A portion of social trading is Copy Trading, where trading ideas of selected traders are simply copied or automatically replicated. The disadvantage of Copy Trading is that the actions of the traders occur offset in time and cannot be reproduced with the same conditions in most cases. But investors can often decide whether they follow all actions or only individual trades.
With Copy Trading platforms, the prerequisite for using the platform is not only registering, but also maintaining a platform-specific broker for investing in the strategies published there.
Copy Trading providers often come from the field of foreign currency trading (Forex, CFD trading) which is not regulated by the stock exchange. In this case, the price setting is done by the broker himself. However, genuine providers in this area build up the corresponding reserves (“hedging”). Nevertheless, the so-called “additional funding obligation” may come into play for investors, where the investors must cover losses that go beyond the capital they invested.
The compensation model of the traders active on the Copying of Trading platforms is usually based on the number of transactions in the brokerage account. Thus, these traders are very active and often act by the minute with the goal of increasing the number of their own trades.
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Model |
Copy Trading |
Representing the development of trading ideas by an index certificat |
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Investment universe |
CFDs & Forex |
Stocks, ETPs, funds, leverage products |
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Business model |
Spread |
0-30% Performance fee according to the high watermark principle + up to 0.95% p.a. certificate fee |
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Trader remuneration |
Based on the number of trades |
High Watermark principle |
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Trader incentive |
Increase trades |
Performance fee |
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Broker |
CFD Broker |
Independent |
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Pricing |
Pricing by broker |
Stock exchange prices |
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Registered office |
Malta, Cyprus, Gibraltar |
Austria, Germany |
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Trading venue |
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Stuttgart stock exchange, OTC trading at L&S |
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Additional funding obligation |
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No additional funding obligation |