What is Concurrent-Position Limit?
Quick answer
A concurrent-position limit caps how many open positions you can hold at once from copying. It prevents copied trades from stacking up beyond what you want, keeping your exposure and attention manageable. It works alongside sizing, exposure, and daily-loss limits as part of the overall risk controls.
A concurrent-position limit controls how many trades you can have open at the same time from copying. It is a simple way to stop positions from piling up faster than you are comfortable with.
How it works
You set a maximum number of simultaneous open copied positions. When you are already at the limit, additional copied trades are not opened until a slot frees up. This keeps a busy leader, or several leaders together, from filling your account with more open positions than you intended, which could otherwise stretch your exposure and make the account harder to keep track of.
Why it matters in copy trading
Active leaders can open many positions, and following more than one can multiply that. A concurrent-position limit keeps the number manageable, working alongside the sizing multiplier (how big each trade is), the exposure limit (how much total is committed), and the daily-loss cap (how much you can lose in a day). Together, these controls keep the overall risk of copying within bounds you set.
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