Setup guide

From zero to your first copied trade

Connect your cTrader account, pick your channels and set your risk. About two minutes in Telegram, with nothing to install and no password shared.

  • ⏱ About 2 minutes
  • 📱 Phone or computer
  • 🧪 Start on a demo account

00Before you start

  • Telegram on your phone or computer.
  • A cTrader account at a broker that offers cTrader. A free demo account is perfect for getting started (next step).
  • The channels you want to copy must be connected to PipStack. Channel owners connect them; you’ll see the list in the bot.
You don’t need a VPS, a Windows computer or any download. PipStack runs in the cloud and connects to cTrader through its official API.

01Get a cTrader account

Already trade on cTrader? Skip ahead. Otherwise, open an account with a broker that offers cTrader. We don’t recommend or promote brokers; check these yourself:

  • Regulated and licensed for your country of residence. Look the firm up on your regulator’s public register.
  • Offers cTrader (many brokers also offer MetaTrader; make sure you open a cTrader account).
  • Offers the instruments your channels trade (for example gold, indices, crypto).
  1. Open a demo account first: free, instant, virtual money.
  2. Your accounts are linked to a cTrader ID (the login you use for cTrader). That’s what you’ll sign in with in step 4.

02Open the PipStack bot

  1. Open @pipstack_app in Telegram and tap Start.
  2. Check it’s the official bot: @pipstack_app, linked from this website. We never message you first, and we never ask for passwords or login codes.

03Choose a plan

Pick Basic (1 account, 2 channels) or Pro (3 accounts, unlimited channels, follow-up automation) on our pricing section and pay by card or crypto. After payment, tap Open in Telegram to link it to your bot chat.

04Connect cTrader

  1. In the bot, tap Connect broker. A link opens in your browser. If Telegram opens it inside the app, choose Open in browser so your cTrader login works normally.
  2. You’re now on cTrader’s own login page, not ours. Sign in with your cTrader ID.
  3. cTrader asks you to approve PipStack’s access to trade on your accounts. Tap Allow.
  4. Back in Telegram, choose which account to use. Demo accounts are marked Demo. Pro plans can add up to 3 accounts.
What PipStack can and can’t do: it can place and manage trades on the accounts you choose. It never sees your password and can’t deposit or withdraw money.

05Pick channels

  1. Tap Channels and choose from the channels connected to PipStack (Basic: up to 2, Pro: unlimited).
  2. Following a channel that isn’t listed? Ask its owner to connect it. They add our reader bot to their channel and can join the partner program.

06Set your risk

  • Risk per trade: default 0.5% of equity. Lot size is calculated from your broker’s contract specs and the signal’s stop-loss.
  • Daily loss limit: default 2%. When hit, no new trades until the next day.
  • Max open trades, multi-TP split and move stop to breakeven after TP1.
Start small. Leveraged trading can lose money quickly; see our risk disclosure.

07Demo → live

  1. With a demo account selected, tap Start copying. The bot runs a quick check (connection, channels, limits) and starts.
  2. Watch a few days of signals: fills, skipped trades (with the reason) and the daily summary all arrive in Telegram, and every trade shows in your cTrader app.
  3. Ready for real money? Connect or select your live account and confirm. Live accounts always need an extra confirmation.

08Stay in control

  • Pause: no new trades; open trades keep their stop-loss and take-profit at your broker.
  • Emergency stop: stops new trades and cancels pending orders immediately; you choose whether to close open positions.
  • Disconnect: removes PipStack’s access. You can also remove it any time in your cTrader ID settings.

09Troubleshooting

The cTrader login page won’t accept my 2FAOpen the connect link in your phone’s normal browser instead of Telegram’s built-in one.
My account isn’t in the listMake sure it’s a cTrader account (not MetaTrader) linked to the cTrader ID you signed in with.
“Reconnect needed”Access was removed or expired. Tap Reconnect in the bot; your channels and limits are kept.
A signal was skippedThe bot tells you why: no stop-loss, price moved too far, daily limit reached, symbol not offered by your broker, or not enough margin.
My channel isn’t availableIts owner needs to connect it to PipStack.

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