Workspaces and UI layout¶
This guide covers prompts for managing various UI elements, including workspaces, Market Watch (MW), watchlists, Active Symbol Panel (ASP), Trade Watch (TW), apps and desktop notifications through an AI agent.
Workspaces¶
Workspaces store the arrangement of charts, panels and settings so you can switch between different trading setups.
List workspaces¶
Show me all available workspaces.
Load a workspace¶
Load the workspace called 'Forex Majors'.
Save a workspace¶
Save the current workspace as 'Morning Setup'.
Delete a workspace¶
Delete the workspace called 'Old Layout'.
Warning
Deleting a workspace is irreversible. Make sure you no longer need it before confirming.
Layout¶
Control which panels are visible alongside the chart area.
Get the current layout¶
What is the current layout?
Set the layout¶
Hide all panels and show only the chart area.
Show both Active Symbol Panel and Trade Watch.
Show Trade Watch.
Market Watch¶
Get MW¶
Show me the current Market Watch panel and its symbols.
Set MW¶
Switch Market Watch to show all symbols.
Switch Market Watch to the watchlists view.
Watchlists¶
View watchlists¶
Show me all my watchlists and the symbols in each one.
Create a watchlist¶
Create a new watchlist called 'Crypto'.
Rename a watchlist¶
Rename my 'Forex' watchlist to 'Forex majors'.
Delete a watchlist¶
Delete the watchlist called 'Old setup'.
Add a symbol¶
Add XAUUSD to my 'Commodities' watchlist.
Add EURUSD, GBPUSD and USDJPY to my 'Forex Majors' watchlist.
Remove a symbol¶
Remove NZDUSD from my 'Forex Majors' watchlist.
Active Symbol Panel¶
ASP provides quick access to symbol details, depth of market and other information.
Show ASP¶
Open Active Symbol Panel.
Switch ASP tabs¶
Switch Active Symbol Panel to the Depth of market tab.
Switch Active Symbol Panel to the economic calendar.
Show news in Active Symbol Panel.
Trade Watch¶
TW shows your positions, pending orders, history, deals and notifications.
Switch TW tabs¶
Switch Trade Watch to the History tab.
Show me the Notifications tab in Trade Watch.
Apps¶
Switch between different cTrader applications or modules.
Get the current app¶
What app am I currently using?
Switch apps¶
Switch to the Analyse app.
Notifications¶
Display desktop notifications from your AI agent.
Show a notification saying 'EURUSD has reached your target price'.
Send me a notification when this operation is complete.
Combining prompts¶
You can combine multiple workspace and UI operations in a single prompt.
Load my 'Forex majors' workspace, open Active Symbol Panel,
and set Market Watch to show my 'Top movers' watchlist.
Save the current workspace as 'Afternoon session', then switch
to the Analyse app.
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