DOM hotkeys

DOM hotkeys run ladder and trade panel actions from the keyboard. They all start empty, so nothing happens until you assign a key.

Applies to Web and DesktopUpdated 2 Nov 2026Read time 3 min

Assign a hotkey

Click Settings in the DOM header and open Hotkeys.
Click the field next to an action. It shows Press keys….
Press the key or combination you want.
Press Enter to save, Esc to cancel or Backspace to clear the field.

Enter and Esc can't be assigned, since they confirm and cancel. Clear All above the list empties every DOM hotkey. A field showing Not set has no key.

The DOM settings window, opened on General. Hotkeys is the second page in the list on the left.

Turn hotkeys on and off

The keyboard button in the DOM header reads Disable Hotkeys while hotkeys are on and Enable Hotkeys while they're off. They start on, and the button only affects that DOM. A hotkey runs only in the active DOM window, so click the DOM first.

Careful. Hotkeys that send orders use the trade panel as it is right now: account, quantity, order type, time in force, SL and TP. If the panel has a problem, the hotkey sends nothing and shows an error. See Order types and time in force.

Order and trade panel actions

Hotkey	What it does
Buy Market	Same as BUY MKT.
Sell Market	Same as SELL MKT.
Hit Bid	Sells at the best bid price.
Join Bid	Buys at the best bid price.
Lift Offer	Buys at the best ask price.
Join Ask	Sells at the best ask price.
Add TP/SL to Pos	Starts Add TP/SL to Pos, which asks you to confirm a take profit and stop loss on your open position. See Strategy, brackets, SL and TP.
Toggle Brackets	Turns SL and TP on or off together.
Liquidate	Same as LIQUIDATE. See Cancel and Liquidate.
Cancel All Orders	Same as CXL ALL.

Hit Bid, Join Bid, Lift Offer and Join Ask send the order type from the trade panel at the best bid or best ask price.

Quantity

Hotkey	What it does
Quantity 1 Preset to Quantity 4 Preset	Pick the first to fourth preset button. The defaults are 1, 3, 5 and 10.
Quantity 5 Preset	Picks the fifth saved preset. The default is 25, and the trade panel has no button for it.
Quantity to Position Size	Puts your open position size in the quantity box. It does nothing when you're flat.

Move working orders to the cursor

These two use the row under your mouse pointer.

Hotkey	What it does
Set All Stops to Price	Moves all your STP MKT orders to that row's price.
Set All Limits to Price	Moves all your limit orders on the same side as that row to its price. A row on the bid side moves your buy limits. A row on the ask side moves your sell limits.

Ladder view

Hotkey	What it does
Center DOM	Same as Center. Jumps to the last traded price.
Center All DOMs	Centers every open DOM.
Clear Price Markers	Removes every price marker in this DOM.

Clear commands

These match the Clear menu. The All Windows versions hit every DOM. Up is the rows above the center line. Down is the center row and the rows below it.

Hotkey	What it clears
Clear All Totals	The T.BID and T.ASK totals.
Clear Inside Prints All Windows	The I.BID and I.ASK columns, in every DOM.
Clear Inside Prints Up, Clear Inside Prints Down	Inside prints above or below the center line. Each has an All Windows version.
Clear Total Prints Up, Clear Total Prints Down	Totals above or below the center line. Each has an All Windows version.
Clear Volume Profile	The VOLUME column.

The stop order shortcut

Toggle Order Type to Stop sits at the top of the same page. You don't press a key for it. It lets Shift + Left Click or Right Click on BID or ASK send a STP MKT order.

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