The Trading Pit Integrates cTrader to Enhance User Experience

News
18 February 2025

At The Trading Pit, we are constantly looking to providing our users with the newest tools and best platforms for a smooth trading experience. Our latest collaboration with the globally known cTrader platform is the perfect example of that dedication. 

Adding cTrader into our suite of trading solutions aims to offer TTP’s traders an advanced, intuitive, and customizable trading experience. 

Known for its sleek interface, fast execution speeds, and powerful charting tools, cTrader is a favorite amongst traders. 

 
Why cTrader?

With our prop traders expressing a strong demand for cTrader for quite some time now, we knew we had to make it happen!  

Choosing the trading platform is equally important for experience and beginner traders alike. If you are just getting started in trading, a well-designed platform would allow you to have a smoother trading experience, especially that you would want to make as little mistakes as possible.  

 

Designed by Spotware Systems, the cTrader platform is considered unique for its modern and user-friendly interface, advanced charting tools, execution speed, and more.  

  • cTrader boasts a wide variety of features, on which users can trade several financial instruments – such as forex, commodities, indices, etc.

  • The platform offers various integration solutions, including Open API and plugins.

  • The interface is easily customizable and can be personalized as per your preferences.

  •  Additionally, it comes with 70 pre-installed indicators, with users having the option to add custom ones.

  • It supports multiple chart types and timeframes, allowing traders to perform technical analysis easily.

  • Users can access cTrader across multiple devices, including desktops, web browsers, and mobile devices, ensuring they can monitor and execute trades from anywhere as long as they have a stable internet connection. 


cTrader offers cross-platform availability with its Mobile (iOS and Android) apps, Desktop, Mac and Web, all translated into 23 languages. A complete stack of technologies ensures sub-millisecond processing and maintains a 100% uptime. 

As the first true STP/ECN trading platform, cTrader was conceived with the Traders First™ principals which enables the development of solutions that are based on market demands and designed to serve the long-term interests of both traders and prop firms. As cTrader evolves, it becomes an Open Trading Platform™, enabling traders and partners to develop their own applications and integrate them into an existing technological framework.

Not only this, but the cTrader platform offers a suite of order types, including but not limited to take profit, stop loss, and trailing stops. This enables traders to implement diverse trading strategies with precision. 

cTrader is the most advanced charting solution available to traders. It allows users to accurately analyse the markets, providing all the necessary information for effective decision making. 

- 6 chart types and 5 types of chart building  

- Thousands of third-party indicators, drawing tools and add-ons  

- Over 70 built-in indicators  

- Numerous technical analysis tools 


Users can also stay informed with cTrader’s integrated news feature, which provides real-time market news and events directly within the platform at no additional cost.


Important Fact: At The Trading Pit, the cTrader platform is powered with liquidity and execution from Tickmill, a global multi-asset broker renowned for its top-tier execution quality and some of the most competitive pricing in the industry, ensuring seamless access to highly liquid markets. 



No Hidden Costs

It is worth noting that the platform will be exclusively available to TTP’s Prime CFDs challenges at no additional cost. 

In the competitive prop trading industry, The Trading Pit distinguishes itself from other firms by offering the platform to our users completely free of charge. This – once again – emphasizes our commitment to our traders’ success. 

By removing financial barriers, we want to ensure that our traders always have access to top-tier tools and resources, with full transparency at all times. 


How to Get Started

We believe that integrating cTrader into our platform will provide prop traders with the tools necessary to execute strategies effectively and efficiently.  

We encourage you to explore these features and leverage them to enhance your trading performance. 

Now that you have chosen cTrader as your platform of choice, you will have to follow these steps to set up your account and start trading: 

  1. Check your email – Once you complete your purchase, you will receive an email from cTrader ([email protected]). This email contains your cTrader ID account number and instructions to set up your password. 
     

  1. Generate a password – in the email received, click on the ‘Log in’ button. You will be redirected to a page where you can create a password for your cTrader account.  
     

  1. Log in to cTrader – Once your password is set, you can log in to cTrader Web, cTrader Desktop, or cTrader Mobile using your cTrader ID account number and newly created password.  
     

  1.  Connect to TTP server – To log in to cTrader, open your cTrader platform, select "Login with cTrader ID," enter your cTrader ID account number and password, and click "Log in." 

For a more detailed step-by-step guide, you can refer to our FAQ section by clicking here