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# Create a copier

Create a copier from the Copy Trading list view, then manage your copiers — start and stop them, duplicate, and delete.

A copier is the container that links a sender to its receivers. You create and manage copiers from the **Copy Trading** list view.

## Create a copier

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### Open Copy Trading

Go to **Copy Trading**. The list shows every copier you've configured, with its market type, account count, balance, daily P\&L, and status.
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### Choose Create Copier

Select **Create Copier**. A new, empty copier is added to the list immediately with an auto-generated name (you can rename it later in **Settings**). You stay on the list view.
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### Configure it

Open the copier and [add a sender](/copy-trading/sender-account.md), then [add one or more receivers](/copy-trading/configure-receiver.md). A copier can only be started once it has both.
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{% hint style="warning" %}
You can't create a second copier while an empty, unconfigured one already exists. Finish configuring the existing copier first, or delete it. At your plan's copier limit, **Create Copier** opens the upgrade flow instead.
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## The copiers list

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Each row shows:

| Column            | What it shows                                                          |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**          | The copier's name and a Forex or Futures badge.                        |
| **Accounts**      | Total accounts (sender + receivers) and the sender's name.             |
| **Total Balance** | Combined balance across the copier's accounts, with a 7-day sparkline. |
| **Daily P\&L**    | Today's combined P\&L, with a 7-day sparkline.                         |
| **Status**        | An interactive **Active / Paused** toggle.                             |
| **Actions**       | A menu (View, Duplicate, Delete) and a **Settings** button.            |

Click anywhere on a row (except the checkbox, status toggle, or action buttons) to open the copier's detail page.

## Start and stop a copier

The **Status** toggle starts and pauses a copier:

* **Active** shows a green badge; hover to reveal **Stop**.
* **Paused** shows a muted badge; hover to reveal **Start**.
* A copier that isn't fully configured (missing a sender or receiver) can't be started — the toggle is disabled with the tooltip "Configure sender and receiver to start".

To start or stop every copier at once, open **Bulk actions** for **Start All** and **Stop All**. See [Copier states & lifecycle](/copy-trading/lifecycle.md).

## Duplicate a copier

**Duplicate** (in the row's action menu) creates an exact copy — name, sender, all receivers, settings, and symbol mappings. The duplicate is named "\[Original] (Copy)" and starts **paused**. If you're at your copier limit, duplicating opens the upgrade flow instead.

## Delete a copier

**Delete** removes the copier after a confirmation.

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Deleting a copier does **not** close open trades. Positions on the sender and receivers stay open — close them on the trading platform first if you want them closed.
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## Related

* [The sender account](/copy-trading/sender-account.md)
* [Add & configure a receiver](/copy-trading/configure-receiver.md)
* [Copier states & lifecycle](/copy-trading/lifecycle.md)