You can see the full Tutorials playlist here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k48YLAbEcY0.html&ab_channel=SocialTradingVlog Wow, youtube, can you really not make a shorter URL? Lordy...
Just a warning for people who copy a copy - it's a really bad idea. I wanted desperately to copy a high-risk investor who wasn't a PI so I copied a person who was copying them. I set a proper low SL, I put more money when they were needed. And one day I saw that the copy within the copy was closed. Because you don't control how the person you copy distributes the money within the copy. So even if you think you're safe, you're not. In short, I lost $150 in one day. It was very painful. So be careful and avoid indirect copies. If you want to copy someone, either copy them directly, or not at all.
I sound like a broken record but yes an excellent video as always Tom. At the end of the day it depends on the individuals knowledge and confidence of trading if they choose to copytrade or trade alone. I have done both in the past, At present im doing my own trades but as a test and its very long term. For beginners i think copytrading is the way to go , while learning the markets. Also depends on the individuals finances and how much they are willing to lose , and yes i said lose. Your looking well Tom stay safe and healthy and keep the videos coming xxx
As a beginner to Etoro I'm curious as to the profits you make on your copy portfolio, if you leave them don't they get re-invested by the trader? (money makes more money thought) or do people cream off the profits? If they do then won't the overall amount you're investing never actual increase?
Yep, you can’t take the profits AND have your same stake in the assets :) my goal was to leave the profits in the copies so they can be reinvested and be used in bigger and hopefully more profitable trades… but yeah, people do cream off their profits too. It’s a strange thing to really conceptualise - how profits in trading work.
When copying trades from an experienced trader, does their buying strategy apply to selling as well? Or should I personally manage the selling process to secure profits? I'm an amateur trader, so please enlighten me on the appropriate approach. Thank you.
Hey there, it's up to you - I copy people for their overall strategy which includes the entire life-cycle of each trade. So they decide what to buy, how much of it to buy and when to buy it, as well as whether to use leverage, and where to set 'take profit' and 'stop loss' levels, as well as when to close it manually. I leave it all to them personally, as that's my goal - to have a completely passive approach.
I think it depends where you are - it seems that if you're a U.S customer of eToro, then yes, they will enforce PDT rules. I found the info here, and I'm not sure if it's the most up to date, but it's the best I could find: www.etoro.com/en-us/customer-service/help/1679375392/what-is-pattern-day-trading/#:~:text=Known%20as%20pattern%20day%20trading,only%20applies%20to%20securities%20transactions.
If you copy can you choose to pull and keep the profite at any time or are we just depending on them to close and then the any profit goes into account? I find so weird even avagerage Joe blow never actually answers the questions I have on these, it's why I never invested. Can never get a straight answer to anything
Yeah, when you're copying someone, you can choose to stop any copied position individually, or stop the whole copy whenever you want. All the trades will then close as soon as it's possible to close them - when the exchanges they're traded on next open.
I’m not sure of all the ways they make money but for sure off the ‘spread fees’ we all pay them every time we open a trade and the ‘overnight fees’ we pay when we hold certain types of assets or use leverage. There may be many other sneakier ways which I don’t know about though…
