cTrader for tick fills. MT5 for ecosystem.
Most Ticpoz users on IC Markets pick cTrader for the tick-level fills and OAuth simplicity. MT5 stays the better path if you have existing MT5 EAs to keep alongside.
Either path. Both audited.
- cTrader Open APIOAuth via cTrader. Tick-level fills. Native socket bridge. 23 ms median round-trip.
- MetaTrader 5 bridgeSigned EA on your MT5 terminal. WebSocket bridge to Ticpoz cloud.
- Symbol portabilityA spec written for NAS100 on IC cTrader runs unchanged on IC MT5 — Ticpoz handles broker-specific suffixes.
- Risk envelope firstDaily DD, max DD, leverage cap and news lockout enforced before any IC-side order.
- Regulated globallyASIC-regulated entity for AU clients; CySEC for EU; FSA-Seychelles for global clients.
{
"broker": "ic-markets",
"via": "ctrader", // or "mt5"
"accountType": "RAW",
"rawSpread": true,
"leverageMax": 500,
"regulator": "ASIC-335692",
"currency": "USD"
}Tight, large, fast.
0.0–0.1 typical on EURUSD on the Raw account; commissions standard ECN.
25+ tier-1 banks aggregated. Holds up under NFP, ECB, and Asian-open thin liquidity.
Wider product set than most competitors — useful for portfolio strategies.
Pick whichever fits your stack. Same Ticpoz engine on both.
Tick-accurate historical data wired to IC-symbol-specific spreads.
ASIC for AU, CySEC for EU, FSA-Seychelles for global. Segregated client funds.
Connect Raw + Standard side-by-side. Compare execution on the same strategy.
Live trade log reconciled with IC every 30 s. Drifts get flagged on the status page.
OAuth (cTrader) or WebSocket-token (MT5). Encrypted at rest with AWS KMS.
IC Markets-specific questions.
IC underneath. Ticpoz on top. Risk caps in between.
Tight ECN spreads. Deep liquidity. Engine-enforced caps.
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