How copy trading works
Understand the mechanics behind Tradecopia, how trades are copied, how copy groups work, and how orders are handled across accounts.
16 articles
The basics
How Tradecopia detects and copies trades, what it controls, and how broker API limits affect replication.
- How does Tradecopia copy trades between accounts?How Tradecopia detects trades on your leader account and sends matching order instructions to your follower accounts in real time.
- How does Tradecopia get a trade from your platform to your follower accounts?The step-by-step journey of a copied trade, and why the web plan replicates with lower latency than desktop.
- What's the difference between solo trading and copy trading?How copy trading works across a network and different brokers, why small timing differences are normal, and how the delay stays in milliseconds.
- What role does my broker play in copy trading?Your broker makes the final call on each fill. How brokers differ, and why copying across brokers or account types shows small, normal differences.
- Does Tradecopia support webhooks or an API?Tradecopia does not currently support webhooks or an API for external order signals; it copies the orders you place on your leader account.
- What does Tradecopia control, and what does my broker control?How responsibility is split between Tradecopia and your broker, and why outcomes like fill price are outside Tradecopia's control.
- What does Tradecopia need to copy trades?The four conditions that must be met simultaneously for Tradecopia to replicate trades, with a diagnostic checklist and symptom guide.
- How broker API rate limits affect trade replicationHow broker-imposed API rate limits slow replication during active trading, and how to manage them across multiple follower accounts.
Copy groups and sizing
Creating copy groups, configuring follower sizing, and controlling when orders are placed.
- How do I create and configure a copy group?How to set up a copy group in Tradecopia, assign leader and follower accounts, and configure multipliers for trade replication.
- How quantity multipliers work on follower accountsHow to use quantity multipliers and copy type to control how many contracts your follower accounts trade and which contract type they use.
- How to control when follower orders are placedHow Tradecopia's replication mode setting controls whether follower orders mirror the leader on submit, on fill, or not at all.
Orders and instruments
Supported order types, bracket replication, fill behaviour, and supported futures markets.
- Which futures markets and instruments does Tradecopia support?Tradecopia supports futures markets only. Instrument availability and restrictions are controlled by your prop firm and broker, not Tradecopia.
- What ATM order types does Tradecopia support?Which ATM order types Tradecopia can and cannot replicate, why unsupported types are not blocked, and how to structure brackets correctly.
- How does bracket and TP/SL replication work across different broker combinations?How Tradecopia replicates bracket orders by broker combination — which brokers receive brackets as pending orders and which use fill-based replication.
- Why do follower orders fill at a different price than the leader?What causes slippage in copy trading, why it varies across accounts, and what you can do to reduce its impact.
- Why did my follower account behave unexpectedly when I reversed direction?How Tradecopia handles flip trades, what the Prevent Hedging setting does, and how to reverse direction safely.