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# Add & configure a receiver

A **receiver** is a follower account that copies the sender. A copier can have many receivers, and each one is configured independently — its own size, its own stop-loss and take-profit handling, and its own risk limits. No receiver inherits another's settings.

## Add a receiver

In the copier's **Receiver Accounts** section, choose **Add Receiver** (enabled once a sender exists). The dialog has three tabs:

| Tab            | What you set                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Trading**    | Account, copy direction, lot-sizing mode, and advanced execution options.                                                                                   |
| **SL & TP**    | How stop-loss and take-profit carry over to this receiver. See [Stop-loss & take-profit modes](/trada-docs/copy-trading/configure-receiver/sl-tp-modes.md). |
| **Protection** | Daily and Overall risk limits and the actions they trigger. See [Risk protection](/trada-docs/copy-trading/configure-receiver/risk-protection.md).          |

## Trading tab

**Account** — pick from accounts matching the copier's market type, excluding the sender and any account already added as a receiver.

**Copy direction** — choose how the sender's trades map onto this receiver:

* **Both** (default) — copy buys and sells.
* **Buy Only** — copy buy trades only.
* **Sell Only** — copy sell trades only.

**Lot-sizing mode** — how each trade is sized on this receiver. There are five modes, covered in [Lot-sizing modes](/trada-docs/copy-trading/configure-receiver/lot-sizing-modes.md).

### Advanced settings

Each advanced option has an in-app explainer. Open the collapsible **Advanced** section to set:

| Setting                     | What it does                                                                                                                              |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Max Lot Size**            | Caps the lot size after the multiplier is applied. Larger computed sizes are reduced to this value.                                       |
| **Max Slippage (pips)**     | Skips the trade if the receiver's entry price is worse than the sender's by more than this amount.                                        |
| **Force Minimum Lot Size**  | Bumps a calculated lot up to the broker's minimum when it falls below the threshold. Useful with risk-based sizing on a smaller receiver. |
| **Reverse Positions**       | Copies in the opposite direction — buys become sells and sells become buys.                                                               |
| **Copy Placed Orders**      | Immediately syncs the sender's existing pending orders to this receiver. Off by default, so only new orders are copied.                   |
| **Copy Only Market Orders** | Mirrors market executions only; pending limit and stop orders are ignored.                                                                |

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Reverse Positions is disabled automatically on prop firm accounts.** It conflicts with prop firm trading rules and terms of service, so Trada blocks it for those accounts with an explanatory message.
{% endhint %}

## Edit a receiver

Use the **Edit** (pencil) action on a receiver row to reopen the same three tabs with current values. The **account itself is locked** — to copy to a different account, remove this receiver and add the new one. Saved changes take effect immediately; trades already open are not retroactively changed, and new trades use the new settings.

## The receiver table

Each receiver row shows balance, daily P\&L, open orders, open P\&L (real-time), its configured multiplier, and its copy direction, plus per-row actions:

* **Edit** — reopen the configuration tabs.
* **Flatten** — close all open positions on this receiver (confirmation required).
* **Remove** — take the receiver off the copier. Open trades stay open; other receivers and the sender are unaffected.

## Related

* [Lot-sizing modes](/trada-docs/copy-trading/configure-receiver/lot-sizing-modes.md)
* [Stop-loss & take-profit modes](/trada-docs/copy-trading/configure-receiver/sl-tp-modes.md)
* [Risk protection](/trada-docs/copy-trading/configure-receiver/risk-protection.md)
* [Symbol mapping](/trada-docs/copy-trading/symbol-mapping.md)


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