Copy MNQ trades from one leader account to many Tradovate and Rithmic follower accounts, with ratios you control.
MNQ is the Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 future at CME. One tick is 0.25 index points, worth $0.50. One full point is $2. It is one tenth the size of NQ, where a tick is $5 and a point is $20. Because the contract is small, traders can size in single contracts and scale gradually, which is why it is common on prop firm accounts.
You trade MNQ on a leader account. Signal Trade App sees the order at the broker and places matching orders on each follower. Entries and exits follow the leader's fills: the bracket's stop and target stay on the leader, and followers exit when one fills.
Followers can sit on a different broker than the leader. A Tradovate leader can feed Rithmic followers, and the other way round.
Each follower has a copy ratio. A follower copies the leader's order quantity multiplied by the ratio. Ratios are whole numbers from 1 up. A ratio of 1 copies the leader's size and a ratio of 2 doubles it.
If you want some accounts to trade smaller than others, the usual answer is to lead with MNQ and give the larger accounts a higher ratio, rather than using a ratio below 1.
These examples are illustrations only and not a recommendation. Suppose a leader buys 3 MNQ. A follower at ratio 1 buys 3 MNQ. A follower at ratio 2 buys 6 MNQ. If the market moves 10 points against the leader's position, the leader is down 3 x 10 x $2 = $60 and the ratio 2 follower is down $120.
Now compare with NQ. One NQ contract moves $20 per point, the same as ten MNQ. If you want ten times the exposure of one MNQ on a follower, ratio 10 on an MNQ leader gives you that in micros, which keeps size adjustable one contract at a time. Check each account's contract limits at your prop firm before you size up.
Copying multiplies mistakes as well as good trades. Review the daily loss and drawdown rules of each prop firm, since each firm defines and enforces its own, and enter each account's max drawdown on the Risk Management page to get alerts as it gets close. A stop that is fine on one account may be too large for a smaller evaluation account at the same ratio.
MNQ trades in the quarterly cycle: March (H), June (M), September (U) and December (Z). The last trading day is the third Friday of the contract month, and volume moves to the next contract about a week earlier. Roll your leader and your charts to the new contract around then, and confirm that every follower account is on the same expiry.
Check that the symbol on your leader matches what you intend, for example MNQZ6 for December 2026, before the roll week.
MNQ is a practical contract for copying because you can start small and add size per account. The risk is in the details: ratios, stop distances and expiry. Test on a few accounts first.
Signal Trade App costs $29/month. The 5-day trial requires a card. If you would rather run it yourself, the self-hosted version is a $599 one-time purchase. Order routing is under 50ms on Tradovate and under 5ms on Rithmic.
One tick is 0.25 index points, worth $0.50. One point is $2.
MNQ is one tenth the size of NQ. NQ ticks are worth $5 and points $20.
Run them as separate copy groups: one group with an MNQ leader and one with an NQ leader. Each follower copies its own leader's orders.
Not as a standard setting. Ratios are whole numbers from 1 to 100. To trade smaller, lead with micros.
Volume typically moves to the next quarterly contract about a week before the third Friday of March, June, September and December.
Yes, with firms that issue Tradovate or Rithmic accounts. Topstep and TopstepX (ProjectX) are not supported.
$29/month. The 5-day trial requires a card. Self-hosted is $599 one-time.