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Scope Markets Launches Copy Trading Service on MT5
Scope Markets, the retail FX and CFDs brand of Rostro Group, has launched Scope Copy, a MetaTrader 5 copy trading service built on PLUGIT's YOONIT module, according to Finance Magnates (20 August 2026). The service follows a beta phase in which clients replicated more than 500,000 trades, and it launches with over 130 strategy providers, the report said. Strategy providers can charge performance fees of 10% to 50%, with a high-water mark protecting copiers from paying on recovered losses, John Murphy, Managing Director of Scope Markets, told the outlet. The launch also introduces inverse copying, letting clients automatically take the opposite side of a provider's trades.
Copy trading has become a standard feature offering among retail brokers competing for client retention, and the latest entrant is Scope Markets, the FX and CFDs brand of Rostro Group. According to Finance Magnates (20 August 2026), the broker has launched Scope Copy, a copy trading service for MetaTrader 5 built on infrastructure from technology provider PLUGIT.
What happened
Scope Markets said the launch follows a beta phase during which clients replicated more than 500,000 trades, according to Finance Magnates. The service goes live with more than 130 strategy providers, the report said, powered by PLUGIT's YOONIT copy trading module. Clients can select providers, set risk parameters, and adjust copied trade sizes using a multiplier, fixed volume or equity proportion, with the option to cap maximum lot sizes, according to the report. Trades are replicated automatically in linked accounts, with execution said to take milliseconds, per Finance Magnates.
Why it matters
The headline detail is the fee structure. Strategy providers can set performance fees ranging from 10% to 50%, John Murphy, Managing Director of Scope Markets, told Finance Magnates, adding that the upper limit is higher than what is commonly offered on copy trading platforms. Murphy argued that consistently profitable traders "should be compensated as such," according to the report. Clients do not pay fees in advance or on losing trades, and a high-water mark structure requires providers to recover previous losses before earning performance fees again — meaning, as Murphy put it, that "if a provider charges at the top of the band, their performance will have to justify it."
Maria Pittashi, General Manager of PLUGIT, said the company's copy trading infrastructure supports more than 100 brokers globally, according to Finance Magnates, situating this launch within a broader push by white-label technology vendors into the copy trading space.
What it means for traders
For clients evaluating Scope Copy, the fee ceiling is the point to scrutinise most closely. A 50% performance fee is, by Murphy's own characterisation, above the market norm, and the high-water mark mechanism is designed to align provider incentives with client outcomes over time rather than after a single winning run. The inverse copying feature is also notable: Scope Markets said feedback from beta users showed that "experienced clients repeatedly told us they wanted to trade against strategies they disagreed with," Murphy said, and that this behaviour is why the feature exists. Traders considering either the standard or inverse mode should weigh execution speed claims, fee tiers and drawdown history of individual providers rather than treating the platform as a single homogenous product. Readers comparing copy trading providers more broadly may find our Best Copy Trading winners a useful reference point, though this report does not suggest Scope Markets has received any such recognition.
What to watch
Several details remain to be independently verified. The 500,000-trade beta figure and the 130-plus provider count are launch-date claims attributed to Scope Markets rather than figures confirmed by an independent auditor, and the Finance Magnates article itself is presented in extracted, partial form. Traders should watch for how provider performance is disclosed publicly, whether fee tiers are applied transparently, and how the high-water mark is calculated in practice once real client capital is deployed at scale. Our methodology page sets out the general standards we apply when assessing broker claims of this kind.
FAQ
What is Scope Copy? It is a copy trading service for MetaTrader 5 launched by Scope Markets, built on PLUGIT's YOONIT module, according to Finance Magnates (20 August 2026).
How much can strategy providers charge? Performance fees range from 10% to 50%, with a high-water mark protecting copiers from paying fees on losses that have not yet been recovered, John Murphy told Finance Magnates.
Can clients bet against a strategy rather than copy it? Yes. Scope Copy includes an inverse copying feature that automatically reverses a provider's trade direction in the client's account, according to the report.