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Prop firms that allow copy trading across accounts

Rules re-checked July 20, 2026 · 8 of 22 firms qualify

Copy trading is how funded traders scale past a single account's allocation. It is also the rule most often misread: copying between your own accounts is usually fine, while copying the same signal that hundreds of other traders at the same firm receive is usually a hard breach.

Firms that qualify (8)

  • Apex Trader Funding

    Futures · trust 85/100 · Intraday trailing

    Explicitly built for it — you can run up to 20 accounts and copy the same strategy across all of them.

  • My Funded Futures

    Futures · trust 84/100 · End-of-day trailing

    Copy across your own MFFU accounts is supported.

  • Alpha Futures

    Futures · trust 84/100 · End-of-day trailing

    Copying across your own accounts is allowed.

  • Take Profit Trader

    Futures · trust 83/100 · End-of-day trailing

    Copying across your own TPT accounts is allowed.

  • Tradeify

    Futures · trust 78/100 · End-of-day trailing

    Copying across your own Tradeify accounts is supported.

  • Elite Trader Funding

    Futures · trust 76/100 · Intraday trailing

    Multi-account copying is a core part of the ETF offer.

  • Lucid Trading

    Futures · trust 73/100 · Static

    Multi-account copying supported.

  • Funding Ticks

    Futures · trust 70/100 · End-of-day trailing

    Multi-account copying supported.

Conditional — allowed with restrictions (14)

These firms permit it on some plans, inside a narrow window, or only after a paid add-on. Read the note before assuming your plan is covered.

  • FTMO

    Forex · trust 94/100 · Static

    Copying between your own FTMO accounts is fine. Copying a third-party signal that many other FTMO traders also run triggers the duplicate-trading rule.

  • Topstep

    Futures · trust 91/100 · End-of-day trailing

    Copying across your own Topstep accounts is allowed within the account limit.

  • The5ers

    Forex · trust 86/100 · Static

    Between your own accounts only.

  • Blueberry Funded

    Forex · trust 84/100 · Static

    Own-account copying only.

  • FundedNext

    Forex · trust 82/100 · Static

    Own-account copying allowed; shared third-party signals are not.

  • Alpha Capital Group

    Forex · trust 82/100 · Static

    Own-account copying only.

  • Funding Pips

    Forex · trust 80/100 · Static

    Own accounts only; group copy-trading is a breach.

  • FXIFY

    Forex · trust 80/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

  • E8 Markets

    Multi-asset · trust 79/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

  • Breakout

    Crypto · trust 75/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

  • Goat Funded Trader

    Forex · trust 72/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

  • FunderPro

    Multi-asset · trust 71/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

  • The Edge Funder

    Forex · trust 64/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

  • The Funded Trader

    Forex · trust 58/100 · Static

    Own accounts only.

Full rule table

FirmCopy tradingSplitFromFirst payout
Apex Trader FundingAllowed100%$378d
My Funded FuturesAllowed90%$775d
Alpha FuturesAllowed90%$797d
Take Profit TraderAllowed90%$1505d
TradeifyAllowed90%$4910d
Elite Trader FundingAllowed100%$757d
Lucid TradingAllowed90%$5514d
Funding TicksAllowed90%$455d
FTMOConditional90%$34514d
TopstepConditional90%$497d
The5ersConditional100%$3914d
Blueberry FundedConditional90%$5914d
FundedNextConditional95%$29914d
Alpha Capital GroupConditional90%$9914d
Funding PipsConditional100%$325d
FXIFYConditional90%$3914d
E8 MarketsConditional100%$687d
BreakoutConditional90%$4914d
Goat Funded TraderConditional95%$3214d
FunderProConditional90%$31914d
The Edge FunderConditional90%$4914d
The Funded TraderConditional90%$5914d

Own-account copying vs group copying

Own-account copying means one master account and several of your own funded accounts at the same firm, executing identical trades. Futures firms actively encourage it — Apex allows up to 20 accounts, and multi-account copying is the standard way traders reach meaningful size in that category.

Group copying means many unrelated traders at the same firm mirroring one signal provider. Firms ban this because their aggregate exposure to a single strategy becomes uncontrollable, and because it is the mechanism behind most coordinated payout-farming. If a Telegram group sells you a signal, assume the firm can see the clustering.

Why futures firms lean into it

A futures firm's per-account allocation is capped by contract limits rather than by nominal balance, so a trader who wants more size buys more accounts. That is a direct revenue line for the firm, which is why Apex, Elite Trader Funding, Tradeify, Funding Ticks and My Funded Futures all provide native copy tooling or explicit permission.

The catch is drawdown correlation. Twenty accounts running one strategy do not diversify anything — a single bad session breaches all twenty simultaneously. Traders who scale this way should treat the whole stack as one position and size accordingly.

Payout consistency across copied accounts

Consistency rules apply per account, so a copied stack passes or fails them together. If your strategy has one outsized day, every account in the stack fails the same consistency check on the same date.

Stagger payout requests rather than submitting them on the same day. It is not a rule requirement, but reviewers process a batch of identical requests more slowly than they process a single one, and a batch is what triggers manual review at most firms.

How we classify this rule

  • ·'Yes' = copying across your own accounts at the firm is explicitly permitted, usually with tooling.
  • ·'Limited' = own-account copying tolerated, third-party or group signals prohibited.
  • ·No firm on this list permits selling signals that other traders at the same firm execute.

FAQ

Which prop firms allow copy trading between multiple accounts?
Apex Trader Funding (up to 20 accounts), Elite Trader Funding, Tradeify, Funding Ticks, Lucid Trading, Take Profit Trader, Topstep and My Funded Futures all permit copying across your own accounts. Forex firms generally permit it too, but without the same multi-account scaling model.
Can I copy trades from a signal provider?
Not safely. If other traders at the same firm follow the same provider, the firm's duplicate-trading rule applies and the outcome is typically account termination rather than a reset. Copying your own manual entries into your own accounts is a different thing entirely.
How many prop firm accounts can I have at once?
It varies from one to twenty. Apex is the most permissive at 20; most forex firms cap total allocation rather than account count, meaning you can hold several accounts as long as the combined funded balance stays under the cap.
Can I copy trades between two different prop firms?
Yes — no firm can see your account at a competitor. Watch execution differences: a fill on a CFD feed and a fill on a futures feed will not match, so the same strategy can pass at one firm and breach at another on the same day.