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Global launch: what changed in 2026

Eighteen years of social trading, one year of opening to the world. Everything that changed on the platform in 2026 — wallets, packages, change master, the calendar, the guides — and what it was built for.

17 September 2026·3 min read·Read the article →
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Eighteen years of copying, opened to the world with new walls around the money, new tools for moving it, and fifty articles explaining how it all works. The model is the same. The door is open.
Partners4 min

Ranks: what commitment volume is and how both legs are counted

Ranks on IDTraders are earned on one number, counted two ways. What commitment volume includes and excludes, what a "leg" is, why the weaker leg decides, and how a rank is kept once reached.

10 September 2026Read →
Partners4 min

The introducer pool: where the 25% comes from

Every profitable copied trade pays a fee, and a quarter of every fee is set aside for the introducers above that trader. The full flow of one fee, from the copier to level 15, with the numbers.

3 September 2026Read →
Platform4 min

Deposits and withdrawals on IDTraders, step by step

The full round trip — from an exchange to your Main Wallet, into a copy, and back out to your own address — with every screen named, every wait explained, and the two totals a withdrawal shows.

27 August 2026Read →
Platform4 min

KYC: what we ask for, why, and how long it takes

Identity document, proof of address, a selfie — and a review by a person. What each step is for, the mistakes that cause rejections, and what changes on your account once the tick turns green.

20 August 2026Read →
Platform4 min

Multiple wallets: why your money is split and where each part sits

Main, Copy, IB, Reward — and why a platform that keeps your money in separate wallets is safer than one that keeps it in one balance. What each wallet holds, what can touch it, and how money moves between them.

13 August 2026Read →
Social trading4 min

Commitment packages: a worked twelve months, standard versus Supreme

Two copiers, same master, same trades, same $5,000. One on a standard copy, one on a twelve-month package. The month-by-month arithmetic, the break-even, and what stopping early actually costs.

6 August 2026Read →
Social trading4 min

Changing masters: the 24-hour rule and why it exists

You can move a copy — and a commitment package — to a different master from your dashboard. What moves, what settles, why it needs the current master to be flat, and why once a day is the limit.

30 July 2026Read →
Social trading4 min

When to stop copying a master (and when not to)

Most copies are stopped for the wrong reason at the wrong moment. Four signals that a master has actually changed, three that only feel like it, and a rule for the day itself.

23 July 2026Read →
Social trading3 min

Settlement cadences: daily, weekly, monthly — which suits you

When a master settles decides when your profit is credited, how often the fee is taken and how the equity curve feels. What each cadence means in practice, with an example month.

16 July 2026Read →
Social trading3 min

Proportional copying explained with two followers and one trade

The default copy mode on IDTraders, worked through with real numbers: how a master’s 1.5-lot trade becomes 0.15 lot for one follower and 0.06 for another, and why that keeps everyone at the same risk.

9 July 2026Read →
Social trading4 min

Ten questions to ask before following anyone

A checklist you can run in ten minutes on any profile — five about the master, three about you, two about the fit between the two — with the answer that should stop you at each one.

2 July 2026Read →
Social trading4 min

How to read a master’s profile in three minutes

Every number on a master’s page, in the order to read it, with the question each one answers and the value that should make you pause.

25 June 2026Read →