Keep your hands on the keys.

On a Mac use Cmd; on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS use Ctrl. Order keys are also covered in orders and execution, and drawing keys in charting.

The command palette is the fastest way around the terminal. Press Cmd+K, Ctrl+K or /, start typing, and pick a command from the list instead of hunting through menus.

If you only learn one shortcut, learn this one. It works the same on every computer you sign in from.

Shift+B buys and Shift+S sells at the server's live quote. What happens next depends on one setting:

• One-click off (the careful setting): the key arms the order and you confirm it. A stray key press cannot open a position on its own.
• One-click on: the key sends the order immediately.

The Shift modifier keeps the order keys apart from the single-letter drawing keys. Stops and targets you drag on the chart are confirmed with Enter or discarded with Esc when one-click is off. More in orders and execution.

Each drawing tool on the chart has a letter: T, H, F, R, M and N. The letters match the tool names, so they stick quickly. Turn on the magnet to snap anchors to candle opens, highs, lows and closes, so a level lands on a real price.

A pre-session routine takes a handful of key presses: H on the prior day's high and low, R around the overnight range, and a text note with N for the plan.

Hotkeys are only fast if the decisions behind them are already made. Before the session:

1. Choose one-click on or off. Leave it off until the keys are second nature.
2. Set your size. Pick a size preset on the ticket, either a share of buying power or a fixed risk of 0.25, 0.5, 1 or 2% of the account, so Shift+B and Shift+S send the size you meant.
3. Pick a workspace. The Scalp, Swing and Macro presets set up the screen for the way you trade that day.
4. Draw your levels. A few presses of H and R mark the session's key prices.

With that done, the keys are just the last step of a plan you already made. Check the risk manager line before the first trade.

In bar replay the keys change: Space plays and pauses, the Right arrow steps one bar, and B, S and C buy, sell and close the practice trade. Practice trades are recorded in the replay log for review.

On the live chart, press G for the four-chart grid and Shift+F for full screen. The same terminal and the same keys work on any computer, since Mizora Pro runs in the browser with nothing to install.

Mizora Pro is free to use on a $50K practice account. Paid 30-day Pro packages include Mizora Flip accounts; see the plans.