Tradesyncer: information and detailed review

Tradesyncer is a cloud-based futures trade copier. You trade one account, the lead, and Tradesyncer replicates every order on the rest of your accounts, the followers, even when they sit at different prop firms and platforms. It is one of the most used copiers among funded futures traders: the company talks about more than 25,000 users and more than 50 supported prop firms.

We read its full documentation (62 help articles), its terms of service, 306 Trustpilot reviews, around thirty Reddit threads and the copy trading rules of eleven futures prop firms. This is what we found.

Who is behind it

Tradesyncer is a Dutch company, Tradesyncer B.V., based in Amsterdam. It was founded by four partners (Ivan, Rodin, Eduard and Rachmat) after one of them could not find a reliable copier for futures accounts across several prop firms. It runs a sister site, PropFirmSyncer.com.

Two things in its terms worth knowing before you pay:

• It is still in beta. Its terms call the service an "open beta in an advanced stage" that may have bugs, outages or unexpected behaviour.
• Its liability is capped. If the copier fails and you lose accounts, the most they are liable for is one month of subscription.

It is not a broker and gives no signals: it is software only. It is not registered with any financial regulator (CFTC, NFA, SEC, FCA or AFM), and says so openly.

How it works

You connect your accounts and choose which one leads. From then on, every time you open, modify or close an order on the lead account, Tradesyncer copies it to the followers with the size you set for each one.

• In the cloud. Nothing to install and no VPS. The copier keeps running with your computer off.
• Trade from your usual platform. You can place orders from NinjaTrader, TradingView, Quantower, ATAS, Sierra Chart, Tradesea or Volumetrica, always on the lead account.
• Groups. You can run several groups, each with its own lead and followers. For example, one for scalping and another for swing.
• Speed. Its help center quotes 20 to 40 milliseconds on average and its website "under 50", measured from the lead fill to the follower fill. It is an average, not a guarantee, and they say so themselves.

What it does not do: you cannot copy someone else's accounts. Its terms forbid managing accounts that are not yours and "reverse trading".

Which accounts it works with

Tradesyncer connects to your accounts through their provider:

Connection	How it connects	What you should know
Tradovate (and NinjaTrader)	Your login, via OAuth	Limit of 5,000 requests per hour (see below)
Rithmic	Username and password	Usually one session per login: if you get "already logged in", close the other platform
dxFeed and CQG	Username and password	Copying between dxFeed and other connections causes more issues, according to users
ProjectX (TopstepX and others)	ProjectX API key, paid separately (about $14 to $29 a month, according to users)	Follower only. You cannot open ProjectX with that login while it copies
Hyperprop	API key	Imports the accounts from all your firms at once

The ProjectX point is a recent and important change. ProjectX now allows one session per login only. That is why a ProjectX account cannot lead: it would need two sessions at once, yours and Tradesyncer's. Its website, on the Topstep page, still says you can use TopstepX as lead. Its help center says the opposite. Trust the help center.

Each connection is one broker login. If you have Apex accounts under one login and Tradeify accounts under another, they are two connections even though both are Tradovate. This matters because plans limit connections.

Contracts. It copies 38 futures: indices (ES, NQ, YM, RTY and their micros), currencies, energy, metals, agriculturals and Micro Bitcoin. You must import the contract, and the right expiry, in the panel before you trade.

Size per account. Each follower can have a multiplier (x2 copies double) and can switch from mini to micro, but only for three pairs: ES and MES, NQ and MNQ, YM and MYM. Watch out for a detail that catches many people: the multiplier is set per contract and per expiry. When you roll to the next expiry, it goes back to x1 and you have to set it again.

Which orders it copies and which it does not

It copies market, limit and stop orders, and simple brackets: one entry with one take profit and one stop loss. It does not copy multi-target brackets, stop limit orders, trailing stops, auto breakeven or auto trail. If you use them, your accounts drift apart. It also does not copy a stop order dragged to the other side of the price to fill instantly, and a limit or stop order placed on the wrong side of the price may not copy.

On top of that, brackets do not reach every platform the same way:

• From Tradovate or dxFeed to Tradovate or dxFeed: the full bracket is copied right away.
• With Rithmic involved: the entry first; the stop and target once it fills.
• To ProjectX: the follower enters and exits at market, with no stop or target of its own.

If your firm caps contracts or positions, the copied order is rejected on that account and the follower is left out. Tradesyncer cannot prevent it: check each account's limits before raising multipliers.

To avoid trouble there is a mode called Market Execution Only. It only copies filled orders, always at market. It greatly reduces failures and Tradovate limits, at the cost of entering at a different price than the lead.

The protections

• Follower Protection. If the lead goes flat and a follower is still in a position, it flattens everything on that contract. You can make it wait 1 to 3 seconds before acting.
• Hedge Guard. It would close a follower that is in the opposite direction to the lead. It does not exist yet: its help center lists it as "coming soon". It is exactly the protection most needed, as you will see below.
• Daily loss limit and daily profit target per account. When hit, it closes positions and cancels orders. On Tradovate it is enforced at the broker.
• Lockouts. You can lock accounts by session (Asia, London, New York) or by time. They only block copying inside Tradesyncer: you can still trade the account manually.

The Tradovate limit

Tradovate allows only 5,000 requests per hour, and each order, modification or cancellation counts once per account. Copying to 20 Apex accounts and moving the stop a few times can use it up. When that happens, orders get stuck and followers drift. If you also reconnect many times in a row, Tradovate can penalise the connection and leave you unable to copy for a while. According to Tradesyncer, Rithmic and dxFeed do not have this limit.

Journal, firm tracker and mobile

Included in the price, at no extra cost:

• Journal. Imports your trades automatically from Tradovate, ProjectX, Rithmic and Hyperprop, or by CSV. It has stats, a calendar, notes per trade, day and week, and strategy tags.
• Prop firm tracker. You log what you pay for each evaluation, activation and reset, and what you get in payouts, and it works out your real return.
• Economic calendar. With news alerts.
• Watch the open PnL: the panel only shows it for NQ, ES, CL, GC, SI, YM, RTY and their micros.
• Mobile. It works in your phone browser. Native iOS and Android apps have been announced but do not exist yet.

Pricing and terms

Plan	Monthly	Paid yearly	Connections	Accounts
Basic	$49	$34/mo	2	10 per connection (20)
Pro	$99	$69/mo	4	20 per connection (80)
Flex	$149	$104/mo	Unlimited	120, expandable

An account only uses a plan slot once you set it to follow the lead. Upgrades are charged pro rata for the days left.

What generates the most complaints, and is worth reading twice:

• The free trial needs a card and charges on day 7 unless you cancel first. One trial per person and per card.
• No refunds. After cancelling, you keep access until the end of the paid period. Refunds are only made in exceptional cases, minus 20%.
• Cancel from your own account. Many negative reviews come from people charged after the trial because the cancellation was not completed.

What prop firms say

Tradesyncer working with your firm does not mean you are allowed to use it. This is what the official rules of the futures firms we follow say:

Firm	Copy trading	What to know
Alpha Futures	Allowed	Only between your own accounts. They suggest the smallest account leads
AquaFunded Futures	Allowed on Flex accounts	Every account must be yours
Blue Guardian Futures	Allowed, also with external copiers	Opposite positions across accounts are forbidden
E8 Futures	Allowed	Hedging across accounts is forbidden, even your own
FTMO Futures	Allowed between your accounts	Each account must meet its rules on its own
FundedNext Futures	Allowed, also with other firms	They may ask you to prove every account is yours
The5ers Futures	Limited	Only 25K and 50K accounts, up to $75,000 in total
Top One Futures	Allowed	Up to 10 or 20 accounts, depending on the plan
Funded Futures Family	Not allowed, per our firm data	Explicitly forbids hedging between accounts
The Trading Pit Futures	Restricted	Its terms list copying trades among prohibited practices
Earn2Trade	Forbidden	They can deny accounts and withdrawals if you used a copier

Source: each firm's official help center or terms, checked on 8 October 2026. Rules change: check them on your firm's page before copying.

The real risk is opposite positions. Several firms forbid having one account long and another short on the same contract, even for a few seconds and because of a glitch. And that is exactly what a copier that drifts causes: a follower does not close, you open the other way on the lead and end up hedged without meaning to. On Reddit we found two cases of traders who had five accounts each closed by Take Profit Trader for "counter trading", after a Tradesyncer failure. The protection that would prevent it, Hedge Guard, is not available yet.

What users say

It scores 4.4 out of 5 on Trustpilot, with 669 reviews. But almost every 5 star review is a thank you to support, from accounts with one or two reviews, because the company invites reviews after each chat. The reviews about the copier tell a different story. Our review analysis, above, breaks it down.

What comes up most, on Trustpilot and Reddit:

• It works almost always. "97% reliable" or "98%" are phrases you read several times. The problem is that small share, because when it fails it fails on every account at once.
• Specific failures: trades not copied, closes not reaching followers, stops not copied and, in some cases, positions in the opposite direction.
• Disconnections. You have to check connections before each session, especially on Mondays.
• Slippage. Followers fill at a different price than the lead, sometimes much worse. Some notice it mostly at the New York open.
• Support is fast and available 24 hours. But in serious cases it tends to blame the broker and asks for logs and screenshots to investigate.
• Those who leave move to Tradecopia. On Reddit, the most recommended alternative is Tradecopia's desktop version, for stability and price.

How to use it without losing accounts

If you are going to use it, this routine comes from its own help center and from users' experience:

1. Turn off any other copier. Neither Tradovate Group Trade nor the ProjectX copier: two copiers on the same account duplicate orders.
2. Check connections before trading, especially on Monday, and reconnect any that is not green.
3. Run a test: a limit order far from the price on the lead. Check it shows on every follower and cancel it.
4. Turn on Follower Protection and Market Execution Only if you copy to many accounts or use Tradovate.
5. Use simple brackets. One stop and one target, no trailing or multiple targets.
6. Hit Flatten All after every trade so nothing is left open on a follower.
7. Set your multipliers again every time you roll to a new expiry.
8. Keep the panel in sight while you are in a trade.

Alternatives

• Tradecopia: the most cited alternative. It has a desktop version for $49.99 (copies from your computer) and cloud versions. It copies to unlimited accounts.
• Your platform's own copier. If all your accounts are on Tradovate or on ProjectX, their built-in copiers are free and remove one layer.
• Replikanto: inside NinjaTrader, with a lifetime license.
• Duplikium and Traders Connect: if you mix futures accounts with Forex or CFD accounts on MetaTrader.

Verdict

Tradesyncer is convenient and complete: it runs in the cloud, connects almost everything futures firms use and includes a journal and account tracker at no extra cost. For traders with a few accounts on Tradovate or Rithmic who use simple brackets and keep an eye on the panel, it does the job.

But it is still in beta, its rare failures can blow several accounts at once, the protection against opposite positions is not out yet and its liability is limited to one month of subscription. Only use it at firms that allow copying and are not strict about hedging across accounts. And start with a few accounts.

Who it is for: futures traders with several Tradovate or Rithmic accounts who want to copy without leaving their computer on.

Who it is not for: anyone trading with trailing stops or multiple targets, anyone relying on ProjectX accounts as lead, and anyone with accounts at firms that punish any hedging across accounts.