How to Copy Trade on E*TRADE
Step-by-step guide · 5 min read
Quick answer
To copy trade on E*TRADE with RelayTrades: connect your E*TRADE account through SnapTrade, subscribe to a strategy you want to follow, and set your sizing and risk limits. From then on, copied trades route automatically into your own E*TRADE account, scaled to your settings. Your money stays in your E*TRADE account the whole time, and you keep manual controls and a one-tap kill switch.
Connect your E*TRADE account to RelayTrades through SnapTrade and follow the strategies you choose. Signals relay to your dashboard in under a second, and any routed order is placed inside your own E*TRADE account, never a pooled or managed one. Your capital stays with E*TRADE, and you set the sizing, the routing mode, and the safeguards.
Copy trade on E*TRADE in 5 steps
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Sign up and connect your E*TRADE account
Create an account at app.relaytrades.com, then connect your E*TRADE account through SnapTrade. SnapTrade is a secure brokerage-connection service, so your E*TRADE login is never shared with RelayTrades. Once connected, RelayTrades automatically detects what your E*TRADE account is enabled to trade (stocks, ETFs, and options).
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Choose a strategy to follow
Browse the available traders and strategies, review their historical metrics, and subscribe to the one(s) you want to copy. Some strategies are free to follow; others are paid by the trader who runs them.
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Set your sizing and safeguards
Before any trade copies, decide how it maps to your account: a sizing multiplier (or maximum position size) so a larger account's trade scales sensibly to yours, your routing mode (auto-copy or manual approval), and risk controls, maximum exposure, daily-loss caps, and slippage protection. Set up your one-tap kill switch here too. Every rule is enforced server-side before an order is placed.
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Let trades route to your own E*TRADE account
When the trader places a trade, RelayTrades relays the signal in about a second and places the matching order in your own E*TRADE account, scaled to your settings. Your funds never leave your E*TRADE account, RelayTrades only routes the orders you have chosen to follow and never takes custody or discretionary control.
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Monitor and stay in control
Track your positions and profit/loss from the dashboard. You can switch any strategy to manual approval, pause automation, or use the kill switch to halt all activity and flatten open positions on your E*TRADE account instantly. You can revoke the E*TRADE connection at any time.
Why E*TRADE works well with RelayTrades
- Your E*TRADE account stays yours. RelayTrades never holds your funds or takes discretionary control. Orders are routed to your connected E*TRADE account, and you can revoke access at any time.
- Account-level risk controls. Apply position-size limits, max exposure, daily-loss caps, and slippage protection before any copied order is placed, all enforced server-side.
- One-tap kill switch. Halt all automation and flatten open positions on your E*TRADE account instantly, the moment you want out.
E*TRADE copy trading FAQ
New to copy trading? Read how copy trading works or see the E*TRADE copy trading overview.
Start copy trading on E*TRADE, on your terms.
Connect your E*TRADE account, follow the strategies you choose, and keep position-size limits, slippage protection, and a kill switch in your hands.
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