How copy trading works

The mirror, in practice

When a strategy provider you follow submits an order, our engine reads it, scales it to your configured size, and submits an identical order against your own balance. Both orders hit the same matching engine within milliseconds of each other, so your fill price is normally within a few basis points of theirs. If liquidity is thin and the book moves between the two fills, the difference shows on your copy history as slippage, itemised per trade rather than buried in a monthly figure.

Scaling: fixed amount or proportional

Fixed amount opens the same stake on every copied trade regardless of what the provider risked — simple, predictable, and it ignores their own sizing judgement. Proportional mirrors the percentage of equity they committed, so if they put 3% of their book into a trade, 3% of yours goes in too. Proportional is usually the better choice once you trust the provider, because their sizing is part of the strategy, not noise on top of it.

What happens to positions already open

When you start following, you choose whether to join positions the provider already holds or wait for the next fresh entry. Joining mid-position means entering at a price they did not choose for you, which can look like an instant loss even when the trade is working. Waiting for the next entry keeps your cost basis honest but may mean sitting idle for days. Neither is wrong; know which you picked.

Closing and unfollowing

A provider closing a position closes yours at the same time. You can also close any copied position by hand without unfollowing — the engine treats it as yours from that point and will not reopen it. Unfollowing stops all future copying instantly, and you decide in the same dialog whether open positions close with it or stay open under your own control.

What a provider can and cannot do

Providers trigger trades. That is the entire scope of their access.

• Can open and close positions inside your rules
• Cannot deposit, withdraw or transfer anything
• Cannot see your balance, your name or your email
• Cannot exceed the per-trade or per-position caps you set
• Cannot disable your stop-copy threshold

Where the numbers come from

Every figure on a provider profile is calculated from settled trades on this platform, not from anything they self-report. Return is time-weighted so that a large deposit does not flatter the percentage. Maximum drawdown is measured peak-to-trough on the equity curve, intraday, not on month-end snapshots — which is why our drawdown figures often look worse than the ones traders quote elsewhere.