Tutorials

U.S. Forex brokers and possibly some other brokers will have FIFO limitations applied to each account. It means trader or any EA is restricted to close positions only in particular order and hedge trading will be disabled too (you cannot hold BUY and SELL positions open at the same time). These restrictions cannot be changed, and anyone who is trading in such account (including EA) will have to obey these restrictions.

Local Trade Copier is capable of handling trade copying of positions on MT4 accounts with FIFO limitations including partial closes.

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Local Trade Copier can do Netting of positions which is especially useful if operating on an MT4 account with FIFO restrictions.

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In this short tutorial, Rimantas explains how to configure Local Trade Copier not to close specific positions.

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In this short tutorial, I explain how to check if your computer and Internet connection speed is slowing down the MT4 trade copier or not? It is essential to understand that to copy Forex trades as fast as possible (in 1 second or faster) your computer and internet quality needs to be in excellent condition.

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Local Trade Copier can increase or decrease the lot size of the next order if previous trade closed in a loss when Martingale Mode is enabled. Note that this is a very risky trading style so be sure you know what you are doing.

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In this article, I will talk about a common problem faced by traders who are copying CFD’s (Contract For Difference) using different brokers. I will also provide a solution to copying CFD’s between MT4 brokers that have different instrument specifications. This problem is difference in trading conditions of various brokers. The most significant issue is with CFD’s on major stock indices: Contract size for one broker can be 1 index, 25 indexes for another, 10, 5, etc. Some brokers allow trading a portion of a contract while others require trading full contracts only.

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Under normal conditions, the Local Trade Copier should copy positions in less than one second. Yes, trades must be copied in 1 second or faster. If it takes longer, then something’s not right.

Usually, delay in copy trading appears because of slow and poor Internet connection, overloaded computer, and broker server delays.

In this article, I want to give possible reasons for slow trade copying so you could identify the problem yourself and fix it fast.

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