Executing Market Buy and Sell orders on hotkey press

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I’m reaching out to seek guidance on configuring hotkeys within the Tradovate platform. My objective is to assign a specific key for executing a market buy order and a different key for a market sell order. I have a basic understanding of the platform, but I’m finding it challenging to locate the exact steps or documentation that can guide me through this process.

Here’s what I’m trying to achieve:

  1. Market Buy Order Hotkey: I would like to press a single key (for example, F1) and have it trigger an immediate market buy order for a predetermined quantity of contracts.
  2. Market Sell Order Hotkey: Similarly, I want to assign another key (for example, F2) that, when pressed, will execute an immediate market sell order, also for a predetermined quantity.

If anyone has experience with setting up hotkeys for market orders in Tradovate or can point me to the relevant parts of the user guide or support resources, I would greatly appreciate it

Thanks!!!

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It’s terrible no one has answered this. I’ve tried to find the exact same solution as well to no avail. Tradovate is really doing a good job at not impressing many people who function solely on hot keys on other platforms.

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Its in DOM/chart/legacy in your hotkey menu.

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yeah in tradovate go to settings > application > hotkeys you’ll see the options to assign keys for buy market and sell market just click the box next to each and press the key you want like f1 or f2 also make sure your default order quantity is set right so it uses the right contract size when you hit those hotkeys