When you open Quotex you land on the market view: a live chart in the middle, the asset you are trading at the top, and a trade panel at the side. Everything you need is on one screen, which is convenient once you know it and overwhelming the first time. This walkthrough explains each part so you can find your way around on the demo account before risking money.
1. Balance and account switcher
At the top you will see your current balance. Clicking it shows both the demo and the live balance and lets you switch. Check this first, every session. It is the most important number on the screen because it tells you whether the next trade uses real money.
2. Asset selector and payout
The asset selector shows the instrument you are trading, such as EUR/USD or BTC/USD, along with its payout percentage. Opening it lists more than 410 instruments grouped into currencies, cryptocurrencies, commodities and indices. You can mark favourites so the assets you study stay one click away.
Payouts change during the day and differ between assets. Some assets are labelled OTC. These quotes are provided by the platform itself, often outside normal market hours such as weekends, rather than coming directly from the open interbank or exchange market. Treat OTC prices as the platform's own feed.
3. The chart
The chart shows live price movement. You can change both the chart type and the timeframe:
| Chart type | Best for |
|---|---|
| Line / area | A clean view of overall direction |
| Japanese candles | Seeing open, high, low and close for each period |
| Bars | The same data as candles in a compact style |
| Heiken Ashi | Smoothing out noise to see trends more easily |
The timeframe sets how much time each candle represents, from a few seconds to hours. Many beginners mix this up with the expiry time. They are separate settings: the timeframe changes how the chart looks, the expiry changes how long your trade runs.
4. Indicators and drawing tools
The indicator menu adds common tools such as moving averages, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands and others to the chart. Drawing tools let you mark trend lines and support and resistance levels.
Indicators describe what price already did. None of them predicts the next minute reliably. A good habit is to add one or two you understand rather than ten you do not.
5. The trade panel
- Time — the expiry, either as a duration or as a set clock time.
- Investment — the amount you stake on the trade.
- Payout — what you would receive if the trade wins, shown in money and percentage.
- Up and Down buttons — they place the trade instantly. There is no confirmation step, so set the amount first.
For a full first-trade walkthrough and the break-even maths behind the payout figure, see how to trade on Quotex.
6. Trades and history
The trades area lists open positions with a countdown and closed trades with their results. Review it at the end of each session. It is the raw material for a trading journal, and it quickly shows patterns such as over-trading after a loss.
7. Sentiment and other extras
Some versions of the screen show a trader sentiment bar, which displays how many users are trading Up versus Down on an asset, along with signals and social features. These reflect what other people are doing, not what the market will do. Use them as context at most, never as a reason on their own.
Mobile market view
On mobile, the same parts are stacked: the chart takes most of the screen, the asset and balance sit at the top, and the trade panel sits at the bottom. Because the Up and Down buttons are large and close together, it is easier to place trades by accident on a phone, so double-check the amount before you tap.