
Category: Prop Firms | Date: 2026-11-07
An Apex trade copier watches one account (the leader) and places the same orders on your other Apex Trader Funding accounts (the followers). If you run several evaluations or Performance Accounts (PAs), it saves you from clicking the same trade into each one and keeps every account in step.
Apex accounts run on Rithmic, Tradovate or WealthCharts, and many traders use NinjaTrader on top of Rithmic or Tradovate. Which copier fits depends mostly on which of those your accounts are on, how many you run, and whether you want a cloud service or something on your own computer.
Yes, across your own accounts, with conditions. The points below were read from Apex’s help center on 2026-11-07. Apex changes its rules and has several versions of some articles (current and “Legacy”), so check support.apextraderfunding.com, or ask Apex support, before you rely on any of it.
One caution: Apex’s PA compliance article also says accounts cannot be managed or influenced by a copy trading service or trade mirroring software, while the account-limit article allows copying across your own PAs. Read together, the line Apex draws is between copying your own trades across your own accounts and handing your accounts to someone else. If you are unsure how your setup fits, ask Apex support in writing before going live.
Apex’s help center describes two built-in options. On Tradovate, Group Trading is turned on automatically for any Apex user with more than one active Tradovate account; it works only inside the Tradovate platform, not from TradingView, and Apex notes it does not allow bracket orders (ATMs). WealthCharts has its own built-in trade copier for WealthCharts accounts. Apex also warns that if you copy to several Tradovate accounts, you should be mindful of Tradovate’s API limit.
A third-party copier is worth it when you need brackets, TradingView alerts, a mix of Tradovate and Rithmic accounts, or accounts at other firms in the same group.
Prices, trials and platform lists below were read from each company’s own website on 2026-11-07. Latency figures are each vendor’s own claim, not our measurement. Prices and promotions change, so check before you buy.
| Signal Trade App | TradeSyncer | TradeCopia | FutuCopy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Cloud | Cloud | Desktop app (Pro) or cloud (Pro+ Lite, Pro+) | Cloud |
| Apex on Tradovate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apex on Rithmic | Yes (also when traded in NinjaTrader) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apex on WealthCharts | No | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Price | $29/mo flat, or $199/yr | $49 / $99 / $149 per month | $49.99/mo desktop, $79.99/mo cloud, $149.99/mo dedicated VPS | $39 / $99 / $189 per month |
| Account limits | Unlimited | 2 logins × 10 accounts on Basic, up to 120 accounts on Flex | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Free trial | 5 days, card required | 7 days, card required | 7 days on Pro and Pro+ Lite | 7 days |
| TradingView alerts | Yes (webhooks) | Yes | Yes | Yes (webhooks) |
| Latency claim | Under 50ms to Tradovate, under 5ms to Rithmic | Under 50ms average (its NinjaTrader page) | No single figure | 1–2ms to Tradovate and Rithmic |
| No-subscription option | $599 one-time self-hosted | No | No | No |
Signal Trade App is a cloud copier: nothing to install and no VPS to manage. It connects Apex accounts on Tradovate or Rithmic, including the accounts you trade in NinjaTrader, so you keep your front end and the copier works from the account itself. A Tradovate leader can copy to Rithmic followers, or the other way round, in one copy group, and accounts from other Tradovate or Rithmic firms can sit in the same group.
Each follower has its own size ratio. Followers enter when the leader’s entry fills and exit when its stop or target fills. Each account gets drawdown tracking with alerts, session and manual lockouts, and every closed trade lands in a built-in journal. You can drive the leader from TradingView webhooks or the REST API. Pricing is one plan for unlimited accounts: $29/month, or $199/year, after a 5-day trial that requires a card. A $599 one-time self-hosted licence is also available.
Where it is not the right fit: it does not connect WealthCharts accounts, Topstep, TopstepX or ProjectX. And it cannot enforce Apex’s rules for you; Apex enforces its own drawdown, loss limits and contract limits.
TradeSyncer is an established cloud copier with the widest platform list here: TradingView, NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Rithmic, dxFeed, Sierra Chart, ATAS, Quantower, ProjectX and Hyperprop. It prices by broker logins: Basic is $49/month for 2 logins with 10 accounts each, Pro is $99/month for 4 logins with 20 each, and Flex is $149/month with unlimited logins and 120 accounts. If all your Apex accounts sit under one or two logins, Basic can be enough; add other firms and you move up. There is a 7-day trial with a card up front. See TradeSyncer pricing explained.
TradeCopia offers the same copier three ways: a $49.99/month desktop app on your own computer, a $79.99/month browser version on managed hosting, and a $149.99/month dedicated VPS. Every tier has unlimited accounts and supports Tradovate, NinjaTrader, Rithmic, TopstepX and TradingView. Its Position Reconciler closes any follower position that did not come from the leader. Pro and Pro+ Lite have a 7-day trial. If you prefer a desktop app, or want a dedicated VPS, this is the one to look at. See TradeCopia pricing explained.
FutuCopy is a cloud copier in a Chicago-area datacenter that claims 1–2ms latency to Tradovate and Rithmic. Plans are $39, $99 and $189 per month, all with unlimited prop firms and accounts, TradingView webhooks, and a 7-day trial. It supports Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, ProjectX and dxFeed. Note for Apex Tradovate users: the $39 plan has a Tradovate API limit of 750 requests per 30 minutes, which matters if you copy to many Tradovate accounts.
Set each follower’s ratio from that account’s size and its Apex contract limit, not from habit. A ratio that is fine on a large account can put a small one over its limit. Check the copied size of your largest normal trade against each account’s limit before the first session; Apex enforces the limit, the copier does not.
Every Apex account has its own drawdown and, on some account types, a daily loss limit. Accounts that started on different days will have different room left, even when they take identical trades. Enter each account’s drawdown in Signal Trade App so you can see the room left on every account, set an alert level well before the limit, and lock an account that is close so it stops copying while the others continue.
Because Apex’s hedging rule covers all your accounts, run one leader per market. Do not run two copy groups that could be long and short on correlated contracts, such as ES and NQ, at the same time.
Apex warns that copying to many Tradovate accounts can hit Tradovate’s API limit. Avoid needless order changes, such as dragging a stop tick by tick across 15 accounts, and test your full group on a quiet market first.
Signal Trade App copies your Apex accounts on Tradovate and Rithmic from one leader, with a size ratio, drawdown tracking and lockouts for each account. Check Apex’s current copy-trading rules first, then start your 5-day free trial: $29/month.
Across your own accounts, yes. As of 2026-11-07, Apex’s help center says copy trading across PA accounts under your personal name and business name is allowed, as long as all PAs trade in the same direction and do not hedge correlated assets. Copying other people’s trades, or letting anyone else trade your accounts, is not allowed. Rules change, so confirm with Apex support.
It depends on your platform. For Apex accounts on Tradovate and Rithmic, Signal Trade App is the lowest-cost cloud option for unlimited accounts ($29/month). TradeSyncer covers the most platforms, TradeCopia offers a desktop app or dedicated VPS, and FutuCopy focuses on Chicago-hosted low latency. Tradovate Group Trading and the WealthCharts copier are built-in options.
Connect each Apex login to a copier, choose one account as the leader, add the others as followers with a size ratio, and place a small test trade to check every follower enters and exits with the leader. With Signal Trade App you can connect Apex Tradovate and Rithmic accounts in one copy group.
Yes. Apex accounts with more than one active Tradovate account get Tradovate Group Trading automatically, but it works only inside Tradovate and Apex notes it does not allow bracket orders. Third-party copiers such as Signal Trade App, TradeSyncer, TradeCopia and FutuCopy connect Apex Tradovate accounts and add brackets, TradingView alerts and cross-broker groups.
Yes. Signal Trade App connects to the Rithmic or Tradovate account underneath NinjaTrader, so you keep trading in NinjaTrader and the followers copy from the account itself.
Apex allows a total of 20 active PA accounts per household, counting everyone in the same house, companies and connections. Signal Trade App, TradeCopia and FutuCopy have no account limit; TradeSyncer’s limits depend on the plan.
Yes with Signal Trade App: a Tradovate leader and Rithmic followers, or the reverse, can sit in the same copy group. Apex itself does not convert accounts between Rithmic, Tradovate and WealthCharts.
No. Apex enforces its own drawdown, loss and contract limits. Signal Trade App shows each account’s drawdown left, alerts you at a level you set, and lets you lock an account so it stops copying, but staying inside Apex’s rules is your responsibility.
Signal Trade App has a 5-day free trial (card required). TradeSyncer and FutuCopy offer 7 days, and TradeCopia offers 7 days on its Pro and Pro+ Lite plans.
Signal Trade App lets you copy one trade across unlimited prop firm accounts in under 50ms. Sign up free with a 5-day Pro trial (credit card required, no charge during trial).