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The cTrader mobile user interface includes several main tabs, menus, and action buttons which together form the intuitive and powerful tool for trading on your mobile device. The trading itself is performed by the familiar mechanism of creating and filling the trading orders. The app allows users to easily manage their trading accounts and gives access to the thousands of trading assets in both Demo and Live modes.
Basically, the user workspace consists of the Main menu and several tabs - Watchlists, Positions, Orders, Price Alerts, History, and Transactions. A user can navigate between the tabs by tapping the tab bar to the top of the screen or just swiping them. This document is designed to explain how the main cTrader mobile user interface elements work.
cTrader mobile Main menu gives quick access to the basic functionalities and options of the application. From the Main menu a user can:
The Balance Bar is always displayed to the bottom of the screen. It displays the real-time reflection of your account Balance, Equity, Gross and Net Profit and Loss, Margin details, Stop Out, Trading Sessions and the current Time. Tapping the Account Information bar displays the full information.
The Accounts button allows changing the account password, signing out from all of the accounts, selecting an existing account to trade or opening a new Demo account.
The Accounts picker allows switching between the accounts. When tapped - the Accounts List is shown up.
All the user Demo and Live accounts are displayed in the list. A user can select and use only one account. “D” or “L” abbreviation next to an account means if it is a Demo or a Live account respectively.
Click on the Live Chat icon to the lower right to contact our support team.
The Watchlists tab allows users combining symbols into groups to trade the listed symbols only. The default Watchlist is Popular Markets which includes the basic currency pairs, commodity symbols, and stocks. This list is not editable, as well as the default Assets, Crypto, and Metal Watchlists.
Tapping the Watchlist name opens the Watchlists picker. A user can select from the default Assets, Crypto, and Metal Watchlists, rename them, or create the New Watchlists, by adding and removing the symbols from them or switch between the preferable lists with the Watchlist picker. All the Watchlists can be renamed or removed.
cTrader mobile supports thousands of currency pairs, commodity symbols, stocks, indices, metals, and other tradable assets. The most convenient way of selecting the symbols to trade is using the Watchlists (you can find more information on the Watchlists below). To find a proper symbol to trade just swipe the Symbols list or use the search to the upper right of the Watchlists menu. Type in the desired symbol name or select the symbol from the suggested lists.
Alternatively, you can find the required symbols using the Find Symbols option in the Main menu.
When tapping on a Symbol, the Symbol Overview is displayed. It includes the following components:
Please find the detailed information on the Symbol Overview here.
The Positions tab contains the list of all the active trade positions. The Positions from the list can be modified or closed just in a few taps. Selecting a position from the list expands the opened position menu where a user can:
Opening a new position from the Positions menu is possible in two ways: by creating an order using the standard New Order button or by searching a symbol to trade with the smart search and tapping Buy or Sell directly in the Symbol overview.
You can find detailed information on Positions here.
The Orders menu contains the list of all the users’ pending orders with the following information:
The pending orders can be canceled all at a time by tapping Cancel All, or one by one by tapping the cross next to them.
You can find the detailed information on Orders here.
The New Order button is available from the Main menu, Watchlists, Positions, and Orders menu. Tap it to get to the New Order menu to create a new order.
Alternatively, tap New Orden in the Main menu to create a new order.
The Create Order menu allows creating four types of orders: Market, Limit, Stop or Stop Limit order. Market Order is the default order type in the Create Order menu. To select the required order type use the order types tab bar to the top of the screen, or just swipe.
Market Order is the default order type in the Create Order menu. Creating a Market Order the one should specify:
Creating a Limit Order the one should specify:
Creating a Limit Order the one should specify:
Creating a Stop Limit Order, the one should specify:
cTrader mobile can be configured to alert users with the pop-up when the symbol reaches a certain price for the more convenient trading process. All the price alerts created by a user are listed in the Price Alerts menu. Here a user can create or cancel Price Alerts.
The Create Price Alert button allows creating a new price alert with the specific conditions for any symbol. Tap it to open the Create Price Alert menu.
Alternatively, tap Create Price Alert in the Main Menu to create a new Price Alert.
A user can set the conditions for the alerts with the Create Price Alert menu and save them to the Price Alerts list, or easily remove the price alerts when he doesn’t need them anymore. When the Price Alert conditions are met you will be notified with a pop-up and the expired Price Alert will be canceled automatically.
You can find detailed information on the Price Alerts here.
The History tab lists all the users’ actions including filled orders and activated positions with the following information:
You can find detailed information on your trading History here.
The cTrader account Transactions tab lists all the user's transactions with the real money on their Live accounts or with the virtual money on the Demo accounts. All the Deposit and Withdrawal operations are displayed in the list with the following details:
You can find detailed information on the Transactions here.