Copy Trading Overview — Signals, Follow, Broadcast
- TVH copy trading is peer-to-peer. There is no public marketplace — you choose exactly who can see your signals.
- You create a Signal Source (a named channel), share it by email, and broadcast trades by adding
broadcastSignal: "<source-id>"to yourTradeCommandJSON. - Each follower runs their own Copy Trade config — size, leverage, and (optionally) SL/TP overrides are theirs to set.
- Works cross-exchange: you can broadcast from Binance Futures and have followers mirror on Bybit, OKX, or your own second account.
Copy trading on TVH is built around three primitives: Signal Source, Copy Trade, and Broadcast. Once you understand how the three connect, the rest of this chapter is just UI walkthroughs.
Core concepts
| Primitive | Owned by | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Signal Source | The provider | A named channel ("Scalping BTC", "Swing ETH 4H"). Trades fired with broadcastSignal pointing at this source fan out to every follower. |
| Copy Trade | The follower | A configuration on the follower's side: which signal to listen to, what size/leverage to use, optional SL/TP overrides. You need one even if you follow your own signal. |
| Broadcast | The provider | Adding broadcastSignal: "<source-id>" to a TradeCommand turns that single trade into a fan-out. The provider's account fires the trade, then TVH replays it on every follower's account. |
The cleanest mental model: Signal Source = mailing list, Copy Trade = subscription, Broadcast = the email blast.
Video walkthrough
The video walks through the full flow from an older version of the UI. The exact buttons may have moved, but the concepts are identical to the step-by-step pages that follow.
Use cases
- Private multi-exchange mirror — One signal source, two Copy Trades on different exchanges. Your Binance Futures account fires the trade; your Bybit account mirrors it. Both controlled by you.
- Friend or closed community — Run a private signal channel for ten people. They register on TVH, you invite them by email, they configure their own sizing.
- Signal-provider monetization — Offer paid access to your signal (payment handled outside TVH, for example via Telegram, Whop, or Discord roles). Once a user pays you, invite their TVH email to your signal.
What followers can override
The provider's broadcast defines what happens (pair, direction, order type). The follower's Copy Trade defines how big. There are exactly four things a follower controls — everything else comes from the broadcast.
| Follower controls | Override rule |
|---|---|
Position size (units, unitsPercent, unitsType) | Follower wins (unless unitsType: "signalSource" — then inherit from broadcast) |
| Leverage + margin type | Follower wins if set, else broadcast's default |
| Stop Loss | Follower wins if non-zero, else broadcast's SL (if any) |
Take Profits (targets) | Follower wins if non-empty, else broadcast's targets |
Everything else — pair, direction, order type, DCA, trailing SL, break-even, hedge mode, scaled orders — is locked to the broadcast. In particular, trailing SL and break-even settings always come from the provider (see Risk Management → Override examples for the implication).
The exchange the follower trades on comes from their saved Copy Trade template, not from the broadcast — but the pair format must be compatible. See Following on a different exchange.
For the field-by-field truth table, see Broadcast — What followers receive vs. what they override.
Privacy model
- Signals are private by default. Only you see your own Signal Sources until you invite someone explicitly.
- Followers see only your broadcast trades — they do not see your balance, your other signals, or trades you fire without
broadcastSignal. - There is no public marketplace in TVH. Discovery happens outside the platform (Telegram, Twitter, your website).
- Followers retain their own TVH Token and API keys — you never see them. The provider only knows the follower's email and the trade outcomes that show up in the activity log on the follower's side.
Workflow — what to read next
The remaining pages in this chapter cover each step in the order you will actually do them:
- Create a Signal — set up your Signal Source (the channel).
- Follow a Signal — create a Copy Trade (the subscription). Required even when you follow your own signal.
- Share with Others — invite other TVH users by email so they can subscribe.
- Broadcast a Signal — wire up the
broadcastSignalfield in yourTradeCommandso your trades fire to followers. - Risk Management — best practices for both sides of the table.
Before you start, make sure you have a working TVH Token and at least one exchange API key configured — see Account & API Keys.