Tradovate trade copier for every account you trade

What the Tradovate trade copier does

A trade copier watches one lead account and repeats its trades on one or more follower accounts. With CopyFlock the lead is any Tradovate account you connect. When an entry, exit, stop or target is filled on the lead, CopyFlock sends the matching order to each follower that is switched on, sized according to that follower's own settings.

Because CopyFlock reads the account itself rather than a chart or a platform add-on, it does not matter which front end you click in. Orders placed in the Tradovate web, desktop or mobile app — or in any other tool that routes orders to your Tradovate account — show up on the lead and are copied. NinjaTrader brokerage accounts run on the same infrastructure and connect the same way; see the NinjaTrader trade copier page for details.

Typical Tradovate setups we see:

• Several prop firm evaluations on Tradovate. Trade one evaluation and copy it to the rest, so every account follows the same plan without you clicking five order tickets.
• A personal account plus prop accounts. Trade your own Tradovate account and copy the same ideas into funded accounts with smaller, rule-friendly sizes.
• Cross-platform copying. Your lead is on Tradovate but some accounts are on Rithmic or TopstepX. CopyFlock copies futures to futures across platforms in either direction — read how to copy trades from Tradovate to Rithmic.

How to connect Tradovate accounts

Setup takes a few minutes and happens entirely in your browser. You do not install anything and you do not need to buy Tradovate API access, because CopyFlock connects through Tradovate's OAuth sign-in rather than API keys.

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   Step 1: Start your free trial

   Create a CopyFlock account and start the 7-day free trial on 2 accounts. A card is required, and you are not charged if you cancel before the trial ends.

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   Step 2: Add your lead account

   In the dashboard choose Add account → Tradovate. You are sent to Tradovate's sign-in page. Sign in with the login that owns the account and approve access. You come straight back to CopyFlock with the account connected.

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   Step 3: Add your follower accounts

   Repeat the sign-in for every other Tradovate login you want to copy to. Rithmic and TopstepX followers are added with their own connect methods.

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   Step 4: Create the copy

   Pick the lead, pick the followers and choose a sizing mode for each one — for example a contract multiplier of 1 for same-size accounts, or equity-to-equity for accounts of different sizes.

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   Step 5: Turn copying on

   Switch the followers on. From now on every fill on the lead is mirrored. The dashboard shows live balance, equity and P&L per account, and the copy log records every copied order.

Copy settings that matter on Tradovate

Every follower has its own settings, so a $50K evaluation and a $150K funded account can follow the same lead without sharing the same size or rules.

• Sizing modes: equity-to-equity, contract multiplier, risk multiplier, fixed contracts, fixed risk % and fixed risk $. Sizes always round to whole contracts.
• Contract caps: a minimum and maximum number of contracts per order, plus per-symbol caps so a follower never exceeds the size its rules allow.
• Symbol aliases: copy NQ on the lead as MNQ on a follower, with a per-symbol multiplier such as ×10. See the NQ to MNQ copy trading guide.
• Copy take profit and stop loss: bracket orders on the lead are copied, so followers are protected the same way.
• Block trades without TP/SL: optionally refuse to copy entries that do not have a stop and target attached.
• Reverse trades: copy the opposite side of the lead's trade on a follower.
• Symbol whitelist and blacklist: copy only the markets you choose.
• Copy delay: wait a set time before sending the follower order.
• Position resync: bring a follower back in line with the lead after you have intervened by hand.
• Account protection: set balance or equity thresholds; when one is hit, CopyFlock flattens the account and pauses copying to it.
• Pause, resume and close all: stop a follower, restart it or flatten everything from the dashboard.

Sizing example: one Tradovate lead, three followers

Equity-to-equity sizing scales each follower by the ratio of its equity to the lead's equity. It is a good default when your accounts are different sizes.

If every follower should simply match the lead, use a contract multiplier of 1. If you want a follower at half size, use 0.5 — and remember that half of one contract still has to round to a whole contract.

Limitations and honest notes

• Copies are separate orders. Each follower gets its own order after the lead fills, so follower fill prices can differ from the lead's, especially in fast markets or with market orders.
• Manual changes on a follower are not undone automatically. If you close a follower position by hand, it stays closed until the lead trades again or you run a position resync.
• Connections can need a fresh sign-in. If Tradovate ends the authorised session — for example after a password change — the dashboard flags the account and you sign in again.
• Futures only. CopyFlock copies futures between Tradovate, Rithmic and TopstepX accounts. CQG, Quantower and Volumetrica connections are not supported.
• Your prop firm's rules still apply. Check that your firm allows a trade copier and copying between your own accounts before you start. Read our overview of prop firm copy trading rules.