Meta Trader Keyboard Shortcuts

Function Keys

F1 – open “Userguide” (i.e. Help)

F2 – open the “History Center” window

F3 – open the “Global Variables” window

F4 – open MetaEditor

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 Combinations

Shift+F12 – move the chart by one bar to the right
Shift+F5 – switch to the previous profile

Alt Combinations

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 Combinations

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 “Options” window

Ctrl+R – open/close the “Tester” window

Ctrl+T – open/close the “Terminal” window

Ctrl+F5 – switch to the next profile

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

Other Keys and/or Combinations

“left arrow” – chart scrolling to the left

“right arrow” – chart scrolling to the right

“up arrow” – fast chart scrolling to the left or, if the scale is defined, chart scrolling up

“down arrow” – 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

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