Trade Watch¶

The Trade Watch panel is located at the bottom of cTrader and contains all the necessary tools to enter or exit trades, view and manage positions, deals and transactions.

• The Positions tab allows managing all currently open positions.
• The Orders tab allows modifying or closing pending orders.
• The History tab lists all closed positions and related orders.
• The Transactions tab allows tracking all deposits and withdrawals of the current trading account.
• The Balance bar at the bottom contains current trading account parameters such as net and gross profit or loss, balance, margin and more.

Note

If Trade Watch is hidden, you can enable it in layouts. Click the Layout button in the Account bar and select Show Trade Watch from the drop-down.

Items in the tabs are sorted by date by default. Click the respective column title to sort them by any other parameters.

Not all the columns are visible by default, right-click any column title to add or delete columns or restore the defaults. Drag columns to place them in any desired order.

Balance¶

On the Balance bar, at the bottom of the Trade Watch panel, the account parameters are displayed in real time: Balance, Equity, Margin, Free margin, Margin level, Smart stop out, as well as gross and net profit/loss. You can view the values in the account currency or indicative currency USD. Click the Balance bar to expand it and switch between account currency and indicative currency. Hover over any of the parameters to find out how this value is calculated.

Right-click the Balance bar and you will receive the following menu.

Here you have the option to choose the visible values, expand or collapse the bar as well as choose to see the values in the currency of the account or in the indicative currency.

Positions¶

All open positions are available in the Positions tab.

The Positions table displays all the basic information about each position, including trading volume, commissions, and gross and net profit or loss. By default, all positions are sorted by date.

Click the respective column in the panel to sort positions by symbol, direction, volume, price, date, etc.

To filter the positions by any of the parameters, type in the value or its part into the Search bar above the list.

To filter the positions by their direction (buy or sell), click Select directions and select the direction from the drop-down.

To group all positions of the same symbol and direction, click the Aggregated drop-down. This makes it easier to see the total profit or loss of a symbol group or close the groups with one click.

Right-click a position to expand the additional position menu for further action:

• Close position – to close the position immediately.
• Modify position – to open the modify position menu.
• Open chart – to open the current position symbol chart.
• Set advanced protection – to proceed to the advanced take profit and advanced stop loss menu.
• Create new order – to open the new order menu.

Position information¶

Click the Information icon next to the desired position to open the position information details in a new window.

The following position info is available:

• Information – the trading asset lot value and lot units.
• Symbol – the financial instrument.
• Margin – the margin required by this position.
• Position ID – the unique ID of the position.
• Status – the current status of the position (open or closed).
• Current volume – the current number of lots being traded.
• Current direction – the current direction of the position (buy or sell).
• Created time – the exact time the position was created.
• Last modified time – the exact date and time the position was last modified.
• Entry price – VWAP (volume-weighted average price) of deals filled to create this position.
• Current SL – the current stop loss.
• Current TP – the current take profit.
• Distance (pips) – the current distance to SL or TP from the market price.
• Unrealised swaps – swaps to be earned or paid when closing or reversing the position.
• Unr. broker commission – unrealised commission to be charged by your broker.
• Unr. copying commission – commission of the cTrader Copy strategy provider to be charged.
• Unr. IB commission – the unrealised introducing broker commission.
• Net Unr. – the current net profit or loss including swaps and commissions.
• Gross Unr. – the current gross profit or loss excluding swaps and commissions.
• Realised swaps – swaps already paid.
• Real. broker commission – broker commission charged.
• Real. copying commission – strategy provider commission charged (cTrader Copy).
• Real. IB commission – the realised introducing broker commission.
• Net real. – net profit and loss secured for this position, including swaps and commissions.
• Gross real. – gross profit and loss secured for this position, excluding swaps and commissions.
• Label – label added by cBot.
• Comment – user comments.

Position timeline¶

A position timeline is displayed to the bottom of the Position information panel.

Here you can view all the events related to the position in chronological sequence: orders, deals and status updates as each order and deal are processed, charged swaps and commissions, stop-loss and take-profit triggers that were hit or modified.

Click the desired item to open the respective panel with all the information about an order or a deal.

Position advanced protection¶

Click the Advanced protection settings icon next to the desired position to set the advanced stop loss and the advanced take profit for the position.

Advanced take profit¶

The Advanced take profit feature allows users to automatically partially close positions depending on the profit level.

A user can control how much of the volume should be closed after reaching a certain number of pips of profit.

To enable the advanced take profit, check the desired Take profit boxes and specify the number of Pips and Volume. When done, click Apply to save changes.

Advanced stop loss¶

The Move stop loss to break even option changes the regular stop-loss settings when triggered.

While the trailing stop loss feature readjusts the stop-loss level each time the price moves at least one pip in your favour, the Advanced stop loss allows for more precise control over the movements of the stop-loss level. Click the Move stop loss to break even checkbox to enable the feature.

Change the Trigger when gaining parameter to specify when the stop loss will move to the break-even point (entry price) - only if the market price moves 12 pips in our favour.

The Server take profit and Server stop loss fields display the stop loss and take profit that will work even if your cTrader app is closed or disconnected.

Click Apply to enable the advanced protection.

Once created, the advanced take profit levels are easy to adjust directly in the respective symbol chart: ATP1, ATP2, etc.

Modify a position¶

You can modify an open position by changing the number of trading lots, changing direction, etc.

To proceed to the Modify position menu, double-click the desired position in the Positions tab of the Trade Watch panel (or right-click it, and select Modify position).

Alternatively, click the Cog icon next to the desired position or double-click the desired position in the symbol chart.

The following position options can be modified:

• Volume – change the volume of the traded assets. If set to a smaller volume, then only a part of the open position will be closed. If set to a bigger volume, then this volume will be added to the position.
• Direction – select the Buy or Sell direction from the drop-down.
• Stop loss – set the stop loss protection.
• Take profit – set the take profit protection.
• Trailing stop loss – check to enable the trailing stop loss. The trailing stop is a stop loss that automatically updates every time the price of the position moves in your favour. This is a handy tool if you initially have underappreciated the market. Trailing stop loss never readjusts if the market moves against you.

Click the Price alert button to set a new price alert. Click the Advanced protection settings icon to set the advanced protection options.

Use the Collapse/expand button to collapse and expand the chart to the right. Click the Information icon to open the complete symbol details.

Reverse and double position¶

To reverse a position, click the Reverse position button next to the desired position in the Positions tab in Trade Watch.

Reversing a position means changing its direction (buy, sell).

To double a position (increase its volume twice), click the Double position button next to the desired position.

Click the Close position button to close the position.

Orders¶

All the pending orders are listed in the Orders tab of Trade Watch. Here you can manage, edit and cancel the pending orders.

When an order is filled, it becomes a position and disappears from the Orders tab.

You can filter the orders by their ID, direction, type, symbol or traded volume. Type the value or its part in the search bar above the list of orders.

Right-click any column title to add columns that are not displayed by default.

Please find the detailed information on how to manage the orders in the Orders section.

History¶

The History tab holds the complete history of all deals that have filled or attempted to fill your orders.

While each closed position is represented by a single deal in the list, you can access all the associated deals, positions and orders by double-clicking the deals or clicking the Information icon next to the desired deal. The total realised profit and loss of the current account is displayed in the bottom-right of the History tab.

Please find the detailed information on the deals in the Positions and deals section.

To filter the deals by any of the parameters, type a value or part of it in the Search bar above the list or use the respective fields above to filter by standard or custom periods.

Click the Done orders button to open the list of all the orders ever created, including the stop-loss and take-profit orders.

You can filter the orders by their status (Pending, Filled, Rejected, Expired or Cancelled).

Also, you can filter the orders in the list by their type (Market, Limit, Stop, Stop limit, Stop loss/take profit, Market range, StopOut).

Select the period to show only the orders done within this period, or set the exact dates to show the orders done only within these dates.

Click the Statement button to open the HTML account statement in a new tab. You can click Save on the Statement page to save it locally as an Excel spreadsheet in .csv format.

Price alerts¶

All the price alerts set for the trading account are listed in the Price alerts tab of Trade Watch. You can remove the desired price alert by clicking the X button next to it.

Click Create price alert to open the Creating and managing price alerts menu.

Click Close all price alerts to close all the price alerts in the list at once.

Transactions¶

All the transactions of the current trading account with their details are listed in the Transactions tab of Trade Watch.

Filter the transactions using the Withdrawal/deposit drop-down, or type a value or part of it in the Search bar.

Use the Deposit and Withdraw buttons for the respective operations.

Bonuses¶

The Bonuses tab lists all the bonuses added to the account with the Total / available for trading bonuses, Conversion ratio, and Converted bonus columns below the grid. See the Bonuses section for more details.