Trade Nation / Manual shortcuts

Place and manage trades with hotkeys.

Manual trading shortcuts and a position overlay for supported Trade Nation and TradeDirect365 chart pages.

SVKO Trade Nation HotkeysTrade NationTradeDirect365Open source · MIT
CHART WORKSPACEILLUSTRATIVE
NVDACFD · 5 min124.80 +1.20%
TP · 126.00BUY · 124.00SL · 122.0009:3011:0012:30
TP · 126.00Entry · 124.00SL · 122.00
Ctrl+Alt+BMarket buy · demo illustration only
Illustrative mockup, not actual product outputReal capture needed: Use a demo account. Show the configured hotkeys and an entry, stop and take profit overlay. Do not place a live trade for the capture.

Why I built it

Repeated manual actions are easier to reach when they have consistent keyboard shortcuts. The chart overlay keeps entry and protection levels visible alongside the candles.

How it solves the problem

The script supplies shortcuts for market buy and sell, moving a selected stop towards entry, placing take profit near the current closing price, and closing positions.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Alt + B Market buy
Ctrl + Alt + S Market sell
Ctrl + Alt + E Move selected stop to the configured break even offset
Ctrl + Alt + T Place selected take profit near the closing price
Ctrl + Alt + X Close the selected position
Ctrl + Alt + A Close positions on the current chart market by default

Read the configuration first

These shortcuts can submit real orders. DEMO_ONLY is false in the source, so set it to true for initial testing. The default stake is 0.5, stop distance is 10 points multiplied by the market’s BetPer, and the break even offset is one point better than entry. These are configurable values, not recommendations for a position.

The script’s selected position may be the latest one it opened, the newest open single position or a position near the pointer. Confirm the selection in a demo account before relying on a position shortcut. Broker risk controls and order acceptance still apply.

Overlay and supported pages

Entry, stop and take profit lines are read only, not draggable. The overlay disables itself when Trade From Chart is detected, while the hotkeys remain available.

Supported hosts are chart.tradenation.com, demochart.tradenation.com, chart-cfd.tradenation.com, and the documented chart/demo hosts on tradedirect365.com and tradedirect365.com.au. This is not an IG integration or a TradingView add-on.

The script depends on internal platform objects and can break when the platform changes. Syntax checks are not proof of live trading behaviour. It acts when a hotkey is pressed; it is not an automated trading strategy.

GET STARTED

Install it in your desktop browser.

Read this guide on any device; install and use the script on desktop. Requires a desktop browser with a userscript manager. Runs on the documented broker pages; check the tool-specific requirements above.

  1. Use the documented Firefox or Chrome and Violentmonkey setup.
  2. Add the complete source and review CONFIG before using any shortcut.
  3. Set DEMO_ONLY to true for your first checks and open a supported demo chart.
OPEN SOURCE / MIT

Source code and contributions

Use the source to understand the tool, report a problem or propose a focused change. Keep its licence and existing notices.