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Difference Between Providers and Followers

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Social trading is a popular way to trade in the financial markets. It allows traders to copy the strategies and activities of experienced traders, called providers. This allows traders to benefit from the expertise of the provider without needing to have the same level of experience themselves. 

The provider is the experienced trader who shares their trading strategies and activities. They execute trades on their own accounts, and these trades are automatically replicated by followers.

The follower is an individual who chooses to copy the trades of a provider. Followers replicate the provider's trades in their own accounts, allowing them to automate trading. This means that the follower does not need to have the same level of experience as the provider in order to benefit from their strategies.

In summary, the provider is the experienced trader who shares their strategies, and the follower is an individual who chooses to copy those strategies.

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