Cross-broker & cross-pair copying
Copy between different brokers, and between mini and micro contracts on the same broker, with the sizing rules for each set out side by side.
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Your leader and a follower don't have to be on the same broker, or trade the exact same contract. OmenSyncer handles two kinds of translation: across brokers, and between the mini and micro versions of a contract. Here's how each one works.
Cross-broker copying
When a follower is on a different broker than your leader, OmenSyncer looks up the equivalent contract on the follower's broker and places the order there. A leader trade on one broker becomes the matching contract on the follower's broker automatically. You set the accounts up once and copying spans them.
If the equivalent contract is a different size, OmenSyncer scales the number of contracts to keep your dollar exposure equal. For example, one full-size contract can copy as ten micros so the risk lines up instead of being ten times bigger or smaller. When it's the same-size contract on both brokers, the size copies one for one.
Cross-broker copying is always on. It's a core part of what OmenSyncer does, so there's no per account switch to turn it off. To keep certain accounts separate from the rest, put them in a group with their own leader instead.
Cross-pair: mini and micro on the same broker
Cross-pair is a per-follower option (sometimes called cross-order) for accounts on the same broker as the leader. With it on, the follower trades the micro or mini counterpart of the leader's contract instead of the same one, keeping the same expiry. For example, the leader trades ES and the follower trades MES.
| Leader trades | Cross-pair follower trades |
|---|---|
| ES | MES |
| NQ | MNQ |
| GC | MGC |
| MES | ES |
The swap works in both directions and covers the major index, metals, energy, and crypto pairs. It swaps the contract one for one by count: one leader contract becomes one contract of the counterpart, then your multiplier is applied on top. So the main use is to trade a lighter-weight product on a smaller account. If you want the micro position to match a full-size leader in dollar terms, raise that follower's multiplier to make up the difference.
If the leader's contract has no mini or micro version, the follower keeps the leader's own contract.
The two at a glance
| Cross-broker | Cross-pair | |
|---|---|---|
| When it applies | Follower is on a different broker than the leader | Follower is on the same broker, with cross-order on |
| What changes | Contract mapped to the follower broker’s equivalent | Contract swapped to its mini / micro counterpart |
| Size | Scaled to keep dollar exposure equal | One for one by count, then your multiplier |
| Turning it on | Always on | A per-follower option |
The two can stack: a follower on another broker gets the cross-broker mapping, and cross-pair only ever engages for followers on the leader's own broker.