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.
The relationship between the account holders is not a defense. Two traders who happen to take very similar trades because they follow the same public signal provider, attend the same trading course, or share the same broad market view will not be flagged. Two accounts producing near-identical trade-by-trade activity will be.
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.
If you use a third-party EA, you are responsible for ensuring that your trading activity is not identical or near-identical to other traders running the same EA. This means:
Your EA settings must be customized to your own trading style
Your risk parameters, lot sizing, and execution timing should reflect your individual approach
Two traders using the same EA with the same settings and producing the same trades will be treated as copy trading, even if neither party intended it
Publicly sold "prop firm passing" bots, one-shot challenge bots, and mass-distributed EAs that generate identical trades across multiple users fall into this category and may be considered prohibited.
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
Severe or repeated violations, including third-party account management, mass-distributed EAs, and pass-your-challenge services, may result in immediate termination across all associated accounts.
In short
Copy your own trades across your own accounts. Use EAs responsibly and customize them to your style. Never trade on someone else's account, never let anyone else trade on yours, and never run an EA configuration identical to other traders.