TradingView is a powerful platform for market analysis, but navigating its many charts, tools, and menus with a mouse can be slow. To improve your efficiency, you need to use keyboard shortcuts.

Mastering these hotkeys will dramatically speed up your workflow, allowing you to switch symbols, add indicators, and draw on charts in seconds.

The Most Important Shortcut: The Search Bar

Before you learn anything else, learn this:

• / (Slash key): Opens the “Symbol Search” box.

This is your master key. From here, you can instantly type a ticker (e.g., AAPL), a timeframe (e.g., 15 for 15-minute), or an indicator (e.g., RSI) and press Enter to load it.

Chart Navigation & Settings

• + / - : Zoom in / Zoom out
• ← / → : Scroll the chart left or right
• Space : Reset chart to the default view (or jump to the latest bar)
• Alt + L : Toggle Logarithmic (Log) Scale
• Alt + A : Toggle Auto Scale
• Alt + C : Toggle Crosshair
• Alt + S : Save your chart layout
• Alt + P : Publish your chart as an “Idea”
• Esc : Exit drawing mode or close a dialog box

Timeframe Switching

The fastest way to change timeframes is to type the number and press Enter.

• 1, 5, 15 (etc.): Type any number and press Enter to switch to that minute timeframe (e.g., 5 + Enter = 5-minute chart).
• H: 1-hour chart (or type 60 + Enter)
• D: Daily chart
• W: Weekly chart
• M: Monthly chart

Drawing Tools & Annotations

• Alt + T : Trend Line
• Alt + H : Horizontal Line
• Alt + V : Vertical Line
• Alt + F : Fib Retracement
• Alt + R : Rectangle
• Alt + E : Eraser
• Alt + J : Open Object Tree
• Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y : Undo / Redo
• Delete : Remove a selected drawing or indicator
• Hold Ctrl while dragging : Clones a selected drawing

Indicators & Panes

• Alt + I : Open the “Indicators & Strategies” window
• Double-click on any indicator line or drawing to open its settings.

Watchlist & Screener

• Alt + W : Add the current symbol to your Watchlist (or remove it)
• Alt + S : Open the Stock Screener
• ↑ / ↓ : Navigate up or down your Watchlist
• Enter : Load the selected symbol from your Watchlist

Trading & Bar Replay

• Shift + B : Place a Buy (Long) order
• Shift + S : Place a Sell (Short) order
• Shift + → : (In Bar Replay) Jump to the next bar
• Shift + ← : (In Bar Replay) Jump to the previous bar
• Space : (In Bar Replay) Play or pause the replay

Conclusion

Mastering these shortcuts will fundamentally change how you interact with TradingView, making your analysis faster and more seamless. Don’t try to learn them all at once. Start by practicing the shortcuts for your most common actions—like changing symbols (/), timeframes (15 + Enter), and drawing your favorite tools (Alt + T).