I'm writing here because I'm struggling to find a faster way to execute this process. I've tried the hot key setup for buy/sell market but the fact that it will ONLY submit an order at current market price, ask or bid doesn't fit well with my strategy. I don't feel as if slippage is really that big of a deal but sometimes when the volume is high the action is happening very quickly and I may want to gain a position, I usually am not looking to get in at market price. I typically look to submit a limit order within 2-3 ticks above or below market price depending on the action.
With that being said I know I have a few other options of submitting an order. I could use the DOM to submit an order but I am paying much more attention to candlesticks than I am actual numbers and seeing that many numbers at one time very close together like in the DOM it just ends up slowing me down for now until I learn that method better. I know I could also just right click and submit an order well above or below where I want my entry point to be and click + move order to where I'd like to enter in but when things are moving fast, even that method can cause some fumbling.
Ideally I'd love to have the ability to hot key and simply execute a limit order at the position of my mouse cross hair, even without having to confirm my order quantity being that my quantity is already selected in the chart trader window. I'm aware that as of now this ability doesn't exist...at least not that I am aware of. I'm also aware that if someone knows how to write different scripts well that there is a possibility someone could program this in but I don't know how to write my own scripts for those types of changes.
Is there a better method to achieve my order entry goal that fits within my current trading strategy?
Thanks for all tips, tricks and suggestions!!!!
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