Hot Keys are selected keys on the keyboard that may be used to enter a number of different actions (buy, sell, the route of execution, etc…) into the Order Entry section of the Trading Platform. This allows order entry details to be entered very quickly, just by the touch of a Hot Key, instead of entering the information into different sections individually. The purpose: it provides speed and accuracy of order entry. If you consistently Buy/Sell and average of 1000 shares in an individual order and use INET to route your order, you could setup two Hot Keys. The first Hot Key, “F1” for example, could be set up to display “Buy 1000 shares using INET”. If the Level II screen is active and “F1” is pressed, the order entry box would default automatically to Buy 1000 shares with INET. A second Hot Key, “Control+Shift+A” for example, could be set up to Sell 1000 shares on INET.