Create trade copier allows you to create a trade copier between 2 of your MT4/5 accounts. To create a trade copier you must have at least 2 MT4/5 trading accounts already uploaded to the platform.
Request
/copiers
Body
{
"lead_id": 6159,
"follower_id": 6167,
"risk_type": "risk_multiplier_by_balance",
"risk_value": 1
}
Response
{
"result": "success",
"status": 200,
"data": {
"id": 189,
"created_at": "2021-06-17T12:26:56.000000Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-17T12:26:56.000000Z",
"lead_id": 185,
"follower_id": 11,
"mode": "off",
"reverse": "no",
"risk_type": "risk_multiplier_by_balance",
"risk_value": 1,
"force_min": "no",
"max_lot": 50,
"slippage": 5,
"copy_pending": "no",
"copy_sl": "no",
"fixed_sl": null,
"copy_tp": "no",
"fixed_tp": null,
"comment": null
}
}
Attributes
| Field |
Required |
Accepted |
Description |
| lead_id |
yes |
integer |
Lead account ID |
| follower_id |
yes |
integer |
Follower account ID |
| risk_type |
yes |
string |
A valid risk type. See risk_type below |
| risk_value |
yes |
double |
A risk value for the risk type |
| copy_existing |
no |
yes or no |
Copy existing lead account trades |
| reverse |
no |
yes or no |
Reverse direction of trades |
| force_min |
no |
yes or no |
Round up the lot size if less than the minimum |
| max_lot |
no |
double |
Round down the lot size if it is greater than the max lot |
| slippage |
no |
double |
An acceptable difference between the lead open price |
| copy_pending |
no |
yes or no |
Copy pending orders |
| copy_sl |
no |
yes, no or fixed |
Copy stop loss |
| fixed_sl |
no |
double |
A fixed stop loss if using copy_sl fixed |
| copy_tp |
no |
yes, no or fixed |
Copy take profit |
| fixed_tp |
no |
double |
A fixed take profit if using copy_tp fixed |
| comment |
no |
string |
Append a string to the MT trade comment |
risk_type
| Value |
Description |
| risk_multiplier_by_balance |
The copier will consider the balance of accounts to calculate a proportional lot size |
| risk_multiplier_by_equity |
The copier will consider the equity values of accounts to calculate a proportional lot size |
| lot_multiplier |
The lot size is calculated by taking the Copy From lot size and multiplying by the Multiplier value |
| fixed_lot |
All trades will be copied to the Send To account at the defined Fixed Lot value |
| percentage_risk_per_trade_by_balance |
The copier will consider the balance of the accounts to calculate the percentage risk per trade (must enable copy stop loss on copier) |
| percentage_risk_per_trade_by_equity |
The copier will consider the equity values of the accounts to calculate the percentage risk per trade (must enable copy stop loss on copier) |
| risk_amount_per_trade |
A fixed monetary amount for the risk per trade, there must be a stop loss on the master account with this risk type |
Fail codes
| Code |
Status |
Description |
| validation_failed |
422 |
Lead and follower ID are the same |
| lead_does_not_exist |
422 |
Lead account does not exist |
| follower_does_not_exist |
422 |
Follower account does not exist |
| invalid_account_combination |
422 |
Follower already copying the lead |
| fixed_stop_loss_required |
422 |
Fixed stop loss required |
| fixed_take_profit_required |
422 |
Fixed take profit required |
| infinite_loop |
422 |
This copier will create an infinite loop |