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I'm trading equities with a prop firm, and there are a lot of keyboard keys that are available for shortcuts such as ARCA Buy Limit, ARCA Buy Close, Delete All Orders , Delete Buy Orders, Delete Sell Orders, etc.
So I'm wondering if anybody out there takes advantage of all these keys, and has a keyboard with custom colors and key labels. If so, which would you recommend?
Keyboard: I have slow hands so I bought one of these.
Ninjatrader has a HotKey manager where you can do lots of thing and this keypad allows you to very easily programme things so that it's nice and easy to do things.
Panel
Another idea is to do something like the Mini Trade Panel from @vvhg. In the latest version it's got some inbuilt different trade types.
This is an experimental indicator that can enter and exit live positions. Use entirely at your own risk and with extreme caution! You have been warned, so don't blame me! I will not accept liability for anything!
By now most of you probably have figured …
Keyboard Trader:
When he is not busy sprinting the DAX and working on his documentation, the boy @ratfink is taking the ball and running with a sort of merged concept of the mini trade panel and a hotkey system.
KeyTrader is built to be simple to use and minimal in action, it's purpose is to provide fast access to a limited number of market functions via the numeric keypad. It's intent is to reduce stop fiddling (there is none) and encourage with-trend …
The magic:
Now, he (ratfink)probably doesn't realise it , but the combo of
- keyboard trader
- Ninjatrader strategy
and ... context
is actually very powerful.
If you can break down the functions you require of Ninja and then think of where the best places and times are to use them ... you could be on to a winner.
But maybe they taught you all this stuff in the prop shop ... maybe you're miles ahead already ... I hope so !!!!
