Copy signals to multiple accounts at different sizes
One Telegram room can drive several MT4, MT5 and eTrader accounts, each with its own lot rule. Here is how the sizing works, with a worked gold example.
You can copy signals to multiple accounts from one Telegram room, and each account can trade the same post at its own size. CopySignals is a cloud Telegram signal copier for MT4, MT5 and eTrader: it reads the rooms you already follow through your own Telegram account and places the trades on your own broker account. Point one copier at the room, attach several trading accounts to it, and give every account its own sizing rule.
The interesting part is not sending the same order to three places. Any copier does that. The part that matters is what happens when the accounts are not the same: a 5,000 balance next to a 100,000 one, an MT4 login next to an MT5 one, a broker that quotes gold as XAUUSD next to one that quotes it as GOLD. This article works through that with numbers you can check yourself. Trading carries risk on every account, and none of what follows changes that.
How do you copy signals to multiple accounts?
You connect each trading account once, then attach them all to one copier that watches the room. When a post reads as a trade, the copier places it on every attached account. In CopySignals the terminals run on our servers, one per connected account, so adding a second or third account does not mean a second machine or a VPS at home.
The room does not know any of this is happening. Because CopySignals uses your own personal Telegram account, the channel can be one you joined as a member, and the owner installs nothing. Nothing is sent from your account, and nothing is stored beyond a short preview in the copier's event log.
Why the same lot on every account goes wrong
A lot size means nothing until you know the account it lands on. The same 0.50 lot is a normal position on a 100,000 account and a wipe-out on a 2,000 one. If the copier hands every account the same volume, one of them carries far more risk than you meant, and the smaller the account, the worse it looks on a bad day.
So the sizing rule has to belong to the account, not to the copier or to the room. In CopySignals it does. Sizing method, lot or risk percent, maximum lot, how the take profits are handled, break even, partial close and the trailing stop are all set per account. One copier can run a small personal account and a large funded one on the same post without either setting touching the other.
A worked example: one gold signal, three accounts
Say the room posts a gold buy with a stop 10.00 below entry. To keep the arithmetic plain, assume a broker where one lot of gold is 100 ounces, so a 10.00 move against you costs 1,000 per lot. Your broker's contract size may differ, so check it before you copy these numbers.
| Account | Balance | Sizing rule | Lot placed | Loss if the stop is hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal, MT4 | 5,000 | Percent of account, 1% | 0.05 | 50 |
| Funded, MT5 | 100,000 | Percent of account, 0.5% | 0.50 | 500 |
| Small test, eTrader | 2,000 | Fixed lot | 0.02 | 20 |
The percent rule is measured against the signal's own stop. CopySignals takes the balance, the risk you chose and the distance to the stop in the post, and works out the lot. The first account risks 50 on a 5,000 balance, which is 1%. The second risks 500 on 100,000, which is 0.5%. The third ignores the stop entirely and always trades 0.02, so its loss moves with the stop the room chooses. If tomorrow's stop is 20.00 wide instead of 10.00, the percent accounts halve their lot to keep the same risk and the fixed one does not.
Every rule is capped by that account's maximum lot, so a very tight stop in a post cannot produce a lot bigger than you allowed. Our article on risk percent lot size on a signal copier goes through the formula in more detail.
Which sizing method fits which account?
CopySignals offers four methods, and they can differ account to account:
- Fixed lot. The same volume on every trade. Simple, and it ignores how far the stop is.
- Percent of the account. The lot comes from your balance and the distance to the signal's stop, so risk per trade stays level.
- Lot multiplier. The master's lot times a number you pick, where 0.5 halves it and 2 doubles it.
- Proportional to balance. The master's lot scaled by what the account is worth against the master, with a percentage on top.
The last two apply when a trading account is the master rather than a Telegram room, which the next section covers. For a room that posts no lot at all, percent of account is usually the one that makes sense, because it is the only method that reads the stop. Balance scaling is covered in proportional to balance sizing.
Can one signal reach MT4, MT5 and eTrader together?
Yes. One copier can send the same signal to accounts on all three platforms, and every feature works the same way on each. MetaTrader accounts run on our servers. eTrader accounts are driven through eTrader's copytrading API, so there is no terminal for those, and the broker holds the account as usual.
Brokers name instruments differently, so you set symbol renames, a prefix or a suffix per account to match what that broker quotes. XAUUSD can become GOLD, XAUUSD.r or XAUUSDm on the account that needs it, while the others stay as they are. Without this step the order goes to a symbol that does not exist on that server and fails.
One limit worth stating: CopySignals supports MT4, MT5 and eTrader only. If one of your accounts is on any other platform, it cannot be attached.
What if the accounts are yours and the master is an account, not a room?
Then use account to account copying, which is in the same product. A connected trading account becomes the master, and its open positions are mirrored onto every other account on the copier, each at its own size. Stop and target changes on the master are applied to the copies, and a position closed on the master is closed on them. It works across brokers and across the three platforms, and nothing is installed or placed on the master.
The two modes solve different problems. A Telegram master fits a room you follow. An account master fits the case where you trade by hand and want the same trades on your other accounts. Our article on copying trades between accounts you own covers that side, and the MT4 and MT5 trade copier page lists what is supported.
What about the follow-up messages?
A signal is rarely just an entry. The room later says move to break even, take half here, or we are out. CopySignals handles these on every attached account: break even after a chosen number of targets, partial close at each target, a trailing stop, and the exit when the room reports a stop or the last target. Because these are set per account, your large account can take partials at each target while the small one runs to the last, off the same posts. The article on break even and partial close from signal updates shows how those messages are read.
Controls that matter when there are several accounts
A few settings deserve a second look once more than one account is attached. A maximum spread stops an order going in when the quote is wide on a thin broker. A cap on open positions keeps a busy room from stacking trades on a small account. A delay before placing gives you a short gap if you want one. A word filter or an instrument list lets a copier ignore posts that mention things you do not trade. Reverse copy flips the side, if that is what you intend on a given account. Each decision, taken or skipped, lands on the event log with its reason, so you can see why account two placed a trade and account three did not.
What does it cost to run several accounts?
Every plan includes the whole product. They differ only in how many trading accounts and Telegram accounts they cover: Starter is $14 a month, Basic $29, Pro $149, and Business is by email for larger setups. Payment is by card or crypto through a merchant of record, monthly, cancel any time, with a 30 day money back guarantee. See the pricing page for what each plan covers.
Where to start
Connect the accounts you actually plan to run, attach them to one copier, and set the sizing rule per account before the first live signal. Start on the smallest account with percent of account, watch the event log for a few posts, and only then add the larger ones. The same copier and the same room can drive all of them once you trust the lot it works out.