Buy/Sell Hot Key Fields
The table below describe hot keys fields for buy/sell orders. For procedures on creating hot keys, see Assign Quick Action Hot Keys.
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Create Orders |
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Buy |
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Buy or Sell Specific Product |
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Close Position |
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Sell |
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Modify/Transmit Orders |
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Change order to market |
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Decrease price or size |
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Increase price or size |
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Modify order type |
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Modify time in force |
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Order ticket |
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Transmit order |
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Update limit prices |
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Cancel Orders |
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Cancel all orders |
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Cancel page orders |
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Cleanup orders |
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Deactivate page orders |
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Deactivate order |
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Used from Rapid Order Entry |
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Rapid Buy |
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Rapid Sell |
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Tools |
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Add to Rebalance window |
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Arbitrage meter |
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Check margin |
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Show BasketTrader |
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Show BookTrader |
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Show Market Depth |
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Show Market Scanner |
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Show OptionTrader |
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Show Rebalance window |
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Show SpreadTrader |
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Field Name |
Description |
Valid Values |
Action |
Describes the action invoked by hot key. |
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Size |
Specifies the order quantity. |
Any numeric order size. If left empty, the default order size for the contract/instrument type is used. The default value is set on the Order Defaults screen. |
Order Type |
Sets the order type for the buy/sell hot key action. |
Select an order type from the drop down. If default is left, the default order type set on the Order Defaults screen is used. |
Lmt price |
Uses the selected price to set the limit price for a Limit, Stop Limit or Limit on Close (LOC) order. |
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(+/- offset) |
The limit price offset is the value that will be added to the limit price. The value can be positive or negative. |
Any numeric value. If unsigned, the value is positive. |
Stop price |
The stop trigger price used for Stop and Stop Limit orders. |
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(+/- offset) |
The stop price offset is the value that will be added to the stop trigger price. The value can be positive or negative. |
Any numeric value. If unsigned, the value is positive. |
Trailing amount |
For Trailing Stop orders, the amount off the current market price by which you want the stop price to trail. |
Any numeric value. Must be positive. |
Offset amount |
For Relative orders, the amount that will be added to the best bid (for a buy order) and subtracted from the best ask (for a sell order) to create the limit price at which the relative order will be submitted. |
Any numeric value. Must be positive. |
TIF |
The time -in-force, or the defined time over which an order will continue to work. |
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Attached order type |
Automatically attaches an order to the primary order. |
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Lmt price |
Uses the selected price to set the limit price for an attached auto Limit or the Limit order portion of a Bracket order. |
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(+/- offset) |
The limit price offset is the value that will be added to the limit price. The value can be positive or negative.
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Any numeric value. If unsigned, the value is positive.
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Stop type |
Identifies the stop type for attached Stop, Trailing Stop and the stop order portion of a Bracket order. |
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Stop price |
The stop trigger price used for Auto Stop and the stop portion of a bracket order. |
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(+/- offset) |
The stop price offset is the value that will be added to the stop trigger price. The value can be positive or negative. |
Any numeric value. If unsigned, the value is positive. |
Stop lmt |
The stop-limit price used for attached Stop orders or bracket orders where the primary order type is a stop-limit order. |
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(+/- offset) |
The stop-limit price offset is the value that will be added to the stop-limit price. The value can be positive or negative. |
Any numeric value. If unsigned, the value is positive. |
Trailing amount |
For Trailing Stop orders, the amount off the current market price by which you want the stop price to trail. |
Any numeric value. Must be positive.
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Transmit the order instantaneously |
When checked, using the defined hot key combination will result in the order being created and submitted simultaneously without allow you any chance to check parameters and make changes. |
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