How do I detect multiple accounts belonging to one person?
Quick answer
Match identity data across accounts: KYC results, payment cards and wallets, payout destinations, email patterns, devices and IP addresses, plus trading similarity. Many firms allow several accounts per person but cap total allocation, so detection is about enforcing limits rather than banning multiple purchases.
Detailed answer
Signals to compare:
- Same verified identity at KYC.
- Same payment method across purchases.
- Same payout destination.
- Similar emails (for example name+1@).
- Shared devices or IPs.
- Identical trading.
Keeping all of a person's accounts under one trader record makes limits easy to enforce. On PropExecutor a trader record (name and email) can hold several accounts, and the firm can see them together. The terminal's same-email account switcher also shows the trader all accounts assigned to their email in your firm.
Limits rather than bans
Many firms allow several accounts per person but cap the total funded allocation, for example $200,000 per trader. Detection then focuses on traders exceeding the cap through accounts in other names, which is a far smaller and clearer group to review.
Keep it fair
Shared signals such as an IP address can have innocent explanations, like a family or a shared office. Combine several signals before concluding that accounts belong to one person, and ask the trader before acting.
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