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Keyboard Shortcuts in Backtesting

Maximize your efficiency when navigating backtesting sessions using keyboard shortcuts — you can customize them to fit how you work.

Written by Hamza

To view or edit your shortcuts, open a backtesting session, click the Settings ⚙️ icon in the top right, then click Shortcut under Quick Actions.

Current Default Keyboard Shortcuts:

Session player

  • Play/Pause — Space

  • Forward — Arrow Right (move forward one candle)

  • Backward — Arrow Left (move backward one candle)

Right sidebar

  • Place order — Shift + 1

  • Details — Shift + 2 (opens the Session panel)

  • Journal — Shift + 3

  • Events/Calendar — Shift + 4

  • Scenario — Shift + 5 (opens the Scenario tab, if the session was started from a Scenario)

  • Save layout as... — Shift + 6

  • Open layout — Shift + 7

Customizing your shortcuts

Every shortcut can be changed to whatever key combination you prefer. Click Record next to any shortcut, then press your new key combination to set it.

  • Reset to defaults — restores every shortcut back to the defaults listed above

  • Save — applies your changes

That's it! Customize your shortcuts once, and navigating backtesting sessions gets a lot faster. ⌨️

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out to our support team — we're here to help!

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