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Basics and layouts

cTrader Windows consists of four basic applications:

  • Trade
  • Copy
  • Algo
  • Analyze

You can switch between them directly from the main menu in the upper left.

Trade

The trading application with all the necessary market research tools.

Copy

The built-in web application for copying trading strategies or offering your own.

Algo

Algo is the built-in application for creating cBots (trading robots), custom indicators and other automated trading tools. It is available on all cTrader platforms.

Note

Developing new algos is only possible when using cTrader Windows.

Analyze

In-depth analysis of your performance across individual trading accounts.

Main screen

The cTrader UI is designed to make trading easy and effective. You can access all essential tools and options from the application's main page.

  • Main menu – allows switching between the Trade, Copy, Algo, and Analyze applications, depositing or withdrawing funds and opening cTrader settings.
  • Toolbar – provides access to several tools for configuring the UI and the charts.
  • Account bar – allows switching between the trading accounts linked to the current cTID.
  • Market Watch – allows selecting symbols, entering trades, creating and managing the watchlists.
  • Charts – the market charts of the selected symbols. You can add as many charts on the cTrader main screen as you need, and create orders and manage open positions directly from the charts.
  • Trade Watch – allows creating and managing the orders and positions, managing the balance, review deal history, transaction history and give feedback.
  • Instruments toolbar – allows switching between the chart modes, configuring market research and drawing tools, take Chartshots, and set price alerts.
  • Status bar – displays the current trading session, time, server and proxy latencies.
  • Active Symbol Panel (ASP) – allows creating the orders, access the Depth of Market (DoM), check the market sentiment, market details, inverted rate, market hours, trade statistics, leverage and links.
  • Settings – provides access to settings, help, deposits and withdrawals.