Platforms & Tech
Trade Copier
Software that replicates orders from one account to others in real time. Allowed within limits at some firms for personal accounts, banned across firms or across people.
In plain English
Copiers listen to fills on a lead account and mirror them to follower accounts, scaling size per account. Prop traders use them to run one strategy across several funded accounts they personally hold, where the firm permits it.
The compliance line is sharp: copying between your own same-firm accounts is often fine, copying across different firms may violate one or both firms' terms, and copying another person's trades usually voids accounts. Verify in writing before running one.
- A trader's copier mirrors each ES entry from a lead account to two follower accounts at the same firm, turning a 2 contract strategy into 6 contracts of total size.