Copy Trading Between Your Own Prop Accounts: Where the Rules Draw the Line
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2026 4:18 pm
Running two or three funded accounts with the same trade copier is common. Most firms allow it within their limits, but the fine print matters.
Usual rules:
Usual rules:
- Maximum combined allocation per person (e.g. 300k or 400k total across accounts).
- Copying between your own accounts at the same firm is typically fine.
- Copying from another person or a signal service is usually banned and is detected by matching entries across unrelated accounts.
- Opposite positions across accounts (hedging between accounts) is almost always banned.
- Copier latency matters for scalping. A 300–800 ms delay can turn the second account into a noticeably worse fill.
- Lot rounding on different account sizes can make risk uneven. Check the calculated lots, not just the "multiplier".
- A breach on one account does not always stop the copier. Build a kill switch.