The keypress for each hotkey can be:

 

•a simple key combo (for example, )

 

•a special Hotkey combo, which means that you have to first press the pre-defined Hotkey Shortcut Key, then another key combo. For example, if the Shortcut Hotkey Key is the default , then you could assign to a hotkey a , combination).

 

The Shortcut Hotkey Key can be changed in the Settings - Keyboard Shortcuts. By default it is .

 

When a trading window, such as a Chart, is active, pressing the Shortcut Hotkey Key will change the cursor to in order to show that another keypress is expected to complete the combination.