Copy Trading at RoboForex: Is It Worth It?
RoboForex’s copy-trading arm launched in 2012 as CopyFX and now runs under the name Copy Trading. The plumbing is the same idea: one side shares a strategy, and the other side copies it automatically. Nothing extra to install — it’s wired into your account. From our tests, copy trading at RoboForex is intuitive but trails the best copy trading platforms.
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The Two Roles
- Investor (copier). You browse the public ratings, pick a trader whose track record you like, set how much to allocate, and the system mirrors their trades on your account.
- Trader (strategy provider). You list your own account in the rating, attract subscribers, and earn a cut of the profit you make for them. I’m an experienced strategy provider myself, so I know the effort required on this side of the copy trading fence.
Copying works across MT4, MT5 and R StocksTrader, though you can’t copy across platforms – an MT4 strategy copies to MT4, and so on.
What It Costs
Traders at RoboForex pick how they charge subscribers, so your cost depends on whose strategy you copy:
- Performance Fee. The trader takes a set percentage of the profit they earn for you, anywhere from 5% to 50%. Just like cTrader Copy, it’s calculated on a high-watermark basis, so you only pay on new profit above the previous peak. Lose a period, pay nothing for that period.
- Subscription Fee. A flat weekly charge from $5 to $100, paid only if the trader closed the week in profit for you.
- Trader Without Commission. Some newer strategies waive the fee to build a following.
Investment periods run in blocks of 1, 2, or 4 weeks, and the minimum you need to start copying is usually around $100, though each trader can set their own entry minimum.
How To Start Copying A Trader
- Open and verify a RoboForex account on MT4, MT5 or R StocksTrader.
- Fund it with at least the trader’s stated minimum (commonly $100 from those we checked).
- Open the Copy Trading rating and filter by metrics that matter to you — platform, performance fee, commission, and subscription fee. During our tests, we were disappointed that we couldn’t further filter by drawdown, strategy age, and instruments traded. That’s something we often see at top copy trading platforms.
- Read the strategy’s commission terms and investment period before you commit.
- Hit subscribe, set the amount to copy and your risk settings, and confirm.
- Track results in your client area and unsubscribe whenever the conditions no longer suit you. This is key – we know from personal experience that you have to monitor providers as strategies and results can fall off quickly.
Our Take
The copy trading service at RoboForex is easy to get started with. The performance metrics are reasonable but not industry. We prefer the high-watermark performance fee, since you only pay for new profits, not for recovering losses.
Remember though, past results don’t guarantee future returns, so it’s smart to use more than one strategy and only invest money you can afford to lose.