Why can't I be copied by other traders?
Last updated: 12 August 2026
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When other etoro clients copy you, your trading decisions affect their funds. On our social investment platform, we encourage responsible behavior among all investors.
There are a few reasons why other investors might not be able to copy you. Some of the main reasons are:
High risk
If you have a consistent high risk score of 8 or more (based on a daily average score), you may be blocked from being copied.
The restriction does not affect existing copiers. Once your risk score decreases, you will be unblocked automatically, and you will be able to be copied by other traders again.
High AUC
AUC (Assets under copy) is the total cash equity your copiers have allocated to mirror your portfolio.
To protect our community of traders, we block investors who reach a very high AUC of $15,000 from gaining new copiers.
Account set as private
If your etoro investment account is private, you cannot be copied by other traders. To be copied by other investors, you will need to make your account public.
In the etoro app and on the web version of etoro, you can do this via the Settings tab, then Privacy and Blocking and switching on Public Account.
In the etoro AI app, tap your username in the side menu, tap the three dots in the top right corner, and toggle Public Profile on.
Breach of community guidelines
As a social platform, we follow community guidelines. If you do not respect them while commenting on trades and interacting with other investors on the platform, you may be blocked from being copied.
We encourage the etoro community to discuss and challenge ideas, strategies, and market events as they happen, in a friendly, polite, and respectful way.
Non-responsive
As a social platform, clients who do not reply to our requests for information or documents, or do not post on the platform for the benefit of their copiers, may be blocked from being copied.
Breaking trading rules
There are rules set out in our Terms and Conditions that all clients must follow when using the etoro investment platform. If you break these trading rules, you may be blocked from being copied.
Forbidden actions include:
- attempting to bypass security measures
- using external software or technology to automate trades
At etoro, we review our investors' strategies regularly to determine who can be copied, in the best interests of the etoro community and according to etoro's Terms and Conditions.
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