cTrader Trading Platform

On the home screen of your iPhone locate and tap on the Pepperstone cTrader app icon to launch it.

Once the app is launched, you will be presented with the login screen. Enter your credentials in the relevant fields (these will be your email address and your Pepperstone account password).

Once you've entered these details, tap on the "Log in" or "Sign In" button to proceed.

Presuming the provided credentials are correct you will logged into your cTrader account and the app will open to the trading interface.

The same process applies to the ones with an Android phone.

Locate and tap on the plus or new order button.

This is typically found at the bottom center or the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

A trading ticket will now appear allowing you to specify the details of your trade here.

Choose the order type.

You can select between a market order, a limit order or a stop order.

For the purposes of this video, I've selected a limit order, select the trading instrument or currency pair that you want to trade by browsing through the available options.

Now specify the trade and lot size.

This indicates the quantity of the instrument that you wish to buy or sell.

Next, set the desired entry price, depending on the order type.

You may need to enter a specific price at which you want the trade to be executed, then set the stop loss and take profit levels if desired, these are optional parameters that allow you to automatically close out a trade at predetermined levels. Once ready and satisfied with the information that's been entered click on place order. You can also start the trading process by selecting your instrument of choice first, you can do so by going to the watch list and clicking on the product that you'd like to trade.

After clicking on the product of your choice, you can use one click trading for fast order entry specify the quantity you'd like to trade and click on buy or sell.

In this instance, I chose to buy from the position tab.

You can see the buy trade that was just placed also by clicking on the orders tab.

You can view any pending orders waiting to be executed.

Once the specified price of those orders has been reached, the next tab is called price alert.

Once you click on it, you can create an alert by clicking on create price alert from there, set up the appropriate parameters and then click on create alert to activate it.

Managing your positions on cTrader is an easy task.

From the watch list, you can click on any product that you currently hold positions in to display your current exposure. In this case, I clicked on US 500.

Next, click on positions to view your current trades.

If you've taken multiple trades on the same instrument, they will be displayed here, broken down into each individual position.

Before we discuss modifying and protecting positions, let's take a look at modifying orders.

Click on orders to see your current pending orders on the US 500 or any instrument of your choice.

Once on this tab, click on any pending order that you have.

In this case, I only have one, so I'll click on that. Once clicked, you can change the entry price, select an expiry date and adjust both the stop loss and take profit levels.

Once you're happy with any changes you've made, click on modify.

At this point, a confirmation will appear, noting that your order has been modified successfully.

Now let's return to the watch list.

From here, we'll make our way to positions where all of your current trades will be displayed before we take a closer look at a trade.

The X button next to the position is a function that allows you to close the position quickly.

Let's click on any position from this screen.

There's a few things that can be done, including closing or partially closing a position, as well as doubling or reversing a position.

Let's look at a partial close.

You can change the quantity to that which you are trying to close and once ready, click on Modify.

You can also go back to positions and into the same trade to close it, using the same method as described before.

Pepperstone's cTrader app comes preloaded with a popular markets watch list from the trade tab.

You should see this heading as the default watch list.

Clicking on it will open a new screen where you can view all of your watch lists from this screen.

You can also create a new watch list.

As you can see, I've created one earlier called My Top 5.

Let's create a new watch list together.

Firstly, click on create watch list.

Once you do that, a small window pops up, asking you to name the watch list.

Once named, let's discuss adding products to it.

Click on the watch list menu and select the one that you wish to add instruments to.

Then click on the plus sign.

From here, you'll see a list of all available products to add one.

Simply click on the star next to the product, clicking the star again will remove it from the watch list.

Let's now take a look at some other functions in the top menu.

Scroll right until you reach positions here.

You can see all of your current open positions scroll right again until you reach history.

If you click on this, you'll see all of your closed positions.

The final tab after history is transactions where you can see all your financial transactions, such as deposits and withdrawals.

Let's go back to the history tab.

If you'd like to review any of your trades, simply click on one of them.

Once you do, a new screen will appear with more details.

In this case, clicking on the sterling dollar position will reveal new information such as net profit and loss, pips, duration and a selection of other important information. You can also see a chart of how your position evolved from when it was opened to when it was closed.

Below the chart, you can see more information, including symbol data, volume data, time and results and fees.

Let's talk about charts.

cTrader has advanced charting capabilities, allowing lots of possible customizations from the main screen and, more specifically, the overview tab.

You can see the product selected pricing chart, market sentiment and a whole host of other details from the top of the screen.

Clicking the drop down menu next to the selected product allows you to choose a different one.

Here we have dollar yen selected, but let's switch over to euro dollar.

Now let's click on the expand icon in the top left hand corner of the chart.

This will expand the chart across your entire phone screen, but you can also tilt your phone to view the chart horizontally.

The first icon is the time frame.

Clicking on this allows you to change the charts time frame to whatever you prefer.

Aside from selecting one of the default options, you can also click on the dots to customise your own time frame.

You can also add time frames to the quick selection list by clicking on the star and remove them by clicking it again.

Here, you can also select other types of charting, including tick charts, RCO and range bars.

Returning to the chart, the next icon allows you to change the chart style.

Here you can select candlesticks, bars, dots, lines and area charts.

The next icon, the letter F for function, allows you to add or remove indicators from the chart.

Clicking on it will show you recently used indicators while also allowing you to search for and view the list of all available indicators.

In this case, we're searching for a moving average.

Once the results appear, we click on exponential moving Average to add it to the chart.

Let's also add a relative strength index to the chart as well.

Following the same method moving on, you can click on the clipboard to open up the one click trading functionality.

Here, you can define the size, the type of order just above the bottom task bar, and when ready to place an order, click, buy or sell as appropriate and follow the process by clicking on place order to finalise it.

If the order is pending, it will show up on the appropriate chart.

The icon next to the clipboard allows you to add drawings, click on the icon, then click on the add drawing floating button in this case, we'll go ahead and select the horizontal line.

Once done, go back to your chart and you should see the line appear.

You can drag it higher or lower and use the different functions found at the bottom to amend its settings, for instance, if you click on the pen, you can change the colour of the line.

You can also place an alert in reaction to the horizontal line you have on the chart by clicking on the bell icon.

The next icon is the cross hair.

This allows you to pinpoint exact time and price at any moment on the chart, you can leave the cursor in place and click on the triangle, which allows you to create another.

This is effective if one wants to measure price and time between two points on the chart.

The final icon allows you to change the settings of the chart itself, including hiding or showing the ask and bid lines, hiding or showing the grid, as well as switching between dark and light themes and a host of other functions.

Lastly, you can zoom in and out by dragging the screen on the scales or by pinching your fingers and distancing them while on the chart, you can freely customise how much data you see as well as how condensed or expanded the scale is.

cTrader provides you with a unique ID and login. You’ll receive this in a separate email, which you should file for your records. When you log into cTrader, make sure to use your specific cTrader ID. If you have any questions, we’re here to help.

cTrader has an in-depth video library built into the platform, which is accessible via the Help menu in the top left-hand corner. These easy-to-follow videos cover all the basics of how to use the platform.

1. Open the chart.
2. Right-click and select Create New Order.
3. From here, you’ll have a range of options to choose from including market order, limit order, stop order, and an advanced option: stop limit order.

1. In the order tab, tick the boxes for stop-loss and take-profit.
2. This will open up the option to set both a stop-loss and take-profit.
3. Once you’ve put your stop-loss and take-profit criteria in, you can review it before you start trading.

1. cTrader makes it easy to understand your trades by giving you a preview of your pip value and margin amount before placing a trade.
2. You also have the advanced Analyze tab, which acts as an overview of the performance of your account. You can monitor plenty of information here including:
   1. Total profit/loss
   2. Exposure to certain markets
   3. Current volume held