> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hyperdash.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hotkeys

> Bind an order to a key or a typed word and fire it from the Trade tab without opening the order form.

Hotkeys turn an order you place often into a single key press. Each hotkey pairs a key, a key combination or a short typed word with a complete order: action, market, side, size and settings. Arm hotkeys, press the key, and the order goes out at the current price without opening the order form.

## Open the Hotkeys menu

Click the keyboard icon in the status bar at the bottom right of the Trade tab. The menu has three controls:

* **Armed** turns every hotkey on or off. Hotkeys start disarmed.
* **Show typed word** shows the letters of a word hotkey beside the icon as you type it. On by default.
* **Settings** opens the Hotkeys window, where you add, edit and delete hotkeys.

![The Hotkeys menu above the keyboard icon in the status bar, with the Armed switch off, Show typed word on, and Settings.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/menu.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=2614472d6d0be8431ce78f32c189c0b6)

## The starter set

The Hotkeys window opens with eight hotkeys already set up. Each row shows the key, the side, the action, the size and the order details.

![The Hotkeys window listing the starter set: B, S, M, N, C, X, FLAT and R.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/window.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=46b9a0963bf143d6bdb0001077903308)

| Key | Action | What it does |
| - | - | - |
| B | Long [Scale](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/scale.md) \$5,000 | 5 buy orders from 0.1% to 1% below mid, size skew 1.5 |
| S | Short Scale \$5,000 | 5 sell orders from 0.1% to 1% above mid, size skew 1.5 |
| M | Long [Market](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/market.md) \$1,000 | Buys \$1,000 at market |
| N | Short Market \$1,000 | Sells \$1,000 at market |
| C | Long [Chase](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/chase.md) \$2,500 | Buys \$2,500 with a chase order |
| X | Cancel all | Cancels every open order on the market on your chart, algos included |
| flat | Close position | Closes your whole position on the market on your chart |
| R | Reverse position | Flips your position on the market on your chart to the same size on the other side |

Edit or delete any of them. **Reset to defaults**, at the bottom left of the window, brings back this set and removes the hotkeys you added.

## Add a hotkey

**1. Open Settings**

Click the keyboard icon in the status bar, then **Settings**. Click **Add hotkey** at the bottom right of the Hotkeys window.

**2. Set the key**

The **Key** field starts listening, shown in orange. Press a single key, hold a combination such as Shift + B, or type a word of 2 to 8 letters and digits. Press Enter or click **Set** to keep it.

![The Add hotkey window with the Key field listening and the word LIMIT typed in orange.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/editor-key.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=e6e6424ab0dcc28b0497abf8c11fa727)

If the key is taken, a red message says why and **Save** stays off. See [Key rules](#key-rules).

**3. Pick the action and market**

Choose the action from the **Action** menu: an order type or a position action. See [What you can bind](#what-you-can-bind).

**Market** is **Active market** by default: the hotkey trades whatever market is on your chart when you press it. Pick a market from the list instead to make the hotkey always trade that market.

**4. Set the side, size and settings**

Pick **Long** or **Short**, then the size in one of three units:

* **USD**: the order's notional value.
* **Coin**: an amount of the asset.
* **%**: a share of your buying power on that market (available margin times leverage). With **Reduce Only** on, it is a share of your open position.

Prices are set as a distance from mid, so the hotkey works at any price. A Long limit at 0.1% below mid rests 0.1% under the mid price at the moment you press the key.

![A finished hotkey: key LIMIT, action Limit, Active market, Long, limit price 0.1% below mid, size 1,000 USD.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/editor.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=1737804a400f4f0893140f613dc185f0)

**5. Save**

Click **Save**. The hotkey appears in the list. Hover a row to show its pencil icon, which edits the hotkey, and its trash icon, which deletes it. To change only the key, click the key on the row and press the new one.

## Arm and fire

**1. Arm hotkeys**

Click the keyboard icon and switch **Armed** on. The icon turns orange while hotkeys are armed.

![The Hotkeys menu with Armed switched on and the keyboard icon in orange.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/menu-armed.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=3a68bfd14e3b8b8df582eb1cdf220c83)

**2. Press the key or type the word**

Single keys and combinations fire on the press. For a word, type its letters with less than a second between each one. With **Show typed word** on, the letters appear beside the icon as you type.

![The status bar with the keyboard icon in orange and the letters FL shown beside it while typing the word flat.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/typed-word.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=bb208c2c75bc376cbe8ae59ecf47f276)

**3. Check the confirmation**

The order goes out right away, with no confirmation step, and the usual order toast confirms it. If the hotkey cannot fire, a toast names the key and the reason, for example an order below the \$10 minimum or no position to close.

![A green toast reading Order placed successfully.](https://mintcdn.com/hd-ebefeca3/c5CRd150qyLmV12L/images/hotkeys/toast.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=c5CRd150qyLmV12L\&q=85\&s=be043e90b15b0a94a13cf998dd6b61c7)

## What you can bind

| Action | Settings |
| - | - |
| [Market](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/market.md) | Reduce Only, TP/SL, Custom Max Slippage (8% when on) |
| [Limit](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/limit.md) | Limit Price as a % from mid (default 0.1%), Reduce Only, TP/SL |
| [Scale](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/scale.md) | Start and End Price as a % from mid (0.1% and 1%), Total Orders (2 to 100, default 5), Size Skew (default 1), Reduce Only |
| [Chase](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/chase.md) | Chase To, a % from mid where chasing stops (off by default), Reduce Only |
| [TWAP](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/twap.md) | Duration (5 minutes to 24 hours, default 30 minutes), Stealth (on), Randomize Time, Randomize Size, Reduce Only |
| [Chase TWAP](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/chase-twap.md) | Duration, Reduce Only |
| [Swarm](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/swarm.md) | Total Clips (2 to 200, default 10), Aggression (1 to 5, default 3), Irregular Clips, Reduce Only, Custom Max Slippage |
| [Conditional](https://docs.hyperdash.com/orders/conditional.md) | Order Type: Market, Limit, TWAP or Chase TWAP. Stop Price as a % from mid (default 1%) and Reduce Only. Market and Limit add Trigger side and Stealth (on), Limit adds Limit Price, TWAP adds Duration, Randomize Time and Randomize Size, and Chase TWAP adds Duration |
| Cancel all | Cancels every open order and running algo on the market |
| Close position | Closes the position on the market, or every open position with **All positions** in the Market menu |
| Reverse position | Closes the position and opens the same size on the other side |

TP/SL is available on Market and Limit hotkeys. A percent take profit or stop loss needs the hotkey's market on your chart, because its price depends on that market's leverage; use a \$ amount to fire it from any chart. A Conditional with Order Type Market or Limit and Stealth on can trigger on either side of the price. Every other Conditional triggers above the price for a long and below it for a short.

## Key rules

* **Disarmed on every load.** Hotkeys start disarmed each time the page loads, and disarm when you leave the Trade tab.
* **Never while typing.** Keys typed into a search box, an order field or any other input never fire a hotkey. Hotkeys also wait while a dialog or menu is open.
* **Once per press.** Holding a key down fires once. Release it to fire again.
* **App shortcuts are protected.** You cannot bind keys the app already uses: A, T, the digits 1 to 9, the G and O shortcut sequences, Escape, Tab, Enter, Space, the arrow keys and browser shortcuts. See [Shortcuts](https://docs.hyperdash.com/shortcuts.md). While armed, a hotkey on B takes the key from the layout tabs shortcut.
* **Words cannot clash with keys.** A word cannot start with a letter that is already a single-key hotkey, and one word cannot start another. With the starter set, "bid" is refused because B is taken.
* **Saved in this browser.** Hotkeys are stored in the browser you set them up in. Set them up again on another computer or browser.

> [!NOTE]
>
> An armed hotkey sends its order the moment you press it, with no confirmation and no undo. Start with small sizes, check which market is on your chart before using Active market hotkeys, and disarm when you step away.


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