Using the JAFX Terminal on a phone or tablet: layout, portrait mode and adding it to your home screen

Updated 12 November 2026

The JAFX Terminal runs in the browser of your phone or tablet at terminal.jafx.com. There is no app to download from an app store. You can add the web trader to your home screen, where it opens full screen like an app.

The phone layout

Phones, tablets held upright and narrow browser windows on a computer get the phone layout. A tablet held sideways gets the same workspace as a computer.

At the top: the JAFX logo, your live equity and the account button.
At the bottom: a bar with Chart, Trade, Positions, Tools and Menu.

Button	What it opens
Chart	The chart of the market you picked.
Trade	The order ticket.
Positions	Your open positions, pending orders and history. Each position is a card with Edit and Close. After Close, select Confirm close, or Keep to leave it open.
Tools	News, Briefing, Alerts and AI Assistant.
Menu	Your trading accounts, Deposit, Withdraw and Transfer (they open the client portal), Portfolio, Chart settings, Sounds, Theme, help and Log out.

Windows such as Manage position and Edit order slide up from the bottom of the screen. Charts can be split into Single, 2 Row or 3 Row from the Layout menu in the chart's top bar.

Phones are portrait only

If you turn a phone sideways you see "Turn your phone upright" and "JAFX Terminal is built for portrait on phones. Turn your phone to keep trading." Turn it back and you are where you left off. Tablets work both ways and never show this screen.

Add the JAFX Terminal to your home screen

On a phone or tablet a bar can appear at the bottom: "Install JAFX Terminal for full-screen trading". It shows one of these:

An Install button. Select it and confirm in your browser.
"Tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”." (iPhone and iPad).
"Tap the menu, then “Install app” or “Add to Home screen”." (other browsers).

You don't need to wait for the bar. The same Share or menu option in your browser works at any time.

The bar does not appear:

on your first visit, or before the page has been open for about 20 seconds
on a computer
when the web trader is already installed
for 7 days after you close it
inside the built-in browser of a social media or messaging app. Open terminal.jafx.com in your phone's own browser instead.

Installing adds an icon to your home screen. Nothing comes from an app store, and you log in the same way.

Sounds on a phone

Sounds play only after your first tap on the page. Your device's volume applies too, and on an iPhone, its silent switch.

We are available 24/7 via live chat or email (support@jafx.com).

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