Just the other day, I was talking to another trader who uses the MetaTrader 4 platform, and was surprised to learn that he didn’t know about the in-built shortcut keys!
Personally, I like the MT4 trading platform a lot, and use its shortcut keys on a daily basis.
If you’re a MT4 user as well, check out these shortcut keys — they will make your trading a LOT more efficient:
F8 : opens chart properties menu
F9 : opens trade order menu
F11 : enable/disable full screen chart
F12 : move chart forward one bar
Ctrl + F or middle mouse click : enable crosshair
Ctrl + M : open/close ‘Market Watch’ window
Ctrl + N : open/close ‘Navigator ‘ window
Ctrl + T : open/close ‘Terminal’ window
Ctrl + Y : show/hide period seperators
Ctrl + Z : undo chart object deletion
Page Up : fast chart scrolling backwards
Page Down : fast chart scrolling forwards
Home : move the chart to the earliest point
End : move the chart to the latest point
+ : zoom in
– : zoom out
Del : delete selected chart object
Great work Chris, I knew a couple of those but the rest I will put to use
Hi Chris
It is very kind & generous of you to share with students all these helpful info to enable us to use MT4 in a most efficient way.
Appreciation & regards
Nancy
Can you recommend a good and reliable Forex Brokerage Firm for our trading purpose.
Hey Geoff and Nancy,
You’re most welcome! Glad I can be of service.
Hi Casey,
There are many reputable brokers that use the MT4 platform.
Off the top of my head, you might want to check out FXCM, Oanda, IBFX, MB Trading and FXDD.
Chris,
It’s appreciated sharing such simple knowledge which traders won’t bother to ask. & that’s why you are a mentor to so many newbies.
Keep on doing good.
Best regards
Hello Chris, from Cape Town
Thanks for the shortcuts – I’m relatively new to trading and these will be a great help.
All the best,
Gordon
Hey Gordon,
You’re welcome! Hope they’re useful for you.
Thanks for the short cuts.Thank you for the 5 principles.
Kindest regards,
chuka
good one chris you are great
Thank You Chris, As always very helpful.
Thank You & Take Care.
I really enjoyed reading all of your comments. I am a newbie to Forex and liked your suggestions on the Brokers. I will be getting a Demo account shortly and will start trading. I have noted the MT4 shortcuts, which is a valuable tips. If you have any more suggestions for newbies’ like me, please don’t hesitate to put them down. Happy trading.
Hi Claudius,
Sure thing. If there’s anything in particular you’d like me to write about, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
Chris you are doing a great service to forex traders in particular .I have read your 5 principles in trading forex,they are all highly loaded with +ve approach to forex trading.I wish & pray almighty to provide you & your family good health & wealth to carry forward this noble cause .
Request provide some light on Divergence Trading like divergence trading stratgies, sites & books etc.
Thanking You in Advance,
S.Srinivas Rao Chavan
Personally, I don’t trade based on divergence strategies (or technical indicators for that matter) — I find them to be too arbitrary. Instead, I prefer to look at price action, fundamentals and order flow data.
This said, if you have any other specific question regarding indicator divergence strategies, feel free to ask and I’d be happy to share with you my thoughts.
Chris,
Thanks for all of your posts. Everyone of these resonate with me in some way so that I can continually learn more about trading the forex market. You mentioned “order flow data”. I would be interested in learning more about order flow and where to get this data and how you use it in your trading.
Thank you for all of your posts,
Krek
Hey Krek,
Yes, order flow is something I’ve been thinking of writing about for some time now, but it would be quite lengthy so I’ll have to do it in some other format.
Haha, shouldn’t you be charging for that kind of knwedolge?!
It never occurred to me… this is just a tip to help out the readers. 🙂