Getting started
Your first minutes in ChartRider – the five-step tour, signing in with Google or as a guest, the dock with its function keys, and where to go next.
ChartRider opens on a live chart. You can look at markets and add indicators straight away; paper trading, competitions and strategies need a free account, which you create by signing in with Google.
The tour
The first time you open a chart, after you have made your privacy choice, a welcome card appears: Welcome to ChartRider. Take the tour (5 steps · about a minute) walks you through the app; Skip closes it.
| Step | Title | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Paper trading | Trade live markets with play money | Trade (F4): 10,000 USDT of play money on real prices – long or short, with leverage, take profit and stop loss. Every trade counts for your stats and the leaderboards. |
| 02 Competitions | Compete against other traders | Compete: weekly competitions and leagues with a fresh play-money account, a ranking, badges and XP. |
| 03 Your chart | Every market, every tool | Symbols (F2) to pick a market, Indicators (F3) to add indicators, right-click for drawings, and Go to (Alt + G) to jump to any moment. |
| 04 Backtest | Test an idea on the chart | F5 runs the active strategy on this chart: every entry and exit appears as a trade, with key metrics such as win rate, drawdown and capital factor. |
| 05 Your strategy | Build your own strategy | Strategies (F6): triggers, filters, exits, stop and target without code – or written in WickScript – tested with Run strategy on every market of your watchlist. |
Each step highlights its button in the dock. Move with Next → and ← Back or the arrow keys, Enter and Space. On the last step the button reads Let's go. Skip tour or Esc ends the tour at any time.
If a button is not on screen – on a phone, or because you are not signed in yet – the step is shown in the middle of the screen with a short hint, and a Sign in with Google button if you are signed out.
The tour starts by itself only once per browser. To watch it again, open Help (F1) and click Take the tour.
Sign in
Click any sign-in button (for example Sign in in the order panel) to open the sign-in dialog, Step into the cockpit, and continue with your Google account. Signing in creates a free account with:
- Paper trading – 10,000 USDT of play money on live markets and order books.
- Competitions – free sprints, seasons and leaderboards.
- Session Volume Profile – tick-based volume profiles for every session.
- Your setup, everywhere – drawings and settings saved to your account.
- Strategies and Backtest in the dock.
Play money can't be bought or paid out – there is nothing to deposit. Your Google name and email are never shown publicly; leaderboards and competitions use a trader name you choose yourself (see Competitions).
You stay signed in on this browser for 14 days. Sign out in the top bar (desktop) signs you out and reloads the page.
Continue as guest
Below the Google button, or continue as guest lets you pick a display name and click Continue. Guests can explore charts and indicators; paper trading, competitions, tick-based profiles and strategies need a Google sign-in. Without signing in at all, your settings and drawings stay in this browser only.
More about accounts, invites and privacy: Account, plans and invites.
The dock
On a desktop the dock is the column of buttons at the right edge of the chart. Hover a button to see its name and key.
| Button | Key | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Help | F1 | Help and shortcuts, the tour, legal links and the invite dialog |
| Community | – | ChartRider support and community on Telegram |
| Symbols | F2 | The symbol table with your watchlist – see Symbols and watchlist |
| Indicators | F3 | The indicator library – see Indicators |
| Trade | F4 | Paper trading next to the chart – see Paper trading |
| Compete | – | Competitions, leaderboards and trader profiles |
| Strategies | F6 | Your strategies, their watchlist, steps, date windows and Run strategy – see Strategies |
| Backtest | F5 | Runs the active strategy on the current chart and shows its trades and key metrics |
| Play | Alt + R | Replay of the chart, if your account includes it – see Replay |
| Settings | F10 | Candle colors, chart options and the time zone |
| Fullscreen | F11 | Fullscreen on and off |
Pressing the key of an open panel closes it again. Strategies and Backtest appear once you are signed in with Google.
On a phone the bar at the bottom has Symbols, Indicators, Trade, Share, Help and Fullscreen. Strategies, backtests and settings are desktop features.
A few more keys are worth knowing from the start: Alt + 1 … 0 switch the timeframe (1m to 12h), Alt + G opens Go to, and Esc closes dialogs and menus. All of them are listed under Keyboard shortcuts.
Where to go next
- Learn the chart: Charts, the chart menu on right-click and the drawing tools.
- Place your first paper trade: Paper trading and Orders.
- Join a sprint: Competitions.
- Test an idea without code: Strategies and the Trade Setup.
- Write your own indicators and strategies: WickScript.
Paper trading uses play money only. Nothing in ChartRider or in these docs is investment advice.