Can You Copy Trade on Your Own Broker?

Most people picture copy trading as moving money onto a separate platform and letting it trade for you. RelayTrades works the other way around. You keep your existing brokerage account, connect it securely, and copied trades are routed into that same account. You never fund a new broker and you never hand over custody of your money.

How copying your own broker works

RelayTrades connects to your brokerage through SnapTrade, a secure connection layer. SnapTrade issues a revocable, read-and-trade authorization, so RelayTrades can place the trades you choose to follow without ever seeing your broker password. When a trader you follow places a trade, a signal is generated and the matching order is routed straight to your connected account, sized to your settings.

• Connect the broker you already use, with no new account to fund.
• Subscribe to a trader or strategy you want to follow.
• Set your sizing multiplier, maximum position size, and risk limits.
• Copied orders route into your own account automatically, or wait for your manual approval if you prefer.
• Pause, switch to manual, or hit the kill switch at any time.

Which brokers can you copy trade on?

RelayTrades supports the brokers available through SnapTrade, including Webull, Charles Schwab, Moomoo, and Alpaca. Most of these support stocks, ETFs, and options, while Alpaca supports stocks and ETFs. Because the trades land in your own account, you keep the same broker, the same statements, and the same custody you already have.

Your funds never leave your brokerage account. RelayTrades routes the trades you choose to follow into the account you already own, within the limits you set, and you can revoke the connection whenever you want.

Why copying your own broker matters

Keeping your capital in your own regulated brokerage account is a meaningful safety difference. You are not trusting a third party to hold your money, you can see every order in your own broker app, and you can disconnect instantly. It also keeps you in the copy-trading and automation category rather than a managed account, RelayTrades provides the software and safeguards but never takes discretionary control of your account.

As with any trading, copying a trader does not remove risk. The trader you follow can lose money, and so can you. Use position-size limits, daily-loss caps, and the kill switch to contain downside, and remember that past performance is not indicative of future results.