DeepCharts Trade Copier: the complete setup, field by field

The DeepCharts Trade Copier mirrors a parent account's orders onto one or more child accounts in real time, so you can run several prop firm accounts with a single set of clicks. Prerequisite: every account connected in DeepCharts. This tutorial covers creating a group, every configuration field, starting it, managing groups, the recommended settings and Client mode for OCO brackets.

Step by step

1. 01

   Open the Trade Copier

   In the DeepCharts menu bar, open Trading then Trade Copier - Beta. Take the Beta label seriously: it is a recent feature, and DeepCharts itself recommends validating it on a simulation account before using it on funded accounts. The Trade Copier - Beta window opens, empty until a group exists.

   

2. 02

   Create a group

   Click Add new group, bottom left. A group is a set of linked accounts with its own copy rules: one parent that places the orders, children that receive them. You can create several and run them at the same time, for instance one group per prop firm when their constraints differ. The Trade Copier Group window opens: start by giving it a meaningful Name, since that is what appears in the left column.

   

3. 03

   Pick the Copy mode and Copy delay

   Copy mode decides how a parent order reaches the children. OrdersToOrders, the default, copies the order as is: a limit on the parent becomes a limit on every child, no slippage, but nothing guarantees they all fill. On NQ in a fast market, the parent's limit can be hit and filled while a child's sits pending. OrdersToMarket instead waits for the parent order to execute, then sends a market order to the children: they always stay in line, at the cost of possible slippage. Copy delay (ms) adds a delay before replication, 5 ms by default; DeepCharts recommends 0 for the fastest copy.

4. 04

   Set resynchronisation and expiration

   Resyncro mode (Resync Mode in the documentation) says what happens when a child drifts away from the parent, after a disconnection, a delay or a manual trade. None does nothing, fixing it is up to you. FullMarketAtBestPrice, the default, sends whatever orders it takes to realign the child, whatever the situation. CloseOnlyAtBestPrice only closes a child's excess contracts and never opens any to catch up with the parent. Expiration Logic (Parent filled - child pending) handles a child order left pending while the parent is filled: None (default) leaves it, ToMarketAfterMs turns it into a market order, CancelAfterMs cancels it, after the delay entered in Expiration ms, a field greyed out until one of those two options is selected. Synchronization timeout (15 s) sets how long before two accounts are deemed out of sync, Resynchronization attempt delay (20 s) the interval between resync attempts.

5. 05

   Assign the parent, children and symbols

   Parent account designates the account whose trades get copied: click it and pick from the available connections. Under Children Accounts, Add account adds each receiving account, with its Contracts Multiplier: at 2, one contract on the parent becomes two on the child. Last, the Symbols section is the one that catches people out: only symbols added with Add symbol are copied. If you switch between NQ and MNQ on the parent, both must be listed, as in the opening screenshot with NQ-CME and MNQ-CME. Forget one and the trade stays alone on the parent.

6. 06

   Set the OCO Settings and confirm

   The four OCO Settings fields matter when your trades carry stop and target brackets. Child brackets tick margin (25) is the tick margin within which the copier ties a child bracket to the parent bracket, because in a fast market fill prices differ slightly from one account to the next. OCO Bracket fallback insert (15 s) inserts the bracket on the children if the server did not. OCO Order cancel fallback (60 s) cancels a stop still live on a child after the target was hit, if the server did not cancel it. OCO Trailing stop fallback (3 s) is the fallback delay for syncing a trailing stop. Then click Confirm.

7. 07

   Start the group and accept the disclaimer

   Back in the Trade Copier panel, the group shows Status: Stopped, with two tables, Parent Account and Children Accounts, each listing its connection, account, multiplier on the child side and status. Check that every account reads Ready: Waiting Connection means the connection is not up, and nothing will be copied to that account. Then click Start. A Disclaimer appears: it warns that delays, position discrepancies or differences in fill prices can occur, and recommends monitoring positions and orders in real time through the Account widget. Actually read it, it is an honest description of what a trade copier is. Yes launches the group, which switches to Running with a tick next to its name.

   

8. 08

   Manage running groups

   Everything is driven from the panel. Stop pauses the group's copying, Settings reopens its configuration, Remove deletes it for good. Each account's Syncronizhed switch (spelled that way on screen) takes a single account out of the copy without stopping the whole group: handy when a prop account has just hit its target or its daily limit and must stay flat. Add new group stays available to build more groups with different settings.

   

9. 09

   Start from the recommended settings

   DeepCharts publishes a starting point that departs from the defaults: OrdersToOrders, Copy delay at 0, Resyncro mode on None to avoid automatic market orders fired in the middle of volatility, Expiration Logic on None (and CancelAfterMs rather than ToMarketAfterMs if you want automatic handling), 15 s and 20 s for the two sync delays. Treat it as a baseline, not gospel: DeepCharts notes these settings will not suit every strategy and recommends testing yours on a SIM account before going live.

   

10. 10

    Switch OCO Strategy to Client mode

    If you trade with OCO Strategy, one last setting lives on the chart, not in the copier. Open your chart and scroll to the very bottom of the trading panel on the right: two options, Server (default) and Client. On Server, brackets are handled by the broker's server, but some brokers do not support server side OCO with the Trade Copier and brackets then replicate poorly on the children. Select Client: DeepCharts itself now manages the brackets, which means keeping the platform open and connected for as long as you have live trades.

    

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