Platform integration reference

How each supported platform connects — credentials versus secure sign-in — and which platforms are coming.

Trada connects to trading accounts you already hold on six Forex and CFD platforms. Every connection uses one of two methods: credentials entered in Trada, or secure sign-in (OAuth) authorized on the platform's own page. Futures platforms are coming and can't be connected yet.

How each platform integrates — market, authentication, and capabilities. Futures platforms are coming.

Compare the two connection methods

• Credentials — You enter the login your broker or prop firm gave you in the Add Account dialog. Trada stores it encrypted and uses it to connect. No platform asks for an API key.

• Secure sign-in (OAuth) — Trada sends you to the platform's own authorization page. You approve access there, and the platform returns an authorization to Trada. Your platform password is never entered into Trada. This method currently applies to cTrader.

Each login you add is saved as a connection. There is no separate page for connections: you create one in Add Account, and you see them as rows in the Nested view of the Accounts page. See Connections & cTrader sign-in.

Reference the platform matrix

Platform	Market	Connection method	Login fields	Accounts per login
MetaTrader 4	Forex / CFD	Credentials	Account ID, Password	One
MetaTrader 5	Forex / CFD	Credentials	Account ID, Password	One
cTrader	Forex / CFD	Secure sign-in (OAuth)	Authorized on cTrader's own page	One or more
TradeLocker	Forex / CFD	Credentials	Email, Password	One or more
DXTrade	Forex / CFD	Credentials	Username, Password	One or more
MatchTrader	Forex / CFD	Credentials	Email, Password	One or more
NinjaTrader	Futures	—	Coming	—
Rithmic	Futures	—	Coming	—
DXFeed	Futures	—	Coming	—

Every platform also asks for a connection Name and your broker's Server. Every connectable platform can be a copier's sender or receiver, and every account feeds the journal and Reports.

Futures connections are not open yet, and the Accounts page shows only the Forex tab. See Connect a Futures account.

Connect a credential-based platform

1

Open Add Account

From Accounts, select Add Account, give the connection a Name, choose the Platform, and pick your broker's Server.

2

Enter the login

Enter the login fields for your platform from the table above, then select Add Account.

3

Import or confirm the accounts

On TradeLocker, DXTrade, and MatchTrader, Import Accounts opens next: keep the accounts you want ticked and select Import N Account(s). MetaTrader accounts are added straight away and show Syncing while Trada checks the login. Once the check passes, the account's Connection column reads Connected.

For TradeLocker's extra fields — the broker server code and whether the account is Demo or Live — see Connect a Forex or CFD account.

Connect cTrader with secure sign-in

1

Choose cTrader and a server

From Add Account, choose cTrader as the Platform and pick your server.

2

Authorize on cTrader

Select Authenticate cTrader. Trada sends you to cTrader's secure sign-in page; approve access there. Your cTrader password stays with cTrader — it is never entered into Trada.

3

Import your accounts

You land back on the Accounts page, where Import Accounts lists the cTrader accounts under that login. Keep the ones you want ticked and select Import N Account(s).

Manage accounts after connecting

• Every trading account you import counts toward your plan's account limit, including disconnected ones. There is no per-account enable or disable switch; to free a slot, delete the account.

• To add accounts you skipped at import, use Import accounts on the connection's row in the Nested view.

A connection's platform is read-only after the account is added. To move an account to a different platform, delete it (two-step confirmation) and add it again under the new platform. Delete connection in the Nested view removes every account under that login at once, with no confirmation step.

Trada does not yet offer a public API for programmatic connection. See API access for current status.

Related

• Supported platforms

• Connections & cTrader sign-in

• Connecting accounts

• API access