cTraderCopy a strategy. Or become one.
Hundreds of cross-broker strategies, with their full history in the open. Copy one with funds you ring-fence yourself, or offer the account you already trade and earn fees on it.
For investors
Copying, start to finish
Four steps, and every one of them is reversible.
Pick a strategy
Every strategy publishes its full trading history. ROI is time-weighted, following GIPS, so deposits do not flatter it.
Set the amount
Allocate at least the strategy's minimum investment. Every fee that applies is on the button before you confirm.
A copy-trading account opens
Your funds move to a separate account under your cTrader ID, used for that one strategy and nothing else.
Stop whenever
Stopping closes the copied positions and settles the fees. There is no term and no lock-in.
Both sides
Two mechanics worth understanding before you start
Not a feature list. The two things that decide what actually happens to your money.
For investors
Your size, not theirs
Volume is scaled by the equity-to-equity model — your equity divided by the provider's, multiplied by their volume. A provider trading four lots on 4,000 USD reaches your account as one lot on 1,000.
- Recalculated on every deposit and withdrawal
- Your regular account keeps trading normally
- Copy as many strategies as your balance allows
For providers
Turn a track record into income
Offer the account you already trade. Set a minimum investment and any combination of performance, management and volume fees — or charge nothing at all. Fees are charged on the 1st of each month and paid out immediately after.
- Performance fees use a high-water mark
- Paid per investor, converted to your account currency
- Stop providing at any time
What a strategy can charge, and the ceiling on each
The rules, in the open
What both sides are signing up to
Every fee, before you commit
Performance, management and volume fees appear on the Start copying button. Nothing is discovered on a statement later.
No cap on how many you copy
Each strategy gets its own copy-trading account, so copying a second one never disturbs the first.
Cross-broker by default
A strategy can be copied by any cTrader user, whichever firm they opened their account with.
Listing rules, published
To appear in the strategy list a strategy needs a positive balance, a deal in the last 72 hours, and an all-time ROI above −90%.
For providers
What it takes to list a strategy
A live account with hedging enabled, set up from cTrader Web, Windows or Mac. Netting accounts can neither provide nor copy, and trades on stocks and shares are never copied to investors. From 4 July 2026 cTrader takes a 30% commission on the fees a provider earns — deducted from the provider's side, never added to the investor's.
Get started
Common questions
Start copying, or start providing
Both need a live cTrader account. Neither needs a platform fee.