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Market Watch

Market Watch is a collapsible sidebar (Option+Shift+Cmd+B) located to the left of the chart. It lists trading symbols and lets you create orders or open charts for them via the context menu.

You can also create charts instantly by dragging symbols from Market Watch and dropping them into the chart area.

The symbols are grouped into asset classes, such as:

  • Popular markets
  • Metals
  • Energies
  • Forex
  • Indices
  • iShares ETFs
  • EU shares
  • Asia/Pacific shares
  • US shares
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Disabled

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Watchlists

A watchlist is a customisable list of symbols provided under Market Watch in the Trade app. Watchlists give quick access to a select group of symbols, and cTrader allows you to create as many watchlists as needed.

To create a new watchlist, click the Create new watchlist button, enter a name and click OK.

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After you create a watchlist, you can add symbols, remove symbols, rename or delete the watchlist and perform other actions.

To add a symbol to a watchlist, click the + icon in the watchlist and select the symbol. You can browse all available symbols or search for one in the search box.

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To expand or collapse a watchlist, click the > icon in the watchlist.

The Popular markets watchlist is available by default. It contains the most popular symbols and cannot be edited or deleted.

You can move symbols within a watchlist or reorder entire watchlists by dragging and dropping them up or down.

When you right-click a symbol in a watchlist, you can place a new order for it, open a new chart, remove it or add it to another watchlist.

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Manage watchlists

Right-click a watchlist to see the options available for managing it.

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These are the available actions:

  • Rename – give the watchlist a new name.
  • Duplicate – create a copy of the watchlist with another name.
  • Delete – remove the watchlist.
  • Add symbol – add a symbol to the watchlist.
  • Remove symbol – remove a symbol from the watchlist.

These parameters or settings are applied to all watchlists:

  • Market Watch settings – allows you to enable or disable daily change for symbols and specify what the double-click and drag-out actions do.
  • Asset settings – allows you to choose the unit settings for assets.