Keyboard shortcuts
Work the chart from the keyboard
Pick a drawing tool, undo a step or open the indicators without reaching for the mouse. These are the keys the chart answers to, named the way Sky Trade names them.
Every shortcut
Click a chart first: the keys act on the chart that has focus, so in a multi-chart layout only that chart responds.
There are 30 shortcuts in all.
Show the keys for
Drawing Tools
A letter picks a drawing tool. A few letters pick a second tool when you hold Shift; the table shows which.
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Cursor | V |
| Trend Line | T |
| Horizontal Line | H |
| Vertical Line | Shift+H |
| Ray | Y |
| Arrow | A |
| Arrow Marker | Shift+A |
| Rectangle | R |
| Ellipse | E |
| Triangle | G |
| Path | P |
| Fib Retracement | F |
| Fib Extension | Shift+F |
| Text | N |
| Measure | M |
Selection & Edit
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Duplicate selected drawing | Ctrl+D |
| Delete selected drawing | DeleteorBackspace |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| Exit drawing mode / clear selection | Esc |
| Finish a path drawing | Enter |
Chart
The question mark opens the shortcuts list inside Sky Trade, and pressing it again closes it.
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Reset view | Alt+R |
| Open indicator picker | Alt+I |
| Toggle fullscreen | Alt+F |
| Toggle magnet snap | Shift+M |
| Have a screen reader read the open, high, low and close | Alt+O |
| Save template | Ctrl+S |
| Show or hide the shortcuts list | ? |
Trading
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Quick Buy | Shift+B |
| Quick Sell | Shift+S |
The shortcuts list in the app
Press the question mark on a focused chart and Sky Trade lists most of these shortcuts in a dialog, in English or Arabic.
Try the keys on a live chart
Open the live chart on this site or a free demo account, click the chart, and press a letter.