Follow a trader through one ordinary day. Positions opened at a desk in the morning, checked from a phone over lunch, managed from a laptop in the evening — three screens, one account, zero patience for any mismatch between them. A platform that shows different balances on different devices, or asks the trader to install and configure a terminal on each machine before they can see their own equity, isn't offering mobility. It's offering three separate jobs.
This is where platform architecture stops being an engineering detail and becomes the daily experience of every client your firm has. eTrader was built web-native with the account as the single source of truth — and that one decision is why "one account, every screen" is simply how it works, rather than a feature that had to be bolted on.
The Five Ways to Run eTrader
eTrader runs five ways, and every one of them is the same account:
- eTrader Web — the full trading terminal in any browser. Nothing to download: traders open a link and trade.
- Desktop app — the web terminal installs as a desktop application for traders who want it one keystroke away.
- Mobile webapp — the terminal in any phone browser, no store visit required.
- eTrader iOS (coming soon) — a native iPhone and iPad app in the App Store.
- eTrader Android (coming soon) — a native app on Google Play, the same terminal on any Android phone or tablet.
Balances, equity, open positions, order history and watchlists are identical everywhere, updating in real time, with prices streaming from the 70ms-updated feed on every screen. Open a position on the desktop, and it's on the phone before the phone is out of the pocket. Try it yourself — open eTrader Web on a laptop and a phone side by side.
Why Installs Can't Really Sync
Legacy desktop-first platforms were architected in an era when the terminal was the product: a program you install, which connects to a server and keeps significant state — profiles, templates, chart setups, sometimes even local history — on that machine. The consequences are familiar to anyone who has run one:
- Per-machine setup. Every new device means installing, logging in with server details, and rebuilding the workspace. The trader's environment lives on hardware, not in the account.
- State drift. Charts configured at the office don't exist on the laptop; a template built at home isn't at the desk tomorrow.
- Version skew. Installed terminals update on their own schedule; two devices can be running two behaviours of the same platform.
- A different product on mobile. Mobile clients for legacy platforms are separate codebases with separate capabilities — the phone app is a compromise, not the terminal.
None of this is fixable with effort, because it's structural: when state lives on devices, devices disagree. When state lives in the account — the web-native model — there is nothing to disagree. That architectural argument is developed fully in web-native trading platforms, and it's a major reason modern firms are moving off installed terminals entirely, as we cover in eTrader vs MT4.
The firm's dividend: every mismatch between devices is a support ticket — "my balance is wrong on my phone," "my chart setup disappeared." A single source of truth doesn't just please traders; it deletes an entire category of support load before it's created.
Sync Is a Revenue Feature, Not a Convenience
For the firm, cross-device sync converts directly into engagement and volume. A trader who can act on their positions the moment a move happens — from whatever screen is nearest — trades more than one who has to get back to the machine with the terminal on it. Market-hours awareness, live equity and P&L, and one-tap order entry work identically on every surface, so the friction of switching devices is zero and no opportunity dies waiting for a desktop.
It compounds with the rest of the platform. The eTrader Community's news panel and economic calendar follow the trader across screens, keeping market context inside your platform rather than in another tab. And because the account state is centralised, your firm's own systems see it too: balances and positions stream live into the Singuard Broker CRM, and prop firm positions sync to the rules engine every 500ms — the same single source of truth serving trader, terminal and back office alike.
Nothing to Install Means Nothing for You to Support
The operational side is just as clean. Because eTrader is web-native and fully managed, your firm never distributes installers, never walks a client through server settings, and never debugs a version mismatch on somebody's laptop. Updates roll out centrally to every surface at once — Singuard hosts, monitors and scales the whole platform on clustered servers worldwide, with each trader routed to the nearest point of presence so the experience is fast on every continent. The onboarding funnel benefits most of all: a new client goes from sign-up to trading in the time it takes to open a link, instead of the download-install-configure gauntlet where legacy funnels leak signups.
What One Account Everywhere Looks Like
| Installed legacy terminal | eTrader | |
|---|---|---|
| New device | Install, configure server, log in, rebuild workspace | Open a link, sign in |
| Balances & positions | Correct on connection, per terminal | One live account state, every screen |
| Mobile | Separate app, reduced capability | Native iOS & Android + mobile webapp, full terminal |
| Updates | Per-device, version skew possible | Central, everyone current always |
| Firm's support load | Installs, versions, settings | None of the above |
"A trader's account should follow them, not the other way around. One account, every screen, always in sync — that was non-negotiable from day one."
— Alex Onta, Executive Director, eTrader & Prop Firm CRM
Key Takeaways
- eTrader runs five ways — web, desktop app, mobile web, native iOS and Android — and all five are one live account.
- Install-based platforms drift because state lives on machines; web-native platforms can't, because state lives in the account.
- Sync is commercial: traders who can act from any screen trade more, and device-mismatch support tickets disappear.
- The same single source of truth feeds your back office — balances stream to the CRM live, positions to the prop rules engine every 500ms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Traders Need to Install Anything to Use eTrader?
No. The full terminal runs in any browser at a link you give them. Traders who prefer apps can install the desktop app or the native iOS and Android apps (coming soon) — but every surface is optional, and all of them are the same account.
Are the Mobile Apps a Reduced Version of the Platform?
No — real-time candles, advanced charting, one-tap order entry, live equity and P&L and market-hours awareness work across every surface. The native apps are the same terminal shaped for the screen, not a separate, smaller product.
How Does Cross-Device Sync Help My Back Office?
Because account state is centralised, your systems read the same truth your traders see: balances and equity stream live into the Broker CRM, and positions sync to the Prop Firm CRM rules engine every 500ms — no reconciliation between what devices show and what the firm knows.