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# Copy trades across your Apex accounts

> Step by step: connect your Apex Trader Funding accounts, pick a lead, choose sizes, add protection and run a test trade.

This guide walks you through copying one Apex Trader Funding account to all your others. The same steps work for most prop firms.

## Before you start

1. **Read Apex's current rules** on trade copiers, how many accounts you can hold and trading across accounts. Rules change, and they always come first. See [Prop firm rules](/guides/prop-firm-rules).
2. **List your accounts** with their size and platform. Apex accounts on Rithmic use the **Apex** system. Apex accounts on Tradovate sign in through Tradovate.
3. **Decide which account leads.** Pick the one you want to trade by hand. Many traders lead from their furthest-along account.
4. **Note each account's drawdown level and contract limit.** You'll use them for limits and protection.

## Step 1: Connect your accounts

Start your [free trial](/billing/free-trial). It covers 2 accounts, enough to test with a lead and one follower before you add the rest.

* **Apex on Rithmic:** click **Add account**, choose **Rithmic**, pick the **Apex** system and enter the Rithmic username and password Apex sent you. See [Connect a Rithmic account](/connect/rithmic).
* **Apex on Tradovate:** click **Add account**, choose **Tradovate** and sign in on Tradovate's page. See [Connect a Tradovate account](/connect/tradovate).

Rithmic and Tradovate accounts can be mixed freely in the same setup.

## Step 2: Choose a size for each follower

| Your situation | Sizing method | Example |
| - | - | - |
| All accounts are the same size | Contract multiplier at 1 | Lead 2 NQ → follower 2 NQ |
| Follower is half the lead's size | Contract multiplier at 0.5 | Lead 2 NQ → follower 1 NQ |
| Accounts of different sizes | Equity ratio | Lead \$100K, follower \$50K: lead 4 MNQ → follower 2 MNQ |
| Follower should always trade the same amount | Fixed contracts | Always 1 NQ |

Want some followers on micros? Add a [symbol mapping](/settings/symbol-mapping) such as NQ → MNQ.

See [Position size](/settings/position-size) for every option.

## Step 3: Add limits and protection

On each follower:

* **Max contracts**: the account's contract limit, so a large lead trade never oversizes it.
* **Account protection**: choose **Watch equity** and set **Stop at or below** a little above the drawdown level. Optionally, set **Stop at or above** to the profit target. See [Account protection](/settings/account-protection).
* **Copy stop loss** and **Copy take profit**: keep them on so every follower carries your bracket.
* **Skip trades without a stop loss**: turn it on if you sometimes forget a stop on the lead.

<Warning>
  If an account's drawdown trails your highest balance, the drawdown level moves up as you profit, but your protection level doesn't. Raise it after good days.
</Warning>

## Step 4: Run a test trade

During market hours, place 1 micro contract on the lead and close it a minute later. Then check:

* The [logs](/dashboard/logs) show an open and a close for every follower.
* Each follower's size is what you expected.
* Stops and targets appear on followers.
* Every follower is flat again afterwards.

Once it looks right, add your other followers and trade normally.

## Troubleshooting the first week

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="A follower didn't copy a trade">
    It may be paused, by you or by account protection. The symbol may be excluded by its symbol filter, or the trade may have had no stop loss with **Skip trades without a stop loss** on. The size may also have rounded to less than half a contract. See [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="A follower traded the wrong size">
    Check the sizing method, any symbol mapping and the min and max contracts. Rounding to whole contracts explains most small differences, and Equity ratio sizes change as balances move.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="A follower is out of step with the lead">
    This usually happens after a change made by hand on the follower. Use [Close all positions](/dashboard/managing-accounts#close-all-positions) on the follower to flatten it. It joins in again with the lead's next trade.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## What it costs

Every connected account counts, the lead included. A lead plus five followers is 6 accounts, which fits Starter (up to 10 accounts) at \$29 a month. A lead plus ten to nineteen followers fits Pro at \$49 a month, and a lead with all 20 Apex accounts is 21 accounts, which needs Unlimited at \$99 a month. See [Free trial and pricing](/billing/free-trial).


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