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Know exactly what your copier is doing.
Plain-English reading for traders who run more than one account. Start with the basics, then go broker by broker and firm by firm.
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Copy trading 101
What a copier actually does between your leader and your followers, in plain words.
Copy trading 101
What is a trade copier? The five-minute explanation
A trade copier mirrors the trades of one account onto others. How it works, who uses one, and what separates a good one from a risky one.
Copy trading 101
From leader fill to follower order: how futures copy trading works
From the leader’s fill to every follower’s order: sizing, contract types, brackets, exits and safety checks, explained in plain English.
Copy trading 101
The copy trading dictionary: key terms in plain English
Plain-language definitions: leader, follower, multiplier, copy group, OCO bracket, flatten, follower protection, trading day and more.
Copy trading 101
Desktop or cloud trade copier: where should your copies come from?
A desktop copier runs on your PC; a cloud copier runs on someone else’s server. The honest pros and cons of each.
Your broker, your setup
Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic and TopstepX, and the charts you already trade from.
Your broker, your setup
Tradovate trade copier: one sign-in, every account in step
How to copy trades between Tradovate accounts, including prop firm accounts, with per-account sizing, brackets and risk limits.
Your broker, your setup
NinjaTrader trade copier: the same sign-in, the same control
Copy trades between NinjaTrader brokerage and prop firm accounts with Replica, with per-account sizing and daily limits.
Your broker, your setup
Rithmic trade copier: connecting your firm's system the right way
Copy trades between Rithmic prop firm accounts, or from Rithmic into Tradovate and TopstepX, with Replica.
Your broker, your setup
TopstepX trade copier: what Topstep allows and how to set it up
What ProjectX and TopstepX are, how to copy trades across Topstep accounts, and how take-profit and stop-loss work on TopstepX followers.
Your broker, your setup
Keep your charts: copying trades placed in TradingView, Quantower, Sierra Chart and Tradesea
Replica copies fills on the broker account, so you can keep trading from the platform you already use.
The prop firm playbook
Many evaluation and funded accounts, every firm rule respected.
The prop firm playbook
Which prop firms allow a trade copier? The rules, firm by firm
Which futures prop firms allow copy trading between your own accounts, the rules every firm shares, and what to check before you connect a copier.
The prop firm playbook
A calm system for running many prop firm accounts
Run one plan across many evaluation and funded accounts: grouping, sizing, daily limits per account and a fast way out.
The prop firm playbook
Why every copied account needs its own daily loss limit
Copying multiplies your size, and your risk. How per-account daily loss, daily profit and trade limits protect a group of prop firm accounts.
Choosing a copier
The questions worth asking before any copier touches a funded account.