Upcomers allows traders to replicate trades across accounts they personally own. This includes accounts at other proprietary firms, retail brokers, or multiple Upcomers accounts under the same individual. As long as every account involved belongs to you, you are free to execute the same trades across them.
What is not allowed is copying trades between accounts owned by different individuals. This includes accounts owned by family members, friends, business partners, or any other person, regardless of the relationship. The rule applies in both directions: you cannot copy from someone else's account, and you cannot allow your trades to be copied to an account that is not yours.
What counts as copy trading
Copy trading is identified by the trading activity itself, not by the tool used to produce it. Upcomers operates an automated flagging system that reviews trade parameters across accounts, including opening price, closing price, lot size, lot ratio, symbols, entry timing, and exit timing. When a significant portion of trades on one account closely mirrors trades on another account belonging to a different person, the activity is flagged for manual review.
Taking similar trades because you follow the same course or share the same market view is normal and is not copy trading. Copy trading means accounts of different people producing the same trades, trade by trade.
Expert Advisors and shared automated strategies
Expert Advisors and automated trading tools are allowed at Upcomers under the conditions described in our EA rules article. Using an EA does not change the copy trading rule.
You can use third-party and purchased EAs. An EA works best when it helps you trade a strategy you know well, so we recommend adjusting its settings to your own approach rather than running it straight out of the box.
Account management and pass-your-challenge services
Allowing a third party to trade on your account, manage your account, or pass a challenge on your behalf is strictly prohibited. This applies whether the third party is a professional service, a friend, a family member, or any other person.
This includes:
Account management services that trade on your behalf for a fee or profit share
"Pass your challenge" services that promise to complete the evaluation for you
Sharing login credentials with any third party for trading purposes
Any arrangement where someone other than the account owner places trades
Consequences
When copy trading or account management is detected, Upcomers may take action depending on the severity of the violation. This may include:
Removal of affected trades from the account
Account breach or termination
Payout denial
Permanent restriction from using Upcomers services
Copy trading between different people, account management and pass-your-challenge services are serious violations.
In short
Copy your own trades across your own accounts. Set up your EA around your own strategy. Never trade on someone else's account, and never let anyone else trade on yours.