cTrader

Experience versatile charting tools, advanced order types, Level II pricing, and efficient execution – all from one intuitive platform.

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What is cTrader?

cTrader is a multi-asset trading platform designed for Forex and CFD trading. It offers premium charting, diverse order types, algorithmic trading capabilities, and seamless access via desktop, web, and mobile (Android and iOS).

Key features

Advanced charting tools with customisable layouts
Copy trading and social trading integration
Open API for custom trading applications
Robust order management features
Fully accessible on web, desktop, and mobile devices*

*System Requirements: cTrader is available on Windows 7 or higher. It is also supported on Mac OSX.

Chart types and Timeframes

cTrader delivers a wide range of charting timeframes, from 1-minute to monthly. Price data can be customised to display in several chart types, including Candlestick, Bars, HLC, Line, Heikin, Dots, Renko, and Tick. The platform also offers a multi-chart layout capability for a more intuitive overview.

The ChartShots feature enables traders to share their work with other traders on social media and blogs, and save up to 50 templates from any version of the platform.

Technical analysis tools

cTrader comes with more than 70 built in technical indicators, including trend, volume, volatility and momentum indicators. Custom indicators are supported via cTrader Automate (C#), and can be downloaded from the cTrader Store.

In addition, easy-to-use drawing tools enable effortless visualisation of market trends, identification of key levels, and analysis of price movements. Order features include market order, limit order, stop order and stop-limit order.

Chart types and Timeframes

The ChartShots feature enables traders to share their work with other traders on social media and blogs, and save up to 50 templates from any version of the platform.

Technical analysis tools

Economic calendar and Newsfeed

cTrader features a clear economic calendar, displaying previous, consensus, and actual values for all major and minor economic releases and indicators.

The platform’s embedded Newsfeed feature keeps you up to speed with minute-by-minute and relevant news coverage.

Key trading features:

Prompt execution
Level II pricing
Smart Stop-Out
Order type selection

cTrader Trading Accounts

Spreads

From 1.0 pips

Spreads

From 0.0 pips

Commission per lot

Zero

Commission per lot

US$3

Minimum deposit

AU$100 or equivalent

Minimum deposit

AU$100 or equivalent

Max Leverage

1:30

Max Leverage

1:30

cTrader vs MT4

Both cTrader and MT4 possess user-friendly interfaces, offer numerous technical analysis tools, and one-click trading. The platforms can also be accessed through different devices and across operating systems. The two platforms offer similar order types, sufficient for most trading and investing strategies.

Notable differences between the two trading platforms are that cTrader dwarfs MT4 in terms of the number of in-house technical indicators offered, with more than 70 available over MT4’s 30. Their programming languages are also different. While both platforms facilitate algorithmic trading systems, cTrader uses cAlgo: C# programming language, and MT4 adopts the widely popular MQL4.

What can you trade on cTrader?

cTrader is a truly multi-asset platform, offering traders access to more than 70 Forex CFD pairs, including major, minor and exotics, as well as individual equity CFDs across major global exchanges. For those who prefer trading on the price movements of global indices, like the US S&P 500 and the UK’s FTSE 100, cTrader provides access to several such popular equity indexes.

Traders can also access Commodity CFDs on cTrader, including hard commodities such as crude oil, soft commodities like wheat, as well as precious metals, such as gold, silver and palladium. CFDs on Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and Bonds can also be accessed via the platform.

FAQs

How does cTrader work?

cTrader is a modern trading platform that allows manual and algorithmic trading across different trading styles. Registering and downloading the trading platform is straightforward, and sign-in uses a unique cTrader ID (cTID). The platform exhibits a functionally designed interface, while executing trades can be done similarly to other well-established trading platforms, such as MT4 and MT5.

Is cTrader free to use?

Yes. The cTrader platform and its features are free to use once you open a trading account with FP Markets.

What is a cTrader ID?

The cTrader ID, or cTID, is a unique feature of the cTrader trading platform. The cTID’s function permits users to use their cTrader ID across brokers that support the application.

What is the cTrader Smart Stop Out?

The Smart Stop Out feature is unique to cTrader. While MT4 offers a Stop-Out level (usually 50% below margin dependent on the broker), cTrader offers two Stop-Out functions: Smart Stop-Out and Fair Stop-Out.

Smart Stop-Out is a mechanism that closes only a part of the position with the largest margin (say we have a standard lot, and they close out 5 mini lots as an example) should equity fall below margin. Therefore, this will reduce the margin used and increase the free margin to keep the margin level above the current Stop-Out level (50%).

Fair Stop-Out operates similarly to MT4 and MT5’s Stop-Out functions. When the Stop-Out level is reached, the platform starts closing the positions with the biggest margin to restore the margin level for other open positions. The Fair Stop-Out function begins closing full positions with the largest margin. MT4, however, closes positions based on profitability, with the largest losing position closed first.

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