Both copy trading and mirror trading are aspects of social trading. They all include copying another trader’s strategies, but are different when it comes to implementing them.  Social trading is a way for newbie traders to learn trading by interacting with experienced traders, discussing their strategies and sharing technical analysis between each other through social media. Copy trading however doesn’t necessarily involve socializing with other traders. Novice traders directly copy a trader’s positions and try to grow their portfolio by copying the trades of more experienced traders, usually selected by a copy trading platform.  Mirror trading, meanwhile, is the concept of copying another trader’s trades. While copy traders have the freedom to opt out of any strategy that wasn’t profitable enough, mirror trading doesn’t require any intervention from the user. An experienced trader will handle your trades and all you need to do is to check out your account balance once a week or whenever you have free time.