Trading Platforms
Install a full trading terminal or work straight from the browser. Your positions, balance and risk rules stay in sync because all three are looking at the same account.
MetaTrader 5
The platform most traders already know, connected to our bridge with full expert-advisor support and no execution restrictions.
Best for
Algorithmic traders and anyone migrating an existing MT5 workflow
- Expert advisors and custom indicators
- 21 timeframes and 38 built-in indicators
- Depth of market and one-click execution
- Strategy tester with real tick data
- Desktop, mobile and web builds
- Order types
- 6
- Charting timeframes
- 21
- Automation
- MQL5 / EAs
- Hedging
- Permitted
Connects to
The same live account as the other two platforms, on the same bridge, with the same risk limits evaluated server-side.
cTrader
Level II pricing, precise partial fills and a cleaner order ticket. The choice when execution quality matters more than plugin breadth.
Best for
Discretionary scalpers and order-flow traders
- Full Level II depth of market
- cBots written in C#
- Detachable multi-monitor charting
- Advanced take-profit and stop laddering
- Native macOS build
- Order types
- 8
- Charting timeframes
- 26
- Automation
- cAlgo / C#
- Hedging
- Permitted
Connects to
The same live account as the other two platforms, on the same bridge, with the same risk limits evaluated server-side.
Web Terminal
A browser terminal that connects to the same live account. Open a position from any machine without carrying a platform install with you.
Best for
Traders on locked-down or shared machines
- Runs in any modern browser
- Shared watchlists with the desktop platforms
- Integrated economic calendar
- Live drawdown headroom in the header
- Touch-optimised on tablets
- Order types
- 4
- Charting timeframes
- 12
- Automation
- Not supported
- Hedging
- Permitted
Connects to
The same live account as the other two platforms, on the same bridge, with the same risk limits evaluated server-side.
Every capability, compared.
Execution quality is identical across the three — they share a bridge and a liquidity panel. What differs is the tooling wrapped around it.
| Capability | MetaTrader 5The institutional standard | cTraderDepth-of-market native | Web TerminalNothing to install |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order types | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Charting timeframes | 21 | 26 | 12 |
| Automation | MQL5 / EAs | cAlgo / C# | Not supported |
| Hedging | Permitted | Permitted | Permitted |
| Custom indicators | Unlimited | Unlimited | Built-in set |
| Strategy tester | Real tick data | Tick and bar data | Not available |
| Depth of market | Aggregated book | Full Level II | Top of book |
| Desktop build | Windows | Windows and macOS | None needed |
| Native macOS app | No | Yes | Runs in the browser |
| Mobile app | iOS and Android | iOS and Android | Any mobile browser |
| Install required | Yes, for desktop | Yes, for desktop | No |
| Multi-monitor charting | Detached chart windows | Detachable workspace | Single window |
| Live drawdown headroom | Client portal | Client portal | In the header |
Spreads, commissions, leverage and risk limits do not vary by platform. Every plan includes all three at no extra cost.
Access by device.
Official MetaQuotes installers for Windows, iPhone, iPad and Android. Server address and login still come from the client portal after you open an account.
Links open MetaQuotes’ official MT5 destinations. Credentials and the trading-server address are issued in the portal — these downloads only install the terminal.
Need an account?
Live accounts get the same platform access the moment your first deposit clears — on card and crypto that means immediately.
The account is the constant.
A platform is a window onto your account, not a copy of it. That is what makes running two of them at once, or switching mid-session, a non-event.
One account, three front ends
Your positions, balance, equity and margin live on the bridge, not in the terminal. Open a position on the desktop platform and it is already there when you sign into the browser.
Switch platforms whenever you like
Changing platform on a live account is permitted at any time, and it does not reset your positions, your balance or your open orders.
Colocated execution
Our matching infrastructure sits in Equinix LD4 in London, with points of presence in NY4 in New York and TY3 in Tokyo. Choose the closest one when you connect a VPS.
Encrypted end to end
Every platform session is TLS-encrypted, and the portal supports two-factor authentication on both sign-in and payout requests.
London
Equinix LD4
Primary matching engine and the shortest path for European and Middle Eastern traders.
New York
Equinix NY4
Point of presence for the Americas, closest to the index and share CFD venues.
Tokyo
Equinix TY3
Asia-Pacific point of presence, covering the Sydney and Tokyo sessions.
Not sure which platform fits your style?
Every plan includes access to all three, and switching costs nothing at any point. Start with the one you already know and change your mind later.