How to Copy Trades Between Two MetaTrader Accounts

Copying trades between two accounts means every order you take on one account is reproduced on the other automatically — same instrument, same direction, sized by the rules you set. You only trade once; the second account stays in step on its own. Here's the whole setup, step by step, for two demo accounts you own on MetaTrader or cTrader — the account type prop-firm evaluation and funded accounts usually run on.

Before you start: source and follower

A copier links accounts in one direction. The account you actually trade on is the source; the account that receives the copies is the follower. Decide which is which up front — the follower repeats the source, never the other way around. Both should be accounts you control; the new term, if you want the background, is covered in what is a trade copier.

Step 1 — Connect both accounts

Add the source and the follower to the copier with each account's broker login. Both accounts must currently be demo accounts — a MetaTrader demo server, or a cTrader demo account — which is what prop-firm evaluation and funded accounts usually run on; live real-capital accounts aren't supported. With a cloud copier there's nothing to install on either side — you don't open the MetaTrader terminal or attach anything to a chart; the copier connects from hosted servers (Trepeat reaches MetaTrader through a hosted connection service, MetaApi, and cTrader through its Open API). Credentials should be stored encrypted, never in plain text — Trepeat keeps them under authenticated encryption in a vault.

Step 2 — Link them with a repeater

Create the repeater that points the follower at the source. Once you run it (last step), the copier repeats each of the source's orders onto the follower within moments — opens, closes (full or partial), placed as market orders on the follower.

Step 3 — Set sizing

Set how the follower's lot scales from the source's: by equity ratio or by a fixed multiplier. You almost never want the follower to take the exact same lot as the source — a 1.0-lot trade on a large account would over-expose a smaller one. The two options:

• Equity ratio — the follower's lot tracks its own equity relative to the source, so a smaller follower takes proportionally smaller trades automatically.
• Fixed multiplier — every copied lot is multiplied by a number you choose (0.5×, 2×).

The arithmetic, plus rounding, broker minimums and an optional volume cap, is in position sizing when copying trades — and you can try the numbers on the lot size calculator.

Step 4 — Optional: filter and remap symbols

If you only want some instruments copied, set a symbol allowlist. If the two accounts are at different brokers that name the same instrument differently (EURUSD vs EURUSD.r), add a symbol remap so the order reaches the right instrument on the follower. The same steps cover copying MT4 to MT4 between different brokers. Copying between MT4 and MT5 works in both directions — see MT4 vs MT5 for copying.

Step 5 — Run it and watch the first trades

Run the repeater and place a trade (or wait for your next one) on the source. The follower should open a matching position within moments. Check the first few copies: the follower's fill price won't be identical to the source's — each broker fills at its own price — which is normal and explained in why follower fills differ.

Where Trepeat fits

Trepeat copies trades between MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader demo accounts in the cloud — the account type prop-firm evaluation and funded accounts usually run on; live real-capital accounts aren't currently supported. Connect the source once, add the follower you own, set the sizing, and it repeats your trades in real time — no VPS to rent, no EA to install, and a per-repeater symbol allowlist and remap for cross-broker pairs. Two accounts is the starting point; the same setup scales to one account copied to many.