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How does Esperio Copy Trading work?

The investor opens an Esperio Investor account, selects a trader from the service’s rating and connects him to this account.

The service proportionally copies the trader's transactions to the investor's account. In this case, the transfer of the investor's account under the trader's control does not occur. The investor can stop copying at any time and disconnect from trading.

To achieve transparency, one investor account can only connect to one trader at a time. If you want to distribute your funds among several traders, you need to open several investor's trading accounts at once.

A trader participating in the service receives a reward as a percent of his investor's profit. The trader determines the amount of the reward himself, which is known to the investor in advance, before he decides on which trader to choose.

Copying transactions

The volume of the transaction copied to the investor's account. It is proportional to the ratio of the funds in the investor's account and the funds in the trader's account.

Volume (inv)=Multiplier(%) × (Equity Inv/Equity Trader) × Volume(trader)
  • Volume (inv) – the volume of the transaction copied to the investor's account
  • Volume (tdr) – the volume of the transaction on the trader's account
  • Equity Inv – the balance on the investor's account at the time of copying the transaction
  • Equity Trader – the balance on the trader's account at the time of copying the transaction
  • Multiplier (%) – repetition rate
The equity parameter is taken from the trading platform, so it includes all credit and bonus funds on the trading account.
Reserve account

For the relationship between an investor and a trader, a special reserve account is created within the service. The potential trader's commission is frozen on this account. It is debited after each profitable transaction and is reserved in this account.

When registering an account and connecting to the service, a trader assigns a commission that he wants to receive from the profit of investors who copy his trading strategy. When a transaction is closed, a commission is debited from the investor's account and reserved on a special trader's account.

Commission = Profit × Fee(%)
  • Commission – the size of the commission for the transaction
  • Profit – profit on a closed transaction
  • Master Fee (%) – commission in the trader's offer
The commission accumulated on the reserve account is distributed between the trader and the investor when making mutual settlements.
Mutual settlements

Mutual settlements - the procedure for distributing the commission between the trader and the investor at the end of the billing period. Within the framework of mutual settlements, the commission accumulated on the reserve account is distributed in a way, so that the trader receives only the reward that is due to him, namely, the percent set by the trader.

Reward Master = Master Fee(%) × Profit period
Сompensation Investor = Summary commission period – Reward Master
  • Reward Master – trader's reward
  • Сompensation Investor – commission returned to the investor
  • Summary commission period – the amount of commissions for the billing period
  • Profit period – profit for all trading operations for the billing period
  • Master Fee (%) – commission in the trader's offer
If during the billing period the investor incurred losses on trading operations from the trader's account, the return of the commission to the investor is equal to the sum of the commissions for the billing period.
Сompensation Investor = Summary commission period – Reward Master

Terms of mutual settlements: mutual settlements between a trader and an investor occur only in the absence of copied open positions on the investor's account. Periodic settlements take place on the last Sunday of the month, or when the investor's account is disconnected from the trader's account.

Recommendations for the trader: in order to receive reward on a periodic basis, it is recommended for the trader to close all open positions on the last Friday of the month.
General terms and concepts of the service
Trading restrictions
It is impossible to close positions with counter orders on the Trader's account. To start the replication process of a Trader's transaction, its duration must be at least 60 seconds.
Reward Master
Crediting a part of the accumulated commission (including Esperio commission) to the trader's account based on the results of mutual settlements.
Compensation Investor
Crediting to the investor a part of the trader's accumulated commission based on the results of mutual settlements.
Mutual settlement
The procedure for distributing the accumulated trader's commission between the investor's and the trader's accounts.
Transaction commission
Commission, which is frozen on the reserve account until the moment of mutual settlements. The commission is debited from the investor's account immediately after closing a profitable transaction that was copied from the trader's account. The calculation of the commission does not depend on who was managing the copied transaction at the time of its closing.
Transaction copy coefficient (Multiplier)
The coefficient of copying trade operations from the trader's account to the investor's account, which is determined by the investor at the time of connecting to the trader's account.
Investing
The process of copying trade operations from a trader's account to an investor's account.
Billing period
The period of interaction between the investor and the trader, at the end of which there is a mutual settlement between the parties. The beginning of the billing period is the moment of connecting to the trader or the end of the previous period of interaction. The end of the billing period is the last Sunday of the month or the disconnection of the investor from the trader.
Trader's commission
Trader's commission, according to which the reward for profitable transactions, copied to the investor's account, is calculated.
Non-public account of Esperio Master
It is a trader's account that is not listed in the Esperio Copy Trading rating on the Esperio website. Connection to this account is possible only through a unique link, which the investor can receive directly from the trader of the service.
Esperio Master
A client of the company who has registered an account with the Empower Copy Trading service as a trader. The trader is the provider of transactions for the accounts of the investors connected to his trading account.
Esperio Investor
A client of the company who has registered with the Empower Copy Trading service as an investor.