> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.trada.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.trada.io/getting-started/what-is-trada.md).

# What is Trada

What Trada does, who it's for, and how its five layers fit together — from connecting accounts to copying trades, journaling, and reporting.

Trada is **trade-copier and journaling infrastructure** for traders running multiple accounts. It connects to the platforms and brokers you already use, replicates trades from one master account to your other accounts in real time, applies per-account risk controls, and logs every trade into a structured journal for review.

You make the trading decisions. Trada runs everything after the decision — copy, risk enforcement, journaling, and reporting — across all of your accounts from one place.

<figure><img src="https://1071438488-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FOsaVyFC53CtoAY5kabHr%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-20a3a4d10c56ce4224f0247df9aec8ecd54cc829%2Ffive-layers.svg?alt=media" alt="Trada’s five layers"><figcaption><p>Trada’s five layers, from connecting accounts to reports.</p></figcaption></figure>

## What Trada is not

* **Not a broker or trading platform.** Trada does not hold funds or execute orders on its own venue. It sits between accounts you already own.
* **Not an investment adviser.** Trada gives you no trade signals and no recommendations. It is software; you retain all trading responsibility.
* **Not a challenge tool.** Trada is what serious traders use to operate funded accounts — not a way to optimise a prop firm evaluation.

## Who it's for

Trada is built first for **prop firm traders running multiple accounts** across platforms — people who have moved past the evaluation stage and are managing real capital under different rule sets. It also fits:

* Traders scaling from one funded account to several across one or more firms.
* People informally managing capital for others who need separate accounts, independent risk controls, and shared reports.
* Multi-account retail traders tired of EA-and-VPS setups.

## How the pieces fit together

Trada is organised in five layers. Each layer feeds the next, with no manual export or import between them.

| Layer           | What it does                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connections** | Link your trading accounts on six Forex and CFD platforms. Each login you add is saved as a connection, and one connection can hold several trading accounts. Futures platforms are coming.                                                                                              |
| **Copiers**     | A **copier** maps one **sender** (master) to one or more **receivers** (followers).                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| **Risk engine** | Per-receiver lot sizing (three modes), stop-loss and take-profit handling (three modes each), Daily plus Overall protection limits whose actions close the copier's positions, stop the copier, or both, and a cap on open positions. Working hours and symbol filters apply per copier. |
| **Journal**     | Every closed trade auto-logs. You annotate with a rating, emotional state, notes, and a strategy tag. Period journals aggregate by day, week, and month.                                                                                                                                 |
| **Reports**     | Cross-account analytics: win rate, profit factor, expectancy, drawdown, and a six-metric Trading Health Score, with instrument and time breakdowns.                                                                                                                                      |

Around these sits the commercial layer — plans and billing (including partner offers), shareable reports, and the deals marketplace.

## Where to go next

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### Learn the vocabulary

Read [Core concepts](/getting-started/core-concepts.md) so the rest of the docs read clearly.
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### Set things up

Follow the [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart.md) to connect an account and run your first copier.
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### Go deeper on the core feature

[Copy trading](/copy-trading/copy-trading.md) is the most-used part of Trada and where most configuration lives.
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## Related

* [Core concepts](/getting-started/core-concepts.md)
* [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart.md)
* [The operator model](/why-trada/why-trada.md)

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Trading carries risk of loss. See [Risk disclaimer & legal](/reference/legal.md).