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I want to leave MetaTrader 5 — what else is there? MetaTrader 5 alternatives

I use MT5 and wonder what Tradify would add. Tradify vs MT5

I use cTrader and wonder what Tradify would add. Tradify vs cTrader

I'm choosing between Tradify and TradingView. Tradify vs TradingView

I'm choosing between MetaTrader 5 and TradingView. MT5 vs TradingView

I want a trading journal that records my trades for me. MT5 trading journal

I want to understand footprint, delta and DOM. Order flow trading

I want to connect my MT5 account and trade in the browser. MetaTrader 5 setup

I want to connect my cTrader account and trade in the browser. cTrader trading platform

Choosing a platform

Broad guides for working out which platform fits your workflow, covering several products rather than arguing for one.

Platform guide MetaTrader 5 alternatives cTrader, NinjaTrader, Sierra Chart, Tradify and TradingView compared by the job each is good at — plus the three ways to adopt one, and whether you need to replace MetaTrader at all. 16 min read Platform guide TradingView alternative What to use alongside or instead of TradingView if you need more than charting — including an honest section on where TradingView remains the better choice. 8 min read

Head-to-head comparisons

Direct product comparisons. Each one names where the other platform wins, and the two involving Tradify say so in the byline.

Comparison Tradify vs MT5 What a browser workspace adds to a MetaTrader 5 account — and the areas where MetaTrader is clearly stronger, including automation, chart count and its depth ladder. 15 min read Comparison Tradify vs TradingView Charting, indicators, scripting, order flow, execution and trade review compared — with a dedicated section on where Tradify falls short. 14 min read Comparison Tradify vs cTrader What a connected workspace adds to a cTrader account — and where cTrader is clearly stronger, including cBots, its tradable DOM and native apps. 10 min read Comparison MT5 vs TradingView A comparison of two platforms that aren't ours, across charting, analysis, execution, automation, order flow and market data — including the case for running both. 12 min read

MetaTrader 5 & cTrader workflows

For traders who already have an MT5 or cTrader account and want to work with it differently.

Workflow MT5 trading platform How a browser-based workspace connects to MetaTrader 5 — streaming market data, sending orders from the chart, and reviewing what you actually traded. 9 min read Workflow cTrader trading platform Connecting a cTrader account with your cTrader ID — your broker's prices and history, orders from the chart, copy trading with MT5 and the journal. Nothing to install. 9 min read Workflow MT5 charting Charting MetaTrader 5 markets in the browser: the indicator and drawing toolkit, multi-chart layouts, alerts, replay and how drawings persist per symbol. 10 min read Workflow MT5 trading journal A forex trading journal that fills itself from your MT5 or cTrader account — broker-exact P/L, performance stats, every trade on its chart, and whether you followed your plan. 11 min read

Trading concepts

Explaining the ideas themselves, with the product kept to the back half.

Concepts Order flow trading Footprint, point of control, imbalances, cumulative delta, DOM and Time & Sales — what each one actually measures, and a required section on what volume classification cannot tell you. 14 min read

How these guides are written

Tradify publishes these, and several of them compare Tradify with something else. That is an obvious conflict of interest, so the rules we hold them to are worth stating plainly:

Third-party facts come from the vendor. Capabilities of MetaTrader 5, TradingView, cTrader, NinjaTrader and Sierra Chart are taken from each company's own current documentation, dated on the page, and linked so you can check them.
Where the other platform wins, it says so. Every comparison names the areas where the alternative is the better tool, and the ones involving Tradify carry an explicit list of cases where Tradify is the wrong choice.
No rankings without a methodology. Guides covering several products group them by topic or list them alphabetically rather than ranking them, and say which they are doing.
No invented numbers. No ratings, user counts, performance claims or fabricated scores. Where a fact could not be verified, it is qualified or left out.
Dated and re-checked. Every guide carries a review date. Platforms change, and a confident claim about a competitor ages badly.

If you find something here that is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.

Try it against your own charts

The guides describe the workflow; the fastest way to know whether it suits you is to open a chart. Tradify runs in the browser with nothing to install, and connects to an existing MetaTrader 5 or cTrader account if you have one.

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MetaTrader, MetaTrader 5, MQL5 and MetaEditor are trademarks of MetaQuotes Ltd. TradingView and Pine Script are trademarks of TradingView, Inc. cTrader is a trademark of Spotware Systems Ltd. NinjaTrader is a trademark of NinjaTrader Group, LLC. Sierra Chart is a trademark of Sierra Chart, Inc. Tradify is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of these companies. Third-party capabilities described in these guides are drawn from each vendor's own published materials as at the dates shown and are paraphrased, not quoted. Nothing in these guides is investment, financial or regulatory advice, and no trading outcome is implied or guaranteed.