Signal Trade App Quick Start Guide

Category: Getting Started | Last updated: 2026-10-02 | Reading time: 6 min read

What Is Signal Trade App?

Signal Trade App is a cloud-based futures trade copier that copies trades from one leader account to unlimited follower accounts, with order routing under 50ms on Tradovate and under 5ms on Rithmic. It is built for prop firm traders who run multiple funded accounts and want one-click execution across all of them.

This guide walks you through the entire setup from a blank account to your first copied trade.

Step 1: Create Your Free Account

1. Go to the registration page and enter your email, name, and password.
2. Verify your email address by clicking the link in your inbox.
3. Log in at /login. New accounts start with a 5-day Pro free trial (credit card required, no charge during trial).

Step 2: Connect Your Leader Broker

1. From the sidebar, click Connections.
2. Click Add Connection and choose your broker: Tradovate or Rithmic (NinjaTrader accounts that run on Rithmic connect as Rithmic).
3. For Tradovate, pick the Environment first: Prop firm for evaluation and funded prop-firm accounts, Live for your own brokerage account, or Demo / Sim. Then click Connect with Tradovate and log in on Tradovate's own page.
4. For Rithmic, enter your Rithmic username, password, and system.
5. Wait for the status badge to show CONNECTED and check that your accounts are listed. If a Tradovate connection shows no accounts, the environment is usually wrong (prop-firm accounts need Prop firm).

Step 3: Connect Follower Accounts

1. Repeat Step 2 for every follower account you want to copy trades into.
2. Name each connection clearly, for example: "Apex-Eval-1" or "Lucid-Funded".
3. Verify that each account shows CONNECTED before adding it to a group.

Step 4: Create Your First Copy Group

1. Open the Cockpit and click New Group.
2. Enter a Group Name and pick your Leader Account.
3. Tick the Follower Accounts that should copy the leader, then click Create Group.
4. In the group table, set each follower's Ratio (a whole number from 1 to 100). A ratio of 1 means the follower trades the same quantity as the leader; 2 means double.
5. Check that Follow is on for every follower. Protect is on by default: when the leader goes flat in a contract, the follower's position in that contract is closed too.

Step 5: Place Your First Trade

1. Open your broker platform (Tradovate, NinjaTrader, etc.) and log into the leader account.
2. Place a trade normally from your broker platform, the Signal Trade App chart, or a TradingView alert. When the leader's order fills, Signal Trade App copies the fill to every follower at its copy ratio. When the leader's take-profit or stop-loss fills, followers exit too.
3. Watch the Cockpit for real-time position updates, P&L, and copy status.

Important Safety Tips

• Start with a demo or evaluation account before copying to funded accounts.
• Know every follower's prop-firm daily loss limit and max contracts. Your prop firm enforces them at the broker, not Signal Trade App, so size your ratios to stay inside them.
• On the Risk Mgmt page, enter each account's max drawdown and add a drawdown alert so you are warned before the firm's limit.
• Use the Health page to confirm all accounts are connected before market open.
• Review copied trades in the Journal after each session.

The safest first trade is a one-contract test on a demo account. Once you see the order copy correctly across all followers, scale up confidently.

Next Steps

Now that your first group is running, explore the Cockpit guide and Risk Management guide. Trading from TradingView alerts? Follow the TradingView to Tradovate setup guide for webhook alerts with take-profit and stop-loss brackets.

Start Copy Trading Free

Signal Trade App lets you copy one trade across unlimited futures accounts in under 50ms. Sign up free with a 5-day Pro trial (credit card required, no charge during trial).