MT4 / MT5 · Guide 10
Complete MetaTrader Keyboard Shortcuts
Mastering keyboard shortcuts lets you trade faster and more efficiently. Bookmark this page as a quick reference.
Orders & Trading
- F9 — New order (trading window)
- Ctrl+T — Open/close Terminal panel (positions)
- Ctrl+R — Open Strategy Tester (backtesting)
Charts & Navigation
- F8 — Chart properties (colours)
- Mouse wheel — Zoom in/out on the chart
- + / - — Zoom in / Zoom out
- ← / → — Scroll chart left/right
- End — Jump to the most recent candle
- Home — Jump to the beginning of history
- F5 — Market Watch
- Ctrl+N — Open/close Navigator panel
Chart Types & Timeframes
- Alt+1 — Bar chart
- Alt+2 — Candlestick chart (recommended)
- Alt+3 — Line chart
- Ctrl+G — Toggle grid on/off
- Ctrl+A — Auto-scale the chart
Drawing Tools
- H — Select hand tool (scroll chart)
- Ctrl+Z — Undo last drawing action
- Delete — Delete selected object from chart
- Ctrl+B — List all drawn objects
Tip: Practise the most important shortcuts every day until they become automatic: F9 (new order), End (latest candle), Ctrl+T (terminal) and Mouse wheel (zoom). These four cover 80% of your daily actions.
Educational content only. This does not constitute financial or investment advice. Trading involves risk of loss; past results do not guarantee future results.