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Understanding and Mastering cTrader: The Ultimate Trading Terminal
Understanding and Mastering cTrader: The Ultimate Trading Terminal
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Written by Branden Abushanab
Updated over a week ago

Welcome to our expansive guide dedicated to comprehensively reviewing cTrader, the ultimate trading terminal. This resource serves as your one-stop reference for any inquiries concerning the cTrader trading terminal. Within this guide, you'll discover comprehensive responses to frequently asked questions, supplemented with valuable links and video tutorials. The goal of this guide is for users to learn where to access the the cTrader trading terminal, initiate your trading journey, and uncover strategies for optimizing your cTrader trading experience.


cTrader Overview:

cTrader is known as one of the most intuitive and user-friendly trading terminals engineered to deliver an enhanced trading journey complete with customizable parameters that deliver trading advantages to both pros and novice traders. Renowned for its intuitive user interface, cTrader provides a seamless and engaging trading experience for traders of various degrees of skillsets. By choosing cTrader for your trading journey, you unlock numerous advanced parameters, including customizable charting tools for detailed technical analysis, swift order execution, and a versatile interface customizable to individual preferences. Should you require assistance or have inquiries regarding cTrader, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via Live Chat.


Getting Started - Downloading cTrader and Logging In:

Smart Prop Trader affords customers access to cTrader using GooeyTrade.

Once GooeyTrade has been launched, users will need to sign in with their cTrader issued username (email used to purchase your account with Smart Prop Trader) and password. Please note that upon signing up and purchasing your first cTrader account, you will receive an email from Spotware directing you to create a password associated with your email account used at the time of purchasing cTrader. It's important to note that this password will be used to sign into all of your cTrader issued accounts moving forward. When logged into cTrader via GooeyTrade, customers will be able to select from which account they would like to utilize using the upper right-hand section of the GooeyTrade platform as showing in this screenshot:

Please note that Challenge accounts will appear with the word "Demo" listed beside it, whereas Funded accounts will appear with the word "Live" beside it. For users to differentiate between their Phase 1 and Phase 2 account numbers, customers can reference the email that came from Smart Prop Trader upon receiving their Phase 1 or Phase 2 account credentials, entitled "Welcome - Phase # cTrader", or customers can reference their SPT dashboard page located on this page after logging in. Please see screenshot below for reference:

Accessing GooeyTrade for cTrader Platform on Android Devices:

Traders utilizing Android devices for their cTrader trading journey are welcome to access the Android cTrader application using this link.

Accessing GooeyTrade for cTrader Platform on Apple Devices

Traders utilizing Apple devices for their cTrader trading journey are welcome to access the iOS cTrader application using this link.


Creation and Management of Simulated Orders on cTrader:

To place a new order, navigate to the Chart tab and select the type of order you wish to create. You can follow the video below for reference:



Management of Watchlists and Simulated Positions on cTrader:

In the following video, we detail how to successfully open pending orders using the cTrader trading platform. Additionally, the video reviews how to implement Limit and Stop orders using cTrader:


How to Add and Remove Indicators to your Charts on cTrader:

In the following video, we detail how to successfully add indicators to your charts using the cTrader trading platform:


How to Handle Encountering Issues While Utilizing cTrader:

If customers experience any issues at all while utilizing cTrader on Smart Prop Trader, please reach out to us via Live Chat support and we will be delighted to assist you. Our CS team is available 24/7 to support our community members.

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