Match-Trade Technologies has expanded Match-Trader’s native charting capabilities with 63 new technical studies, comprising 49 indicators and 14 volume-based tools. The release aims to reduce broker reliance on third-party charting providers by offering configurable analysis tools directly within the platform, including popular studies such as volume-weighted average price, Money Flow Index, and automated pivot points. Traders can now save multi-indicator configurations as templates for reuse across instruments.
The development comes as trading platform providers compete to balance native functionality with third-party integrations. While Match-Trader maintains its existing TradingView partnership, the enhanced native library gives brokers flexibility in product positioning and potentially reduces exposure to external vendor licensing costs or service disruptions. Match-Trade did not disclose baseline figures or adoption metrics showing how frequently users migrate to external charting solutions.
One technical consideration matters for retail foreign exchange and contracts for difference brokers deploying volume-based indicators. These markets lack centralised exchange volume data, so the studies rely on tick volume as a proxy. Tick volume counts price updates rather than actual traded amounts and varies between liquidity providers, meaning the indicator output may not reflect genuine market turnover.
The charting upgrade follows Match-Trader’s June template feature and a broader rebuild adding drawing tools and pattern recognition. Competing platforms take divergent approaches: TradingView embeds over 100 indicators but restricts custom scripts in white-label deployments, while MetaTrader 5 ships 38 native studies with full scripting extensibility.
FXnCO Insight
Brokers evaluating platform migrations should assess whether expanded native charting justifies switching costs or if embedded TradingView remains the simpler client acquisition tool.
Source: Finance Magnates