For information on hotkeys that appear in the BookTrader hotkeys box but are available to all TWS windows, see the general Hotkeys topic.
Hotkey Action
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Description
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BookTrader
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Cancel Sub Order
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This hotkey will cancel an order in the Price Ladder.
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Decrease BookTrader Order Size
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Set a left or right mouse-click event for a specific field that will decrease the order size of any BookTrader order by whatever number of ticks you define.
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Increase BookTrader Order Size
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Set a left or right mouse-click event for a specific field that will increase the order size of any BookTrader order by whatever number of ticks you define.
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Re-center
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Set a hotkey to recenter the focus to either the last traded price, or the midpoint bid/ask price. Set the re-center focus using the Settings page in the BookTrader configuration area.
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Create Orders
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Add Auto Stop Order
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Attaches an opposite-side stop order to the selected order.
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Add Trailing Stop Order
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Attaches an opposite-side trailing stop order to the selected order.
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Attach Bracket Orders
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Attaches a pair of orders (a limit and a stop order) to bracket the selected order.
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Buy
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Creates a buy order for the selected asset.
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Buy or Sell Specific Product
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Create a hotkey to buy or sell a specific product with it's own default order type, limit price, stop offset, time in force. etc. Use the Customize tab of the Configure Hotkey box to set product-specific details.
If you select BookTrader Price for any of the price configurations, you will only be able to set a mouse-click shortcut since using the BookTrader Price requires you to click on a price in the price ladder.
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Close Position
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Creates an opposite-side order to close out the position on the selected contract.
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Reverse Position
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Creates an opposite-side order to reverse the position on the selected contract. By default you need to transmit the order manually, but you can elected to have this hotkey transmit reverse position orders instantaneously by checking the feature in the Customize area of the Configure Hotkey box.
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Sell
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Creates a sell order for the selected asset.
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Modify/Transmit Orders
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Change Order to Market
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Changes the order type of the selected order to a market order.
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Decrease Price or Size
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Decreases the order price or order quantity by a specified value.
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Increase Price or Size
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Increases the order price or order quantity by a specified value.
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Modify Order Type
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Displays the Type dropdown list to let you select a different order type for the active order.
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Modify Time-in-Force
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Displays the Time in Force dropdown list to let you select a different Time in Force for the active order.
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Order Ticket
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Opens the Order Ticket. If you've highlighted a ticker, the order ticket will be populated with that product.
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Transmit Order
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Transmits the selected order.
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Update Limit Prices
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Updates the limit price of the active, unexecuted order to reflect the price/offset you define on the Customize page of the Configure Hotkey box.
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Cancel Orders
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Cancel All Orders
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Cancels all orders on all pages in TWS.
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Cancel Contract's Orders
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Cancels all orders associated with a specific asset.
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Cleanup orders
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Removes orders from the page. Use the customize area of the configure Hotkey box to define whether to remove cancelled, filled and/or untransmitted (including deactivated) orders from either the active pages or all pages.
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Deactivate
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A deactivated order is cancelled but remains on the page ready to be transmitted.
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Delete Rows/Cancel Orders
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This hotkey can be configured to either delete rows, or delete and cancel orders.
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Tools
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Add to Rebalance Window
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Used to add a contract to the Rebalance window. This hotkey does not open, close or adjust any positions.
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Arbitrage Meter
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Opens the Arbitrage Meter for the active index market data line.
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Integrated Stock Window
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Opens the ISW.
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Show FXTrader
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Opens the FX Trader module.
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Show Market Depth
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Opens the Market Depth module.
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Show OptionTrader
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Opens the OptionTrader.
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Show Rebalance Window
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Opens the portfolio Rebalance window.
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Show SpreadTrader
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Opens the SpreadTrader.
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Realtime Activity Monitoring
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Alarms
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Opens the Alarm Settings box for the active contract.
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View Alerts
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Opens the Alerts window where you can view, edit or create an alert.
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Analysis
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Model Navigator
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Opens the Model Navigator window.
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Show Fundamentals
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Opens a Reuters Fundamentals page for the contract.
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Show IB Risk NavigatorSM
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Opens the IB Risk NavigatorSM, our real-time price/risk analytics tool.
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Show Option Analytics
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Opens the Option Analytics with focus on the selected options contract.
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Show real-time charts
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When you have a contract selected, this opens the New Chart window where you can set parameters for the active contract to create a real-time chart.
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Miscellaneous
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Clear Log
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Clears the Log panel.
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Configure Order Presets
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Opens the Presets configuration page for the active strategy.
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Help Chat
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Opens the customer service Chat area of the Account Management screen.
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Minimize all windows
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Minimizes all open windows and puts them on the bottom of the status bar.
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Msg Center
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Opens the customer service message center.
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Request Trade Cancellation
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Logs you into the Customer Service area of the Account Management screen.
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Search TWS
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Displays the Search field which you can use to find contract and application information.
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Show Description
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Displays the Description box for the selected contract.
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Show Details
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Displays contract details for the selected contract.
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Show Earnings Estimate
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For the selected contract, displays the Earnings estimate.
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Show Positions
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For the selected contract, shows the account number and the current position.
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View Account
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Opens the Account window.
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View Trades
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Opens the Trades window.
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