QuickLinks

The ‘Quick Links’ menu bar is located on the top right hand corner of the platform and contains the following menu options: ‘Create New Order’, ‘Choose QuickTrade Mode’, ‘Sounds On/Off’ and ‘Full Screen’.

Create New Order

By clicking this menu option a pop up window will open in which you can create a ‘Market Order’, ‘Limit Order’ or ‘Stop Order’.

Set QuickTrade Mode

There are three ‘QuickTrade’ modes, ‘Single-Click’, ‘Double-Click’ and ‘Disabled’ (Order Screen). The chosen ‘QuickTrade’ mode will be displayed accordingly by the mouse curor, when it’s hovered over ‘Buy/Sell’ buttons.

Single-Click Mode

‘Single-Click’ ‘QuickTrade’ mode allows you to send ‘Market Order’ requests to your broker by clicking once on the ‘BUY’ (ask) or ‘SELL’ (bid) buttons located on the ‘Market Watch’ or directly on the charts. You can also close an opened position by single-clicking on the close button on the ‘Trade Watch’.

Double-Click Mode

‘Double-Click’ ‘QuickTrade’ mode allows you to send ‘Market Order’ requests to your broker by double-clicking on the ‘BUY’ (ask) or ‘SELL’ (bid) buttons located on the ‘Market Watch’ or directly on the charts. You can also close a position by double-clicking the close button on the ‘Trade Watch’.

Disabled Mode

If you disable ‘QuickTrade’ mode, a ‘Create Order’ ‘Order Screen’ will appear each time you single-click on the ‘QuickTrade’ buttons located on the ‘Market Watch’ or on the chart. If you click on the close button located on the ‘Trade Watch’ a ‘Modify Screen’ will appear.

Sounds On/Off

This feature turns On/Off all audible sound effects of the platform.

Layouts

Users can cycle between three layouts – ‘Default’, ‘Chart Trading Layout’ and ‘Charts Only Layout by clicking the layout change button on the cTrader preferences menu, or by pressing F11.

Full Screen

Switch between ‘Full Screen’ and ‘Normal Screen’ modes. Alternatively you can click F12.