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MetaTrader vs cTrader vs TradingView

MetaTrader, cTrader and TradingView are three windows on the same market: the first two come from your broker and log into it, the third is a website a broker can be plugged into, and they differ in layout, tools and language rather than in the prices they show. This paper shows you the three in five lines; the idea as three maps of one city; the differences laid out in a table; the same real trade, 0.10 lot of the euro at 1.16535 on 25 August 2026, written on the three order tickets; and where the money sits whichever window is open on your platform.

Difficulty
Intermediate
Reading time
5 min
Pages
8
Reviewed by
Saman Rahbar

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The three, in five lines

MetaTrader is made by MetaQuotes and cTrader by Spotware, and both come from your broker and log into it. TradingView is a website anyone opens, and a broker is plugged into it or not. The trade goes to that broker in the first two, and to a connected broker or a paper account in the third. MetaTrader is best known for Expert Advisors, programs that trade by rules; cTrader for its Depth of Market; TradingView for its charts and drawing tools. Each has a language of its own: MQL, C#, Pine Script.

Three maps of one city

Picture three maps of one city. The road map shows every street and is drawn for driving; the metro map shows only the lines and the stops and is drawn for changing trains; the satellite view shows the buildings as they are and is drawn for looking. None of them moved a street. The three platforms are those maps: the same market, the same broker prices, drawn three ways for three kinds of journey, and the drawing is what a person chooses between.

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