Introducing brokers on IDTraders earn from the trading activity of the people they bring in. That sentence is on every partner page; this article is the arithmetic behind it. If you follow one fee from a copied trade to the introducer wallets it ends up in, the whole program becomes concrete.
Where the fee comes from
A copier follows a master. A copied trade closes in profit. At settlement, the profit is shared: the copier keeps 50% on a standard copy, and the other 50% is the fee. The fee is the only source of income on the platform — there are no deposit fees, no subscriptions, no spread mark-ups paid by the copier. Nothing is charged on losing trades, so nothing flows from them.
Where the fee goes
The fee is split three ways, and the split is fixed by the platform:
| Recipient | Share of the fee | Share of the gross profit |
|---|---|---|
| Master trader | a fixed share (higher for locked, package copies) | varies with the copy's terms |
| Introducer pool | 25% | 12.5% |
| Platform (and, on packages, the reward pool) | the remainder | the remainder |
The introducer pool is a quarter of every fee, which is an eighth of every gross profit. On a $400 profit: $200 fee; $50 to the introducer pool.
Where the pool goes
The pool is split across the fifteen levels of introducers above the trader who made the profit, according to the level ladder of the program each introducer chose. Level 1 is the person who directly introduced the trader; level 2 introduced level 1; and so on. The default ladder:
| Level | Share of pool | On a $50 pool |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40% | $20.00 |
| 2 | 20% | $10.00 |
| 3 | 10% | $5.00 |
| 4, 5, 6 | 5% each | $2.50 each |
| 7 to 12 | 2% each | $1.00 each |
| 13, 14, 15 | 1% each | $0.50 each |
| Total | 100% | $50.00 |
The Balanced, Equal and Legacy programs are different ladders over the same pool — front-loaded toward level 1, spread evenly, or in between. The Programs compared page shows each ladder live from the platform's settings.
Following one fee all the way
Trader T, introduced by IB A, who was introduced by IB B, who was introduced by IB C. T's copy makes a $400 gross profit.
- T keeps $200. The fee is $200.
- $50 goes to the introducer pool.
- IB A (level 1) receives 40% of $50 = $20.00.
- IB B (level 2) receives 20% = $10.00.
- IB C (level 3) receives 10% = $5.00.
- Levels 4–15, if they exist above C, share the remaining $15. If the chain is shorter than fifteen, the unassigned levels' share is retained by the platform; it is not redistributed upward.
Each introducer's share lands in their IB Wallet at the settlement — the same moment T's profit is credited. No delay, no claim, no monthly statement to wait for.
What decides how much an IB earns
Reading the flow backwards gives the three levers:
- Profit in the network. Fees come only from profitable copied trades. A network of a thousand accounts that never copy earns nothing; ten accounts that copy actively earn something every settlement.
- Depth. An IB earns on fifteen levels. A network that grows downward — introducers introducing introducers — multiplies the number of trades an IB is paid on.
- The ladder. An IB who recruits personally does best on a front-loaded ladder; one whose network grows through others does best on an even one. The program choice is made at application and can be changed by request.
The IB program page has a simulator that turns these three levers into a monthly estimate.
The pool on a commitment package
When the copier is on a commitment package, the copier's share is larger, so the fee is smaller as a share of gross — but the introducer pool remains a quarter of whatever the fee is, and a package copier tends to be a larger, longer-lived allocation, so the pool over a year is usually bigger, not smaller. On the platform's package terms, part of the fee is also directed to a reward pool that funds the package bonus itself; the introducer quarter is taken from the fee before that. The upshot for an IB is simple: a network that takes packages produces steadier, larger fees than one on standard copies, and the ranks reward exactly that.
Timing
Introducer shares are paid at each settlement, on the master's cadence — daily, weekly or monthly. An IB whose network follows daily-settling masters sees small credits every day; one whose network follows monthly masters sees larger credits monthly. The IB Wallet's transaction history shows each credit against the settlement it came from, so every dollar can be traced to a trade.
What is not in the pool
Deposits are not fees; an IB earns nothing when someone in their network deposits. Losing trades are not fees. The master's own trading is not a fee. Only the fee on a profitable copied trade feeds the pool — which means the IB program pays for exactly the thing the platform exists to produce: copiers who make money.
Fee = half the profit on a winning copy. Pool = a quarter of the fee. Ladder = how the pool is split across fifteen levels. Follow one $400 profit and you have followed the whole program.
This article is education, not investment advice. Trading and copy trading in leveraged instruments carry a high risk of losing the funds you allocate. Read the Risk Disclosure.