Quickstart

Get from sign-up to your first copied trade in four steps: create an account, connect a trading account, set up a copier, and review your trades.

This guide takes you from a new account to a running copier. It assumes you already have at least two trading accounts you want to link — one to copy from (the sender) and one to copy to (a receiver).

Prefer to understand the pieces first? Read What is Trada and Core concepts, then come back here.

Four steps from sign-up to a running copier.

1

Create your account

Sign up with Google or with your email and a password. Email sign-ups receive a verification link — confirm it before logging in.

New accounts complete a short three-step setup: your trading goals, your account type, and a plan. You can start on the Free plan and change later.

2

Connect a trading account

Open Accounts and select Add Account. Give the connection a Name, choose the Platform, and pick your broker's Server. You can connect six Forex and CFD platforms: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradeLocker, DXTrade, and MatchTrader.

cTrader connects through a secure sign-in (OAuth): select Authenticate cTrader and approve Trada on cTrader's sign-in page. Every other platform connects with the login your broker or prop firm gave you. Connect at least two accounts to set up a copier. See Connect a Forex or CFD account for the full steps.

Futures platforms — NinjaTrader, Rithmic, and DXFeed — are coming and can't be connected yet.

Connecting an account from a partnered prop firm or broker can grant you that partner's plan at no cost. See Partner accounts & offers.

3

Create a copier and add accounts

Open Copy Trading and choose Create Copier. Then:

1. Add a sender — the master account whose trades you want to copy.

2. Add one or more receivers — the accounts that follow the sender. For each receiver, set a lot-sizing mode, how stop-loss and take-profit carry over, and any risk-protection limits.

3. Map symbols if your accounts use different names for the same instrument (for example XAUUSD on one and GOLD on another).

When a sender and at least one receiver are configured, switch the copier to Active.

4

Watch it run, then review

On the copier's detail page, the Open Trades tab shows live positions and P&L, and Copier Logs records every copy operation. As trades close, they flow automatically into your Journal, where you can rate each trade, note your emotional state, and add context. Reports then aggregate performance across all your accounts.

What to do next

• Tune how each account copies — see Add & configure a receiver.

• Add automatic guardrails — see Risk protection.

• Restrict when a copier runs — see Working hours & scheduling.

Related

• How copy trading works

• Core concepts

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Trading carries risk of loss. Trada is software; you retain all trading responsibility. See Risk disclaimer & legal.