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Maintained references on copying trades between Tradovate accounts — what each prop firm actually permits, how the setup works in practice, and how the available copiers compare. Written for traders running multiple funded or evaluation accounts. Facts and dates are stated where we have them, and marked where we don't.
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How to copy trades on Tradovate Step by step: Tradovate's built-in Group Trade for accounts under one login, and what an external copier adds once your accounts sit at different firms or need their own risk limits. Copy trades from TradingView to multiple Tradovate accounts Group Trade passes on a plain order from TradingView but not a bracket. The two kinds of tool that copy brackets too, and why your bracket has to be attached in the Order Panel. Copy trading with brackets, ATM and stop losses Whether each follower gets your stop and target, why Group Trade refuses brackets, why copying seems not to work, and how to check it after a test order. Local desktop trade copiers for futures How local copiers work, where they differ from cloud services, standalone versus NinjaTrader-hosted, and which criteria actually matter when choosing one. What Syncopy does when something goes wrong Disconnects, rejected follower orders, partial closes, moved stops, the daily loss cap and rollover — case by case, with what has been seen on real trades and what has only been tested.Prop firms
Free trade copier for Tradovate What is genuinely free today and where it stops, why the seven-day trials are not free copiers, and the free version that is planned. Does Tradovate have a built-in trade copier? Group Trade explained from Tradovate's own documentation: what it copies, why Manage Groups can be missing, why it is web and desktop only, and the limits that decide whether it is enough. Trade copiers built into trading platforms Seven platforms with a copier built in: what each one does, where it stops, and what the platform around it costs. Tradovate prop firms Eleven firms that offer Tradovate, with each one's copier policy, cross-firm stance and funded-account limit, and the source behind each entry. Trade copier for Tradovate The general guide: local desktop options against cloud subscriptions, and how to weigh a one-time purchase against a recurring fee over a multi-year account run. Trade copier for Apex Trader Funding Apex-specific: copiers allowed between your own accounts, up to 20 at once, and the five Apex rules a copier can break for you, from max contracts to positions through the close. Trade copier for Tradeify Tradeify-specific: instant funding, cross-firm copy permission, and the tier-dependent consistency rules that shape how you size followers. Trade copier for Lucid Trading Lucid-specific: copiers are allowed but every error is yours, hedging between firms is prohibited, and how LucidDaily news rules and the 30-day inactivity rule catch out a copy setup. Trade copier for MyFundedFutures MFFU-specific: copy trading allowed on every account type, no resets for copier errors, a ban on hedging of any kind, and account limits that drop from five to three with one larger account. Trade copier for Phidias Phidias-specific: third-party copiers allowed but fully automated trading not, limits per person and per internet connection, and suspension of identical strategies above the capital limit.Comparisons
Tradesyncer alternatives for Tradovate What else futures traders on Tradovate use, compared on architecture, pricing model and prop firm approval — including where Tradesyncer is still the right answer. Tradecopia alternatives for Tradovate What Tradecopia does well, why traders look elsewhere, and the alternatives side by side — including where Tradecopia is the better answer. TradersConnect alternatives for Tradovate futures traders What TradersConnect does well, what its futures setup costs, and the alternatives side by side, with the cases where it is the better answer. One-time payment trade copiers for futures Five pay-once copiers side by side, with pricing, platform requirements and broker support — and what the recurring alternatives cost over the same period. Cross-firm trade copiers for Tradovate Seven copiers that can mirror trades between accounts held at different prop firms, compared on architecture, pricing and platform requirements.Building the copier these guides describe.
Syncopy is a local, pay-once trade copier for Tradovate, in development now. Waitlist members get the first beta and the $99 waitlist price locked in before public launch.