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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.

Warning

The MCP server is a tool for AI-assisted trading and does not provide financial, investment, legal or tax advice. AI-generated actions may trigger real trades and result in losses. Users are solely responsible for verifying outputs, supervising strategies, securing credentials and using the MCP server at their own risk.