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title: What is a Signal?
description: A signal is an account that you are copying. Signals can also be referred to as &quot;Strategies&quot; or a &quot;Fund&quot;. In your &quot;Account&quot; section you will have a list of Signals. The list identifies the different a
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# What is a Signal?

A signal is an account that is copied, they open and close trades which copiers replicate according to their trade settings.  A signal earns a percentage of copier profit as commision, known as a performance fee.

If you are a copier, in your 'Account' section you will have a 'Strategies' section which provides a list of signals you have decided to copy.

 

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