Trade Copy Bridge

The Trade Copy Bridge copies trades at market from one source ConnectorAccount to one or more target ConnectorAccounts.

This is separate from native b_book-based trade copying. The two features use different configuration and sign conventions; do not combine their rules.

Features:

• One source → many targets.
• Per-target follow or reverse.
• Size scaling.
• Flexible source matching — by connector, account, symbol, and subIDs.
• Hot reload — no restart.

Note: Copies carry the source instrument name unchanged — each target Taker must quote that exact instrument or the copy is rejected.

Note: FIX sequence numbers are persisted, so after a disconnect or restart XCore resends the trades missed while the bridge was down — they are then copied, with duplicates deduplicated by the copy ClOrdID.

Prerequisites

Set these up on the XCore side before adding any copy rule:

1. Configure Giveup and Taker connectors
Create a giveup_activity_v3 connector to send trades for copying, and a PRIMEXM_FIX44 Taker connector to accept them. Both must be Enabled.

2. Add a Connector Account and Stream
On the Taker connector, add a ConnectorAccount and a ConnectorAccountStream with their settings. Instrument names must match your source Taker — copying happens by instrument name.

3. Configure a Giveup rule
Route source trades into the giveup_activity_v3 connector.

Setup Copy Rules

A copy rule is a name → value row in the giveup connector's connector_config_setting:

1. Set the name
The source pattern — CT: followed by connector, account, symbol and subIDs.

2. Set the value
The target(s) and their signed scale.

3. Save
The bridge reloads within 30 seconds, no restart.

4. Verify
Run a test trade. Details below.

Rule name — the source

The name is CT: followed by pipe-separated segments. Only the connector is required; every omitted segment on the right defaults to * (any), and any segment may be *.

CT:<connector>[|<account>[|<symbol>[|<subID1>[|<subID2>[|<subID3>]]]]]

• connector, account — exact name or *.
• symbol — glob mask on the source instrument; * matches any run of characters (including /, so EUR* matches EUR/USD). No * means an exact match.
• subID1–subID3 — exact, case-sensitive match against the incoming subIDs, or *. No globbing.

To pin a right-hand segment while leaving a left one open, write * explicitly.

CT:MT5 Connector|MT5_Acc_A            # this account, any symbol, any subID
CT:MT5 Connector|*|EUR*               # any account, EUR* symbols
CT:MT5 Connector|*|*|*|*|123456       # pin subID3 only
CT:*                                  # every trade on the DropCopy session

Rule value — the target(s)

The value lists the targets. For each, enter the signed scale, a comma, the target connector, a pipe, and the target account. Separate targets with ;.

<scale>,<connector>|<account>[; <scale>,<connector>|<account> …]

The scale is signed: sign sets direction (positive follows the source side, negative reverses it) and magnitude sizes the copy. Zero is rejected. The target connector must be concrete; the target account may be * to copy to every enabled account on that connector.

1.0,CopyTrading Connector|CopyTrading A;-1.0,CopyTrading Connector|CopyTrading B

Verify with a test trade

Execute a test trade on the source — for example BUY 1.0 lot EURUSD on MT5_Acc_A. With the rule above, CopyTrading A receives BUY 1.0 EURUSD (follow) and CopyTrading B receives SELL 1.0 EURUSD (reverse). Both fills confirm the bridge is wired end to end.

Multiple rules and merge behavior

Add as many CT: rows as you like; all rules matching a fill fire, so one source fill can drive several copies.