Lot-sizing modes
The three ways a receiver can size each copied trade — Lotsize Multiplier, Fixed Lotsize, and Fixed % Risk.
Each receiver decides how large its copied trades are, independently of the sender and of other receivers. You pick one of three modes in the receiver's Trading tab.
Lotsize Multiplier (default)
Copies the sender's lot size and multiplies it by a value you set.
The Suggest button sets the multiplier so the sender and receiver risk the same proportion of their balances (1:1 risk):
Example — sender balance $50,000, receiver balance $5,000. Suggest sets the multiplier to 5,000 / 50,000 = 0.10. If the sender opens 1.00 lot, the receiver opens 0.10 lots.
Suggest uses the balances at the moment you click it. The multiplier then stays fixed: it doesn't follow later changes in either balance, so click Suggest again if the balances drift apart.
Fixed Lotsize
The receiver always opens the same lot size, whatever the sender does and whatever the balances are.
Example — fixed at 0.20 lots. Whether the sender opens 0.50, 1.00, or 2.00 lots, the receiver opens 0.20 lots every time.
Fixed % Risk
The receiver risks a fixed percentage of its balance on every trade. Trada calculates the lot size automatically from the stop-loss distance and that percentage.
Example — 1% risk, receiver balance $10,000 → $100 at risk. With a 50-pip stop-loss, Trada sizes the lot so the maximum loss is about $100.
Fixed % Risk needs a stop-loss to size against. Make sure the sender sets a stop-loss, or configure one in the receiver's SL & TP settings. Without one, the trade isn't copied — or, if Force Minimum Lot Size is on, it's copied at the broker's minimum lot size.
Guarding the result
Two advanced settings (on the Trading tab) keep sizing within safe bounds:
Max Lot Size caps the final size after the mode is applied. A computed 3.50 lots with a 2.00 cap is sent as 2.00.
Force Minimum Lot Size raises a calculated size up to the broker's minimum when it would otherwise be too small — useful with Fixed % Risk on a smaller receiver.
See Add & configure a receiver for all advanced settings.
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