Indicators

Technical indicators are vital decision-making tools for manual trading, designed to support traders by revealing trends and signalling potential shifts in market direction. Indicators rely on mathematical formulas and historical data to provide insight into price movements, volatility, volume and overall market momentum.

Developed by statisticians and traders over time, each indicator is tailored to serve a unique function within technical analysis. The most widely used indicators are available as built-in, cross-platform tools, accessible across all cTrader applications. This enables traders to analyse markets efficiently and make well-informed trading decisions, switching between platforms as needed.

This section provides in-depth information on how technical indicators work, along with practical guidelines for their interpretation and application in cTrader. The platform organises indicators into the next categories based on functionality:

  • Trend indicators help traders identify market direction.
  • Oscillators are used to assess overbought or oversold conditions.
  • Volatility indicators measure price fluctuations.
  • Volume indicators track trading volume and tick data.
  • Other indicators encompass the tools that do not fit into the other categories.

Read detailed instructions on adding indicators to charts, configuring indicator lines and utilising all customisation options for both built-in and custom indicators.