In this re​lea​se of the cTra​der Win​do​ws de​sktop tra​ding appli​ca​tion, seve​ral much an​ti​ci​pa​ted fea​tu​res are de​live​red, plus a nu​mber of fea​tu​res are in​tro​du​ced to su​pport cTra​der’s usa​bi​li​ty as a mu​lti-asset cla​ss CFD tra​ding pla​tform, he​lping users to un​der​stand sto​ck tra​ding as more bro​kers start to offer Equi​ties CFDs in cTra​der. Be​low is the full fea​tu​re list of this re​lea​se.

Free Chart Moving

You can now cli​ck and drag the chart up, down, left or ri​g​ht to move it free​ly. The chart will not auto-re-sca​le. The chart can sti​ll be scro​lled by using the mou​se scro​lling or scro​llbar.

Pri​ce Aler​ts

You can now set aler​ts to be tri​g​ge​red when a symbol rea​ches a spe​ci​fic pri​ce. Cli​ck on the "Bell" icon in the "Line Stu​dies Too​lbar" or in the "Email Aler​ts" menu to set a pri​ce alert and get no​ti​fied when the mar​ket rea​ches your pre-de​fi​ned tar​get pri​ce.

Mar​gin Call Aler​ts

You can set aler​ts to be tri​g​ge​red when your account rea​ches a par​ti​cu​lar mar​gin level. The​se se​ttings can be found un​der "Email Aler​ts".

Cu​stom Leve​ls

Cu​stom leve​ls can now be added to in​di​ca​tors that are plo​tted in a se​pa​ra​te chart pa​nel.

Or​der Screen Improve​men​ts

The or​der screens have been re​de​si​g​ned. They are more user-frien​dly and now provi​de a chart and use​ful in​for​ma​tion like pip va​lue and mar​gin re​qui​red. This is very use​ful be​cau​se the Pip va​lue can be di​ffe​rent for di​ffe​rent mar​ke​ts and di​ffe​rent po​si​tion si​zes. In con​te​xt, the Pip va​lue for 1,000 EUR / GBP = £ 0.10, whe​reas the Pip va​lue for 1,000 Te​sco sha​res = £1,000

New Symbol Tree

The symbol tree has been re​de​si​g​ned to in​clu​de su​bca​te​go​ries of asset cla​sses and co​lor-co​ded vi​sua​ls. For exa​mple in​si​de the asset cla​ss Eu​ro​pean Equi​ties (Sto​cks), the​re cou​ld be su​bca​te​go​ries of “UK Equi​ties”, “Ger​man Equi​ties”.

Po​pu​lar Mar​ke​ts

Po​pu​lar Mar​ke​ts can be found at the top of the symbol tree, as con​fi​gu​red by your bro​ker. This se​ction can con​tain a blend of asset cla​sses accor​ding to what’s po​pu​lar. This se​ction cou​ld con​tain Fo​rex, In​di​ces, Equi​ties, Co​mmo​di​ties in​stru​men​ts that can be tra​ded.

Symbol Sta​tus

The sta​tus of each symbol can now be vie​wed as an icon to the left of the symbol name. Exa​mples of sta​tu​ses are "Open for tra​ding" or "Mar​ket Clo​sed". This is very use​ful due to di​ffe​rent sto​ck exchan​ges ope​ra​ting at di​ffe​rent ti​mes of the day, even when they are wi​thin the same zone. For exa​mple, the Hong Kong sto​ck exchan​ge opens at 09:30 and the Sin​ga​po​re sto​ck exchan​ge opens and 09:00, both exchan​ges are in GMT +8

Equi​ty Chart / Tra​de Sta​ti​sti​cs

The "Per​for​man​ce Tab" has been split into two tabs. The "Equi​ty Chart" di​spla​ys the ba​lan​ce and equi​ty cu​rve of your account, whi​le the "Tra​de Sta​ti​sti​cs" sho​ws your accoun​t's sta​ti​sti​cs.

Qui​ckTra​de Se​ttings for Or​ders

The Stop Loss and Take Pro​fit se​ttings in Qui​ckTra​de will be applied to pen​ding or​ders crea​ted by dra​g​ging and dro​pping the or​der han​dles lo​ca​ted be​low the Qui​ckTra​de bu​ttons.