4?

some MT4 hotkeys from alpari website (untested)

Close (chart) Ctrl+F4
Save As Ctrl+S
Print Ctrl+P
Exit Alt+F4
Market Watch Ctrl+M
Navigator Ctrl+N
Terminal Ctrl+T
Indicators Ctrl+I
Bar Chart Ctrl+1
Candlesticks Ctrl+2
Line Chart Ctrl+3
Grid Ctrl+G
Volumes Ctrl+L
Expert Advisors Ctrl+E
Show Days Ctrl+D
Zoom In +
Zoom Out -
Step by step F12
Del Last Object Backspace
Properties F8
New Order F9
History Center F2
MQL Editor F4
Options Ctrl+O
Help Topics F1
Auto Arrange Ctrl+A
Hide Symbol Delete
Popup Prices F10
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Fullscreen F11
Scroll chart with left/right arrows

Happy trading !

Hot Keys
Hot keys (accelerating keys) are keys and their combinations that allow to execute various commands fast and without using of menus or toolbars.

ï — chart scrolling to the left;

ð — chart scrolling to the right;

ñ — fast chart scrolling to the left or, if the scale is defined, chart scrolling up;

ò — fast chart scrolling to the right or, if the scale is defined, chart scrolling down;

Numpad 5 — restoring of automatic chart vertical scale after its being changed. If the scale was defined, this hot key will return the chart into the visible range;

Page Up — fast chart scrolling to the left;

Page Down — fast chart scrolling to the right;

Home — move the chart to the start point;

End — move the chart to the end point;

"-" — chart zoom out;

"+" — chart zoom in;

Delete — delete all selected graphical objects;

Backspace — delete the latest objects imposed into the chart window;

Enter — open/close fast navigation window;

Esc — close the dialog window;

F1 — open this "Userguide";

F2 — open the "History Center" window;

F3 — open the "Global Variables" window;

F4 — download MetaEditor;

F5 — switch to the next profile;

F6 — call the "Tester" window for testing the expert attached to the chart window;

F7 — call the properties window of the expert attached to their chart window in order to change settings;

F8 — call the chart setup window;

F9 — call the "New Order" window;

F10 — open the "Popup prices" window;

F11 — enable/disable the full screen mode;

F12 — move the chart by one bar to the left;



Shift+F12 — move the chart by one bar to the right;

Shift+F5 — switch to the previous profile;



Alt+1 — display the chart as a sequence of bars (transform into bar chart);

Alt+2 — display the chart as a sequence of candlesticks (transform into candlesticks);

Alt+3 — display the chart as a broken line (transform into line chart);

Alt+A — copy all test/optimization results into the clipboard;

Alt+W — call the chart managing window;

Alt+F4 — close the client terminal;

Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Z — undo object deletion;



Ctrl+A — arrange all indicator windows heights by default;

Ctrl+B — call the "Objects List" window;

Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert — copy to the clipboard;

Ctrl+E — enable/disable expert advisor;

Ctrl+F — enable "Crosshair";

Ctrl+G — show/hide grid;

Ctrl+H — show/hide OHLC line;

Ctrl+I — call the "Indicators List" window;

Ctrl+L — show/hide volumes;

Ctrl+P — print the chart;

Ctrl+S — save the chart in a file having extensions: "CSV", "PRN", "HTM";

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 — close the chart window;

Ctrl+Y— show/hide period separators;

Ctrl+Z or Alt+Backspace — undo the object deletion;

Ctrl+D — open/close the "Data Window";

Ctrl+M — open/close the "Market Watch" window;

Ctrl+N — open/close the "Navigator" window;

Ctrl+O — open the "Setup" window;

Ctrl+R — open/close the "Tester" window;

Ctrl+T — open/close the "Terminal" window;

Ctrl+F6 — activate the next chart window;

Ctrl+F9 — open the "Terminal — Trade" window and switch the focus into it. After this, the trading activities can be managed with keyboard.