Copy Trading

Copy trading is a system where trades executed on a designated leader account are automatically mirrored to one or more follower accounts in real time. The follower accounts receive identical entries, exits, stop losses, and profit targets without any manual intervention.

In futures trading, copy trading is primarily used by traders who manage multiple prop firm funded accounts. Instead of placing the same trade on each account individually, the trader executes once on their leader account and a copy trading tool replicates the order across all connected followers.

How it works:

1. A trader designates one trading account as the leader (source).
2. Other accounts are configured as followers.
3. When the leader account receives a fill, the copy system detects it and immediately places matching orders on all followers.
4. Stop losses, profit targets, and bracket orders are also copied.

Key benefits:

• Execute once, replicate everywhere — no missed trades or fat-finger errors.
• Scale a proven strategy across 5, 10, or 20+ accounts with no additional screen time.
• Maintain identical execution across all accounts for consistent performance.

Copy trading differs from social trading platforms where users follow public signal providers. In the prop firm context, the trader is copying their own trades to their own accounts — not following someone else's signals.

TradeDupe provides copy trading specifically for Tradovate-based prop firm accounts, with support for bracket orders, rogue trade detection, and per-account controls.