Platforms

Family V · 38 entries

This family of terms covers the software, accounts and connection methods through which retail traders reach the market: platforms such as MetaTrader 4 and cTrader, account types from demo account to live trading account, and the plumbing that sits behind them, including liquidity providers, dealing desks and FIX API access. The terms answer a single practical question: what exactly stands between a trader's order and the market, and how does each layer change cost, speed and control? A newcomer should read demo account first, because it defines the risk-free environment in which every other term here can be tested without capital at stake.

The most common mistake is treating platform features and account types as interchangeable labels, when in fact execution model, order routing and account currency are separate choices that must be checked independently.

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