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Keyboard orders question - have to click on chart window all the time, before ordering???
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| [2018-04-08 10:49:18] |
| User7817001 - Posts: 96 |
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Morning all, hope your weekend is good. I am having to choose (click) the chart window prior to using keyboard shortcuts to place orders, is this normal? Seems to defeat the usefulness of ordering with the keyboard. Thanks, Mark |
| [2018-04-08 13:12:30] |
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We just ran a test now and so long as the chart window has the focus, it is not necessary to click on it. We can enter repeated keyboard triggered orders without having to do any further activation of the window. So no, what you are experiencing is not normal and must be some issue related to your particular system or operating system. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2018-04-09 05:44:13] |
| Merlin - Posts: 83 |
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I have the same issue, I think. I have multiple windows open with different time frames and indicators, which I need to click on from time to time for various reasons. I'd like to be able to use keyboard shortcuts to place orders, whether or not the specific chart window has focus. One solution would be a menu command to designate one chart as the receiving chart for all keyboard trading shortcuts, regardless of which Sierra window has focus. Merlin |
| [2018-04-09 20:35:46] |
| Marek F - Posts: 244 |
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+1
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| [2018-04-09 20:38:27] |
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We really think it is best you develop your own custom solution to this. Have a look at the Auto Hot Key utility. Post #3 is not something we would implement. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2018-04-10 12:46:04] |
| TapeReader - Posts: 89 |
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I had had this issue in the past, and as a workaround, have built both programmable keyboards and also Window's GUIs (for touch-screen) to send orders to distinct charts in Sierra Chart without needing a specific chart window being the focus. There are pros and cons to both the keyboard and the touch-screen. I currently use both a programmable keyboard, and also a touch-screen for my trading (the mouse is not used at all for trading). More information here using touch-screen to trade without having the operating system's focus on a particular chart is in this support thread - see Posts #13-#20 (except for Post #19). New Offering - Order Flow Trading Bots aka SceetoBots Attached is a picture of a Sierra Chart trading rig that uses both a programmable keyboard (Cherry) and also a touch-screen monitor (GeChic). Sierra Chart fully supports touch-screen trading - see this post: New Offering - Order Flow Trading Bots aka SceetoBots | Post: 142909 ...so you may want to look into a touch-screen rather than programmed hot-keys. I have found that using the touch-screen and programmable keyboard to trade (we don't really trade anymore, so much as we deploy bots to trade for us) was like getting our first TV with a remote....there was no turning back and getting a TV without a remote - and our first family that had power windows. Power windows made the hand crank windows obsolete. I think that once folks get used to trading via either a touch-screen or a programmable keyboard, the mouse becomes obsolete. |
 SceetoBots - with GeChic.jpg / V - Attached On 2018-04-10 12:43:26 UTC - Size: 2.06 MB - 323 views |
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