Hotkey and Qty. field on the DOM, Chart Trader etc.

[MBScalper]

Just one extra thought / request when it comes to hotkeys....

- Lets say I have a 6 contract long or short position.

- It would be great to have a hotkey that sets the quantity field value to whatever the current position value is (i.e. 6 in my example).

I appreciate the minimum value for the field is 1. I guess it would be ok to default 1 if you have no active position.

[MBScalper]

dhiebert,

We will wait to see if support can answer how long this feature might take. maybe it will end up in NT8 instead of NT7 (nice if it were in both mind).

I do the same thing as you I suspect with my orders.

I buy 6 contracts using a hotkey (Chart window active and ChartTrader displayed).

I move to the DOM making that window active to manage my trade.

It would be nice if the Qty field on the DOM still had 6 in the quantity field since I often exit quickly (especially if I am wrong) with a limit order and I want the qty to be exactly what the initial order qty was from the Chart window.

If the market goes in my direction (e.g. up) then I will scale out incrementally, placing Stop Limit Orders above the market. I want to change the qty in the DOM using the same hotkey. I want the qty field in the Chart Trader to reflect any change made in the DOM.

This makes perfect sense to me since I am trading the same instrument in both windows. Right now I have to double check my qty field value on the DOM each time since I can forget easily it recent value. Also, having to use the mouse to alter the quantity is fiddly and time consuming.

Glad I am not alone.

[dhiebert]

That's funny! I "just" emailed support asking almost the exact same thing! Do these features take long to implement once a request has been made? Agree with the poster. This is a very important feature. I want to be able to use hotkeys to instantly buy, sell, and close my positions... However, sometimes (most actually) I like to simply sell/cover 1/2 or 1/3rd.

[MBScalper]

Thank you

I really think this will improve order entry and management.

[NinjaTrader_MichaelM]

Hello MBScalper,

Thank you for writing in. I have created a feature request for the following features to be implemented:

1) Ability to change the quantity field (DOM and Chart Trader) value using hotkeys
2) Ability to link the Chart Trader and SuperDOM order quantities
3) Ability to configure default quantities per instrument (w/hotkey)
4) Overall more robust hotkey management system

I will update this thread if and once I have further information.

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[MBScalper]

Not sure if anyone has raised this before but I would really like to see some changes.

1) I have a programmable keyboard and am able to enter trades using hotkeys. This works well for the most part. I do have a major irritation however.

- I enter the trade with chart trader displayed albeit using a hotkey to open the trade.

- I would like to be able to change the quantity field (DOM and Chart Trader) value using hotkeys. At the moment I am having to use a mouse to do this which is very irritating if you want to scale out of a position and constantly have to take your hands off the keyboard to adjust the quantity value.

2) I often manage the trade with the DOM right next to the chart rather that use chart trader.

- Even though I have am trading the same instrument, the Qty field value can be different between Chart Trader and the DOM. This has caused me to make order errors more than once since it is easy to be too focused on the qty value in one window (Chart Trader typically), switch to using the DOM and forget to adjust the qty value there before placing the next order.

- Is there ever going to be a way to synchronize the qty value between the two order screens?

3) I have played with AutoHotKey (third party product) in an effort to botch a solution without success because I don't have the knowledge to program that well enough I suspect. If the windows are moved then AutoHotKey doesn't do what it is supposed to. It just seems that there should be functionality built in to Ninja for this to be robust.

4) It would be nice to have default quantities configured somewhere for a particular instrument. If that were accessible via a hotkey too then I would be happy.