How to Use and Manage Order Presets

Introduction

Efficient trading requires speed and precision, and the Order Preset feature is designed to streamline your workflow. By allowing traders to save and apply predefined order settings instantly, this tool eliminates repetitive manual inputs, helping you execute trades quickly and with confidence.

The video below provides an overview of how Order Presets work in Altrady:


For a detailed step-by-step guide on managing Order Presets, continue reading the sections below.

Table of Contents

Creating an Order Preset
Order Preset Settings
Settings Overview
Settings Based on Percentages
Editing an Order Preset
Deleting an Order Preset
Selecting an Order Preset
Manual Selection
Hotkey Selection
Order Presets: Favorites
How to Add an Order Preset to Favorites
How to Remove an Order Preset from Favorites
Important Factors to Consider
Unsupported Order Types
Size Settings
Saved Order Preset Limitations
Available Hotkeys

Creating an Order Preset

Step-1: Set up an order in the Trading widget, with the desired parameters.


Entering all settings is not required when creating the preset. Any missing values (e.g. order size) can be entered in the Trading widget, when the preset is selected.

Step-2: To open the Order Preset menu, click on the ★ icon on the right-side of the order sub-type selection.



Step-3: Your existing Order Presets will be listed. Click + Add.



Step-4: Specify the preset name and assign a hotkey to the preset if desired. Order parameters for the preset can also be changed here, before it is saved. Assigning hotkeys is optional.


A maximum of 10 order presets can be active at a time.

Step-5: Click Save Preset. The preset will be saved immediately.


The default setting for size, is based on a percentage of the account balance.

Order Preset Settings

Settings Overview

The image below shows most of the settings that are available when saving an order preset.

Settings must first be enabled in the Trading widget, for them to be visible in the "Create Preset" window.


Values can be adjusted before the preset is saved, and sections can be disabled.

However, it is not possible to add new elements in the "Create Preset" or "Edit Preset" windows, that were not enabled via the Trading widget first (e.g. adding additional Take Profits or changing Stop Loss from Market to Limit).

To add new elements to a saved preset, the preset will need to be selected first. After doing so, edits can be made in the Trading widget, before it is saved as a new preset.

If the risk setting is enabled for the Stop Loss, this will affect the entry size, and will overwrite it when the preset is selected.

Settings Based on Percentages

Elements related to an order preset, are created based on the percentage values from the Trading widget (e.g. entry prices relative to the current price). The percentages are rounded up or down to match the values that are applicable for the market that the preset was created on.

These values can be adjusted in the "Create Preset" or "Edit Preset" window. When the preset is selected, the actual percentages used, will depend on the market it is being applied to and they will be rounded to the next closest possible percentage.

Due to the way that percentages function with order presets, it can be helpful to create an order preset, that is based on a market with small step sizes (e.g. BTC/USDT).

Editing an Order Preset

Step-1: Click on the ★ icon on the right-side of the order sub-type selection.


Step-2: Click on the 3 dots next to the saved order preset.



Step-3: Click Edit Preset.


Step-4: A window will be displayed, where edits can be made to the preset parameters. The preset's hotkeys and name can also be edited here.



Step-5: Click Save Preset. Changes will be immediately saved to the edited preset.

Deleting an Order Preset

Step-1: Click on the ★ icon on the right-side of the order sub-type selection.



Step-2: Click on the 3 dots next to the saved order preset.



Step-3: Click Delete Preset. The preset will be immediately deleted without any confirmation dialog.

Once a preset is deleted, the same preset cannot be recovered.

Selecting an Order Preset

Manual Selection

Step-1: In the Trading widget, click on the ★ icon on the right-side of the order sub-type selection.



Step-2: Click on one of the saved order presets, to populate the Trading widget fields with the parameters defined in the preset.



Step-3: Confirm that all fields in the Trading widget are filled in as desired.



Step-4: Click Place Order from the bottom of the Trading widget.

Hotkey Selection

Step-1: Press the predefined hotkeys, to immediately populate the Trading widget, with the parameters defined in the relevant preset.

The hotkeys linked to the order preset, are displayed next to it.



Step-2: Confirm that all fields in the Trading widget are filled in as desired.



Step-3: Click Place Order from the bottom of the Trading widget.

Order Presets: Favorites

If there are presets that are regularly used, adding them to favorites would make locating them more time-efficient, so that they can be easily found and used when needed.

How to Add an Order Preset to Favorites

Step-1: Click on the ★ icon on the right-side of the order sub-type selection.


Step-2: Click on the ★ next to a saved order preset. The preset will be added to favorites immediately.



Favorited presets will be displayed first in the "All Presets" list.



Presets can also be filtered by "Favorites", where only favorited presets will be shown.

How to Remove an Order Preset from Favorites

Step-1: Click on the ★ icon on the right-side of the order sub-type selection.


Step-2: Click on the ★ icon next to a favorited preset. The preset will be immediately removed from favorites.


The unfavorited preset will no longer be displayed at the top of the "All Presets" list.


The unfavorited preset will also no longer be shown under the "Favorites".

Important Factors to Consider

Unsupported Order Types

Available order types vary by exchange. The Trading widget will only display the order types that are available for the selected exchange and trading pair.

If a preset with an unsupported order type is selected, the following error message will be displayed:

Size Settings

When saving an order preset, the default size is based on a percentage of the account balance. However, this can be set to a fixed size entry before saving a preset, or when editing a preset:


Fixed size entries only function when the quote currency of the preset's original market, is the same as the market where the preset is being used.

Saved Order Preset Limitations

Only 10 order presets can be active at a time. If there are already 10 order presets, the following error message will be shown:

Available Hotkeys

The hotkeys that are available vary by operating system. There are certain hotkeys that may overlap with operating system shortcuts and default hotkeys used by other Altrady widgets.

Default hotkeys used by Altrady widgets are as shown below:




For Windows, any combination of hotkeys not listed in the above lists, can be set up on an order preset.

For MacOS, any combination of hotkeys using Shift or Command (CMD) , that do not overlap with the hotkeys in the above lists, can be used.

On MacOS, the Command key is used in place of the Ctrl key.

Hotkeys are unavailable on mobile.

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Updated on: 03/03/2025