CopyDeck Trade Copier – Settings Guide

CopyDeck Trade Copier – Settings Guide

2 October 2026, 17:05
Osazee Asikhemhen
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Every setting is changed on the dashboard and takes effect immediately; there's no need to reopen the inputs window. Settings are saved per account (and per Receiver ID). Some rows only appear when they apply. For example, "Risk %" appears only when a risk-based lot mode is selected.

Inputs (when attaching the EA)

  • Mode: Transmitter or Receiver
  • Language: the dashboard language (it can also be changed later in the Settings tab)

Transmitter

Broadcast tab

  • Name shown to receivers: an optional label, e.g. "Main account", shown in the receivers' dropdown
  • Scan interval (ms): how often trades are checked (default 20)
  • Heartbeat (s): how often the transmitter signals it is alive
  • Broadcast pending orders: whether pending orders are sent to receivers
  • Include manual trades / Include EA trades: which trades are broadcast
  • Magic number filter: All, Only listed, or All except listed, using Magic numbers (comma separated)
  • Symbols (empty = all): broadcast only these symbols

Receivers tab: every connected receiver, with account, platform, state and number of copies.

Settings tab: language, theme, alerts and display (see "Both modes" below), plus Alert when receivers connect/disconnect.

Receiver

Dashboard tab: transmitter dropdown, START/STOP, CLOSE ALL, status, copied positions, floating P/L, today's result, copy speed (ms), drawdown, and the protection and news status.

Trades tab: open copies (live) and closed copies (Today / 7 days / 30 days / All), with totals, win rate and Export CSV.

Copy tab

  • Copy mode: Normal or Reversed (buy ↔ sell, limit ↔ stop)
  • Directions to copy: buy and sell, buy only, or sell only
  • Copy market orders / Copy pending orders
  • Copy trades already open at START: off means only trades opened after START are copied
  • Copy partial closes, Mirror Close By
  • Magic number of copies (0 = none)
  • Comment of copies: blank, copier tag, custom text, or the same as the transmitter. Use the copier tag if you want copies re-linked automatically after a reinstall.
  • Max price deviation, Max signal age, Max spread (0 = off): when a trade is not copied
  • Slippage, Max retries per trade, Seconds between retries

Lots & risk tab

  • Lot mode:
    • Fixed lot
    • Multiple of transmitter lot
    • Proportional to balance, equity or free margin
    • Risk % of balance, risk % of equity, or risk fixed money (based on the stop loss)
    • Lots per balance step
  • Assumed SL if none: used by the risk modes when the trade has no stop loss (0 = fall back to the fixed lot)
  • Per-symbol factor: e.g. XAUUSD=0.5; US30=2
  • Adjust for contract size: corrects for brokers with different contract sizes
  • Min lot / Max lot (0 = broker limits)

SL / TP tab

  • Stop loss / Take profit: copy from transmitter, own value (points), or none
  • Copied SL/TP placement: same price level, or same distance from entry
  • Break-even: trigger and lock, in points
  • Trailing stop: start, distance and step, in points

Symbols & filters tab

  • Symbol prefix / Symbol suffix, Auto-detect prefix/suffix
  • Symbol map: e.g. XAUUSD=GOLD; US30=DJ30
  • Copy only these symbols / Never copy these symbols
  • Copy only these magic numbers / Never copy these magic numbers
  • Copy only if comment contains / Skip if comment contains

Protection tab

  • Max drawdown %, Min equity, Equity target: close all copies and stop. Press START to reset.
  • Daily loss %, Daily profit %: close all copies and pause until the next day
  • Min margin level %, Max copied trades, Max total copied lots: limits on new copies
  • Copy from hour / Copy until hour: server time
  • When the transmitter goes offline: keep the copies, or close them after X minutes

News tab

  • News filter: off, block new copies, or close copies and block
  • Impact, Minutes before / after news, Currencies (empty = the symbol's own currencies)
  • MT5 uses the built-in economic calendar; MT4 uses the ForexFactory calendar (allow the URL as shown in the Installation guide)

Settings tab (receiver): language, theme, alerts and display (see "Both modes" below), plus:

  • Receiver ID: changeable only while stopped, and must be unique on the account
  • Poll interval (ms)
  • Transmitter timeout (s)

Both modes (Settings tab)

  • Language (12 languages), Theme (dark or light)
  • Popup alerts, Push notifications (set up push in Tools → Options → Notifications)
  • Font: if text looks soft on your system, try Tahoma or Segoe UI
  • Dashboard size: Auto (fits the chart), or 70–125%
  • Reset to defaults