πͺοΈ When London meets New York, volatility explodes.
Two of the biggest trading sessions overlap, often triggering sharp price movements and fresh trading opportunities. Are you watching the market when the action heats up?
π Get the complete trading guide: eu1.hubs.ly/H0zcb5k0
π How well do you really know your cBot?
With cTrader Algo on Windows and Mac, you can go beyond simply running automated strategies. Backtest your cBots, analyse their performance and fine-tune their parameters using historical market data.
βοΈ Here's what you can do:
β Backtest your strategy to see how it would have performed on historical market data, without risking real funds.
β Analyse trading results, including executed trades, equity and balance.
β Optimise your cBot by testing multiple parameter combinations against your chosen criteria.
β Explore how different settings perform across historical market conditions.
Research, test and refine your automated strategies in cTrader Windows or Mac.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0zbFvb0
π #EconomicCalendar
Key events this week
Time zone: UTC
Monday, October 19
12:30 π¨π¦ Canada - CPI (MoM)
12:30 π¨π¦ Canada - Median CPI (YoY)
12:30 π¨π¦ Canada - Trimmed CPI (YoY)
Wednesday, October 21
06:00 π¬π§ United Kingdom - CPI (YoY)
13:00 π¬π§ United Kingdom - BoE Gov Bailey Speaks
21:45 π³πΏ New Zealand - CPI (QoQ)
π Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z7rCp0
When one revenge trade works, it can make the next one feel justified π€
After a loss, the urge to get back into the market quickly can easily override the original plan.
Instead of chasing the loss, traders can define stop loss and take profit levels in advance, use price alerts to step away from the chart and practise different scenarios in Market Replay. The goal isn't to win the loss back immediately, but to make sure the next trade is still a decision, not a reaction. π
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z7yLH0
π A breakout can look promising, but is the potential reward actually worth the risk? A well-planned trade is about more than getting the direction right.
π Get the complete London session trading guide: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z1FdP0
How much are you actually risking before you place a trade? π
Risk management is not just about adding a stop loss. Position size, stop loss distance and potential reward all work together, and changing one can affect the whole setup.
Want to go deeper? Explore the full risk management workflow in the format that works for you.
π Get the free guide: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z7www0
π₯ Watch the video tutorial: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z7wwx0
π Is the market ranging or gearing up for a bigger move?
Bollinger Bands on cTrader Mobile help you read price volatility, spot potential support and resistance levels and recognise periods of tightening price action that may precede a breakout.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z4gc40
Indicator: Anchored Moving Average
Anchored Moving Average lets you start the moving average calculation from a specific market moment, using either a manual date and time or a configurable lookback period. From that anchor, the indicator extends the average forward and adds adaptive Fibonacci bands based on the actual price range, making it easier to track how price behaves after a selected event or swing point.
πͺ Key strengths:
β Flexible anchoring from a manual date and time or a lookback period from 1 hour to 10 years
β Eight adaptive Fibonacci levels with a built-in 38.2%-62.8% mean reversion zone
β SMA and EMA options with multiple display modes for different levels of chart detail
βοΈ Trader's feedback:
"It provides flexibility that standard MAs do not have - you can use the starting point of a move as the anchor and see how price returns to the average from that point. In testing, it performed stably and without errors. It is especially valuable when building scenarios: where the breakout occurred, where a retest may happen, where to take profit and under what conditions to hold a position."
π Explore Anchored Moving Average in cTrader Store: eu1.hubs.ly/H0yVFWn0
π€ What if one prompt could take you from market analysis to trade execution?
With cTrader MCP servers for trading, you can ask your AI to analyse XAUUSD, identify key price levels and place a trade with Stop Loss and Take Profit. No need to switch between separate tasks - describe your trading plan in plain language and let your AI handle the workflow.
π MCP setup guide: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z4c3h0
π€ Your trading bots don't need you to stay at your desk.
With cTrader Mobile, you can run cBots in the cloud, manage their settings and keep your automated strategies running even when your device is switched off.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z1Nbv0
π» Why switch between different tools when you can manage your trading algorithms directly in cTrader?
Meet cTrader Algo, your built-in workspace for developing, testing, running and managing cBots, custom indicators and plugins on Windows and Mac.
βοΈ Here's what you can do:
β Create your own algorithms using C# or Python, starting from scratch or with ready-made templates.
β Backtest and optimise cBots using historical market data to evaluate their performance and fine-tune their parameters.
β Run and manage cBots locally or in the cloud, adjust their settings and work with custom indicators and plugins.
Everything you need to work with trading algorithms, built right into your cTrader Desktop app.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z1LPl0
The London open can bring sharp moves across major FX pairs. Focus on instruments that tend to get active, then let the breakout show the direction rather than trying to predict it. π
Get the complete London session trading guide: eu1.hubs.ly/H0z0R1k0
π cTrader has been named Best Trading Platform at UF Awards APAC 2026!
The award marks another milestone for cTrader as we continue building a platform for traders around the world.
cTrader supports 23 languages, including Simplified Chinese, and is available to traders in mainland China and other key Asian markets.
From an intuitive interface and built-in risk management tools to advanced charting, built-in algo trading with 24/7 cloud execution for cBots and AI-powered workflows with cTrader MCP servers, cTrader is designed for traders at every stage of experience.
More than 12 million traders worldwide already use cTrader, and we'll keep developing the platform around our Traders Firstβ’ approach.
Thank you for choosing cTrader π
π #EconomicCalendar
Key events this week
Time zone: UTC
Wednesday, October 14
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - Core CPI (MoM)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - Core CPI (YoY)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - CPI (MoM)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - CPI (YoY)
Thursday, October 15
00:30 π¦πΊ Australia - Employment Change
00:30 π¦πΊ Australia - Unemployment Rate
06:00 π¬π§ United Kingdom - GDP (MoM)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - Core PPI (MoM)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - Core Retail Sales (MoM)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - PPI (MoM)
12:30 πΊπΈ United States - Retail Sales (MoM)
Friday, October 16
02:00 π¬π§ United Kingdom - BoE Gov Bailey Speaks
03:30 πΊπΈ United States - Fed Chairman Warsh Speaks
π Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0y-xx00
π± The new Positions app in cTrader Mobile 5.10 puts your trading activity in one place. View and manage open positions, check pending orders and review your trading history faster from your phone.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0yC8Vw0
A change in market structure can tell you when a trade idea is starting to weaken. π Watching the most recent high around a key zone can help put that shift into context and manage the position more deliberately.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0yRRrK0
π€ Backtests can tell you how a bot performed in the past. Live Bot Arena lets you see what happens next.
It is a public space where trading bots run on demo accounts in current market conditions, so you can follow their performance as it develops rather than relying on historical results alone.
Explore different bots, see how their results change over time and use real-time performance data to better understand how they behave before testing one yourself.
Live Bot Arena brings more transparency to algo trading by making bot performance easier to observe, compare and understand.
Explore Live Bot Arena: eu1.hubs.ly/H0y-20r0
MACD Histogram can help you see when market momentum is strengthening, weakening or potentially changing direction. π
See how to read it directly on cTrader Mobile.
Start trading with cTrader: eu1.hubs.ly/H0yYwT10
π Trade with AI and win an iPhone 18 Pro!
Show us what AI-powered trading looks like in action. Connect an AI agent to your cTrader account through MCP servers for trading, demonstrate your workflow in a YouTube video and compete for one of three prizes.
π What's up for grabs?
π₯ 1st place β Apple iPhone 18 Pro
π₯ 2nd place β Apple Watch Ultra 4
π₯ 3rd place β Apple AirPods Pro 3
The winners will be selected through voting by the cTrader community on Discord.
π
Submission deadline: 13 December 2026, 23:59 UTC
Ready to show what you can build with AI and cTrader?
π Enter the competition and find all the details: eu1.hubs.ly/H0yYk0s0
























