cTra​der De​sktop 4.0 Offers Advan​ced Chart Fea​tu​res & Ana​lysis En​han​ce​men​ts

The cTra​der De​sktop 4.0 ver​sion in​tro​du​ces Active Char​ts in con​jun​ction with an in​crea​sed ran​ge of ho​tke​ys, a smart chart sear​ch and the abi​li​ty to copy/pa​ste chart dra​wings.

When it co​mes to fun​da​men​tal and te​ch​ni​cal ana​lysis, the upda​te offers FXStreet News and Au​to​char​ti​st, re​spe​ctive​ly, whi​le the re​lea​se’s conve​nien​ce fea​tu​res in​clu​de the abi​li​ty to de​po​sit and wi​thdraw fun​ds to/from Demo accoun​ts, abi​li​ty to du​pli​ca​te char​ts, expand/co​lla​pse symbol ti​les, chart ke​yboard even​ts in API, as well as API chan​ges for dra​wing even​ts, chart activa​tion/dea​ctiva​tion and more, unvei​ling an en​ti​re​ly new level of tra​ding expe​rien​ce.

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Chart Too​lbar with Active char​ts

The Chart too​lbar provi​des a sing​le spa​ce to ma​na​ge char​ts for utter​mo​st conve​nien​ce. Wor​kspa​ces, La​yout mo​des, Obje​ct ma​na​ger, Сhart Pre​fe​ren​ces, as well as favou​ri​te ti​me​fra​mes are now avai​la​ble on the top ho​ri​zon​tal menu, above char​ts, for ease of use.

Addi​tio​na​lly, the in​tro​du​ction of Active Char​ts, pai​red with di​re​ct ho​tkey appli​ca​tion de​livers a who​le new tra​ding expe​rien​ce. A tra​der can activa​te the chart by si​mply cli​cking on it, and gain the abi​li​ty to chan​ge chart types and se​ttings, zoom in/out, and apply favou​ri​te ti​me​fra​mes to the chart in a ma​tter of cli​cks.

Ho​tke​ys for Active Char​ts

Some of the new ho​tke​ys si​mpli​fy the most co​mmon ta​sks in cTra​der and others bring new use​ful fea​tu​res. You can find the list of all ho​tke​ys and chan​ge de​fau​lt assi​g​ned keys in se​ttings.

• **Spa​ce **- Open Smart Chart Sear​ch
• Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Ctrl + X - Copy, pa​ste and cut chart dra​wings
• Ctrl + Tab, Ctrl + Shi​ft + Tab - Swi​tch be​tween char​ts
• Ctrl + Q - Show/hide side menu on the left
• Ctrl + W - Show/hide Tra​de​wa​tch at the bo​ttom
• Ctrl + E - Show/hide Active Symbol Pa​nel on the ri​g​ht
• Ctrl + N, Ctrl + Shi​ft + N - Open new chart, atta​ched or de​ta​ched
• Ctrl + D, Ctrl + I - Open Obje​ct Ma​na​ger on Dra​wings or In​di​ca​tors tab
• Ctrl + A - Se​le​ct all dra​wings
• Ctrl + H - Hide/show all dra​wings
• F1 - Open Help Cen​ter
• Shi​ft + Dra​wing - Con​strai​ned dra​wing: 45 de​g​rees for li​nes, re​ctang​le, or cir​cle
• Ctrl + Dra​wing - Keep dra​wing in​stru​ment se​le​cted after fi​ni​shing with dra​wing

Smart Chart Sear​ch

Smart Chart Sear​ch is a new and qui​ck way to alter symbo​ls and pe​rio​ds, add cBo​ts and in​di​ca​tors, or apply chart te​mpla​tes.

Pre​ss Spa​ce​bar to start typing, then use Down and Up keys to se​le​ct an item and pre​ss En​ter to apply chan​ges.

Copy and Pa​ste Chart Dra​wings

Use Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V to copy and pa​ste dra​wings be​tween char​ts. Dra​wings are co​pied as a JSON for​ma​tted text, so you are free to sha​re them with others.

FxStreet News in​te​g​ra​tion

The addi​tion of FXStree​t's la​te​st news and tra​ding upda​tes that can be found on the ASP (Active Symbol Pa​nel), en​su​res tra​ders stay on top of mar​ket oppor​tu​ni​ties in real-time, wi​thout leaving their tra​ding spa​ce.

Au​to​char​ti​st

The Au​to​char​ti​st Mar​ket Ana​lysis tool can help you make more in​for​med tra​ding de​ci​sions, get acquain​ted with di​ffe​rent te​ch​ni​cal ana​lysis con​ce​pts, and gain extra va​li​da​tion of your own ana​lysis.

Au​to​char​ti​st iden​ti​fies po​ten​tial tra​de oppor​tu​ni​ties using Chart Pa​tter​ns, Fi​bo​na​cci pa​tter​ns, and Key Leve​ls. The ana​lysis is ge​ne​ra​ted per symbol, for a ti​me​fra​me as low as 15 mi​nu​tes, provi​ding you with a gra​phi​cal illu​stra​tion and in​for​ma​tion on the di​re​ction of po​ten​tial pri​ce move​ment along with the fo​re​ca​sted pri​ce.

De​po​sit and wi​thdra​wal to/from Demo accoun​ts

The abi​li​ty to de​po​sit and wi​thdraw fun​ds to/from demo accoun​ts allo​ws users to obse​rve the real-life tra​ding pi​ctu​re, as oppo​sed to the usual demo fun​ds option.

Active Chart Se​ttings

You can con​fi​gu​re to chan​ge the symbol in Active Char​ts from Mar​ke​tWa​tch or Tra​de​Wa​tch. Addi​tio​na​lly, you can sync Active Char​ts with the Active Symbol Pa​nel for ma​xi​mum conve​nien​ce.

Help Cen​ter

The Help Cen​ter, lo​ca​ted in the bo​ttom left cor​ner of your pla​tform, co​mbi​nes Help Gui​des, Wha​t's New, cTra​der.com, Open API, Use​ful Lin​ks, Con​ta​ct and About cTra​der, in a sing​le pla​ce for your conve​nien​ce.

Expand/co​lla​pse symbol tile

You can ea​si​ly tran​sform a symbol list into ti​les in Mar​ket Wa​tch. To expand/co​lla​pse a sing​le symbol item, se​le​ct the cor​re​spon​ding item in the ri​g​ht-cli​ck menu.

Du​pli​ca​te chart

You can now fu​lly du​pli​ca​te a chart with the exa​ct symbol, dra​wings, in​di​ca​tors, and se​ttings by se​le​cting Du​pli​ca​te in the ri​g​ht-cli​ck menu.

Chart Ke​yboard Even​ts in API

cBo​ts and cu​stom in​di​ca​tors can now han​dle ke​yboard even​ts and assi​gn cu​stom ho​tke​ys.

Read more about the new Chart.Ke​yDo​wn event and Chart.AddHo​tkey me​thod here.

API for han​dling chart activa​tion/dea​ctiva​tion

Only an active chart will get ke​yboard and cu​stom ho​tkey even​ts. New API allo​ws tra​cking when a chart is activa​ted or dea​ctiva​ted. Read more here.

API chan​ges for dra​wings even​ts

With the in​tro​du​ction of mu​lti​ple se​le​cted dra​wings, the fo​llo​wing even​ts have chan​ged:

Obje​ctA​dded, Obje​ctU​pda​ted, Obje​ctRe​moved, Obje​ctSe​le​ction​Chan​ged. Read more here.

Sa​mple Ho​tkey Tra​ding

A new cBot sa​mple was added to de​mon​stra​te ho​tke​ys API. With this cBot you can send mar​ket Buy and Sell or​ders, as well as clo​se po​si​tions using con​fi​gu​ra​ble ho​tke​ys. It can be used with Vi​sual Ba​ckte​sting for ma​nual stra​te​gy te​sting.

Do​wn​load cTra​der De​sktop 4.0

If you wish to di​scu​ss the upda​tes, or ask any fo​llow-up que​stions, plea​se re​fer to our Co​mmu​ni​ty Board, or the cTra​der Offi​cial Te​le​g​ram chan​nel.