How to Copy Trade on Robinhood

Step-by-step guide · 5 min read

RelayTrades places orders in Robinhood through its Agentic Trading account, a separate account inside Robinhood built for connected trading tools. Open an Agentic Trading account with Robinhood, then connect it to RelayTrades through SnapTrade by choosing "Robinhood Agentic Trading". Copied orders land in that account under the sizing and safeguards you set, and your main Robinhood account is never touched.

Copy trade on Robinhood in 5 steps

1. 01

   Sign up and connect your Robinhood account

   Create an account at app.relaytrades.com, then connect your Robinhood account through SnapTrade. SnapTrade is a secure brokerage-connection service, so your Robinhood login is never shared with RelayTrades. Once connected, RelayTrades automatically detects what your Robinhood account is enabled to trade (stocks and options).

2. 02

   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.

3. 03

   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.

4. 04

   Let trades route to your own Robinhood account

   When the trader places a trade, RelayTrades relays the signal in seconds and places the matching order in your own Robinhood account, scaled to your settings. Your funds never leave your Robinhood account, RelayTrades only routes the orders you have chosen to follow and never takes custody or discretionary control.

5. 05

   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 stop all copying in one tap, with a separate, double-confirmed option to sell every open position on your Robinhood account. You can revoke the Robinhood connection at any time.

Why Robinhood works well with RelayTrades

• A dedicated account, not your main one. Robinhood keeps agentic trading in its own account with its own balance, so the strategies you follow can only trade the money you move there.
• Connect the Agentic Trading account. In the broker list choose "Robinhood Agentic Trading". The standard Robinhood connection is view-only and cannot place orders.
• Server-side safeguards. Max position size, exposure caps, daily-loss limits, and slippage protection are enforced before any order reaches your Robinhood account.

New to copy trading? Read how copy trading works or see the Robinhood copy trading overview.