With eToro, all trades are uploaded instantly, there is no time lag between the original accounts and the copying accounts.

Thus you should see the exact same profit result in both trading accounts, as long as the market volatility is not too high.

Regarding to the Copy system of eToro, all processes will be taken care instantly.

Difference of “Following” and “Copying”

When you find a profitable trader, and want to interact with him/her, there are three things then.

1. Follow
   • You can follow his/her trading activity. This function does not copy trades to your account, but you can just see how the trader is trading.
2. Copy
   • You can copy his/her trades directly to your trading account.
3. Chat
   • After following or copying, you can communicate with the trader if you want to.

You can also talk to all users from SWP(Social Web latform).