FX Trading Platforms

FX trading platforms are an important condition for effective trading on stock and currency markets. Moreover, trading on the markets has become widely available only due to the emergence of this program software. Trading on financial markets require skills, mobility and constant search for new trading strategies. In this regard, traders have an increased interest towards all new developments, new technologies, and analytical instruments, included in the trading platforms. The developers of such platforms aim to improve the effectiveness of the programs, taking into consideration high level of competition in this market segment.

Most Popular FX Trading Platforms

Along with the changeability of financial markets, the dynamics of the development of this sphere and high level of competition, traders need to trade on effective trading platforms.
At present two popular FX trading platforms may be noted, that differ from other brokers by their functionality and simplicity in usage: NetTradeX and MetaTrader 4. Both platforms include all the necessary functions for successful trading, that is user friendly interface, streaming news, charts, wide variety of technical analysis tools.

Main Functions of NetTradeX and MetaTrader 4 FX Trading Platforms

NetTradeX trading platform is designed for trading on Forex market and other markets through CFDs. It offers all conditions for effective trading. The platform provides data transmission with high level of security and confidentiality, user-friendly interface for deal execution and setting pending orders. The platform contains large number of indicators for technical analysis, convenient instruments for building charts, the possibility of saving different settings in the local database, which allows effectively visualize and optimize the trading process.

NetTradeX trading platform is significant for the following characteristics:

Instant execution of deals;
An opportunity of creating personal composite instruments through GeWorko Method, a completely new approach to trading and analysis;
An opportunity of portfolio trading;
Setting volume of a position or order in units of a financial instrument;
Availability of many kinds of trading orders (OCO, Take Profit, Limit, Market, Stop Loss, Activated, Pending);
Percentage charts;
The opportunity of viewing charts in a sync mode;
Balance and lock trading;
Built-in language NTL+ for automated trading;
Realization of Trailing Stop mode on the server, which works on the turned off PC as well.

MetaTrader 4 provides traders with all the necessary information, tools and resources for performing trading operations and developing their own trading strategies. Traders can subscribe to the service of receiving Forex signals for trade and take advantage of using automated trading.

In MetaTrader 4 traders can use chart quotations, wide range of technical indicators, user- friendly interface for deal execution and setting orders, which will allow users analyzing the situation of the market and trade effectively.

Metatrader 4 trading platform may be distinguished by the following characteristics:

Providing program trading, i.e. an opportunity to create own trading programs and indicators or make use of already created ones.
Signal service that enables traders to subscribe to the trading signals from other traders or become providers of trading signals for other traders.

Both of the above mentioned FX trading platforms are unique by their features and functions. The choice depends on the trader's preferences and requirements.

IFC Markets is a leading innovative financial company, offering private and corporate investors wide set of trading and analytical tools. The company provides its clients with Forex and CFD trading through its own-generated trading platform NetTradeX, which is available on PC, iOS, Android and Windows Mobile. The company also offers MetaTrader 4 platform available on PC, Mac OS, iOS and Android. You may compare the advantages of both platforms.