What Is Copy Trading?

A feature that automatically mirrors the trades of a chosen experienced trader in your own account, proportional to your allocated funds. It offers beginners market exposure while they learn, though past performance of any trader never guarantees future results.

Related Terms

  • Risk Management The set of rules that keeps you solvent: risking a small fixed percentage per trade, using stop losses, limiting open exposure and avoiding revenge trading.
  • Perpetual Futures A futures contract with no expiry date.

Where You Will Meet This Term

You will run into copy trading constantly on any futures exchange, from the order panel to the position dashboard. If you are still building your foundation, our guides on leverage, liquidation and risk management connect the vocabulary into an actual trading process, and the full glossary covers every other term you will encounter.