Copier states & lifecycle
Understand copier states — draft, active, and paused — what pauses a copier on its own, and how pausing and deleting affect open trades.
A copier is Draft, Active, or Paused. This page covers what each state means, the few things that pause a copier on their own, and what happens to open trades along the way.
The three states
Draft
The copier isn't set up yet. It needs a sender and at least one receiver before it can be started.
Active
The copier is running. New sender trades are copied to receivers in real time; sender closes and SL/TP changes follow.
Paused
Nothing is copied — not new trades, and not the sender's closes or SL/TP changes. Open positions on all accounts stay open and are yours to manage. The copier's detail page shows this state as Stopped.
Until a copier has a sender and a receiver, its status toggle is disabled. To start or stop a copier, use its status toggle (Start / Stop on the list, Activate / Stop on the detail page) and confirm.
What pauses a copier on its own
Trada pauses a copier by itself in three cases. None of them resumes on its own — once you've dealt with the cause, start the copier again.
Your subscription ends — cancelled at the end of the billing period, or payment still overdue after the grace period
Every copier is paused and every account is disconnected.
A banner that your subscription has ended. After you reactivate a plan, reconnect your accounts, then start your copiers.
A protection limit is reached with the action Stop copying or Close all & stop
The whole copier is paused, for every receiver — not only the one that hit the limit. Close all & stop also closes the copier's positions first.
A Protection Triggered entry in the copier logs and the notification bell.
The broker keeps closing copied trades — three of one receiver's copied positions closed by the broker within 10 minutes
The copier is paused. This usually means the account has hit a platform risk limit, such as a prop firm's drawdown floor.
A copier log entry that explains the pause. Check the account with your broker before you resume.
See Risk protection for how protection limits are set.
What doesn't pause a copier
A disconnected account doesn't pause a copier. If a sender or receiver disconnects or stops syncing, the copier stays Active. Trades can't be copied to or from that account while it's down; once it's connected again, copying continues without you restarting the copier. Watch the account's Connection status on the Accounts page — see Syncing, status & troubleshooting.
Working hours don't change the state either. Outside a copier's working hours, the copier stays Active and skips new trades, and the copier logs record each skipped trade.
Pausing and open trades
Pausing a copier does not close anything. Positions stay open on the sender and receivers, and you manage them manually. The same is true when you remove a sender or a receiver — open trades are left open. A copier needs a sender to stay Active, so stop it before you remove its sender.
Bulk actions
On the Copy Trading list, Bulk actions applies to all your copiers at once:
Start All
Starts every paused copier that has a sender and at least one receiver.
Stop All
Pauses every active copier.
Bulk actions don't close positions. To close trades, close them on the accounts themselves.
Deleting a copier
Deleting a copier removes its configuration after a confirmation. Open trades on the sender and receivers remain open — close them first if you want them closed. Deleting the account that is a copier's sender also deletes that copier. See Create a copier for duplicate and delete actions.
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