cTrader Admin 9.9 Delivers Operational Refinements as Broker Count Tops 300

Spotware has shipped version 9.9 of cTrader Admin, its back-office management platform for brokers and prop firms, with a handful of targeted changes aimed at tidying up daily operations rather than overhauling the product.

The update does not introduce major new capabilities, but focuses instead on reducing friction in routine tasks, including session visibility, centralized settings, and trimming the number of clicks needed to reach common controls.

"With cTrader Admin 9.9, we focused on targeted refinements that cut unnecessary steps from routine workflows, keeping administration clean, consistent and easy to manage day to day,” Irina Olyaeva, Product Manager for cTrader Admin at Spotware.

The latest data for Q4 2025 shows, however, that the main competitor of cTrader, MetaTrader 5, accounts for the half of CFD volumes, according to fmintelligence portal.

Client Identification Gets Faster

One of the more useful additions is email visibility inside the Sessions app. Until now, managers reviewing client activity had to work primarily from account numbers. Version 9.9 adds the client email address alongside that number, both in session views and in exported reports.

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The new Workspace settings app pulls together several previously scattered configuration panels into a single screen. Managers who previously had to jump between separate menus to adjust these parameters can now handle them from one place.

On the trader-facing side, cTrader Mobile 5.6 earlier this year brought equity charts, candle countdowns and a new landscape mode, part of a broader push as the mobile CFD market moves toward an estimated $133 billion in value by the end of the decade.

The main navigation has also been trimmed down. Clicking the menu icon in the top-left collapses the app list into icon-only view, recovering screen real estate without removing access. The "Global tools" and "Help" items have moved from the top toolbar down to the lower portion of the main menu, keeping the header uncluttered while leaving login and account-switching controls where they were.

Tick Data Now Visible in Orders App

The Orders app has been rebuilt with three tabs: Details, Ticks, and Journal. The Ticks tab is new and surfaces bid/ask prices, timestamps, and tick direction data that was previously not available through the interface.

The symbol ID, previously only visible in the main symbol grid, now also appears in the Details view for individual instruments.

Spotware also tidied up some configuration logic. The lots/units toggle has been removed from the Symbol grouping wizard. Asset classes in cTrader Admin will now be configured in lots only, while unit-based settings remain available to traders on the client-facing side. The company says this reduces the risk of configuration mismatches between the admin and trader environments.

On the liquidity side, operators can now rename feeds directly within the Liquidity feeds app, making it easier to maintain clean internal labels when provider details change over time.

A Stream of Platform Updates

The 9.9 release continues a pattern of incremental broker-side improvements Spotware has been rolling out over recent months. Version 9.8, released in late 2025, had marked a broader transition, officially retiring the cBroker name in favor of cTrader Admin and introducing session analytics and color-coded account management.

The admin updates run alongside a busier period more broadly for Spotware. The company reportedly doubled its trading volume and added two million users in the past year, onboarding 104 new broker and prop firm clients during 2025. cTrader currently serves more than 11 million traders and over 300 clients.

The company also deepened its broker ecosystem through a partnership with iSAM Securities, giving retail brokers access to risk and trading solutions via the combined offering.

More recently, Mauritius-based Frontbroker integrated cTrader across its client accounts, extending the platform's reach into African-regulated markets.