At a glance
Collective2 and Horizon are both built around following someone else's strategy in your own broker account, and they part ways on how the strategy gets there and what you see before you follow it. On Collective2 a strategy manager posts trades, and subscribers have them AutoTraded through a compatible broker, mostly futures, options and forex brokers. On Horizon a creator's strategy is a set of rules Horizon itself runs, its track record is the creator's live run, and you can build your own strategies the same way.
Side by side
| Question | Horizon | Collective2 |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | HorizonAn investing platform. Copy strategies that creators are running live, or describe your own idea in plain English and run it through your own broker. | Collective2A marketplace of trading strategies run by managers, with AutoTrade that places their trades in your own brokerage account. |
| How you build a strategy | HorizonDescribe the idea in plain English. Horizon turns it into rules you can read, edit and test. No code. | Collective2You do not build; you subscribe. Managers enter trades by hand or from a platform such as TradeStation, NinjaTrader or MetaTrader, and Collective2 relays them. |
| Where strategies run | HorizonIn your own account at Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Hyperliquid, Kraken, Robinhood, Webull, TradeStation, Tradier, E*TRADE, tastytrade and moomoo, or on Horizon Paper with simulated money. | Collective2Through a compatible broker such as Tradier, Interactive Brokers, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, AMP or IG with AutoTrade, or by hand from the signals. |
| Markets | HorizonUS stocks and ETFs through the stock brokers; crypto spot and derivatives through the exchanges. No forex or CFDs. | Collective2Stocks, options, futures and forex, depending on the broker. |
| Backtesting | HorizonEvery strategy is backtested on historical data before it runs, and you see the rules it tested. | Collective2No. A track record starts the day a strategy is listed and runs forward; nothing is backtested. |
| Paper trading | HorizonYes. Horizon Paper runs any strategy with simulated money at real market prices. | Collective2Yes. A free simulated broker account lets you follow a strategy before trading it live. |
| Copying other people's strategies | HorizonYes. Discover lists creators' strategies with live track records. Creators keep 80% of what subscribers pay. | Collective2Yes, that is the product. Each record is hypothetical, priced from real AutoTrade fills where there are subscribers and from quotes where there are not. |
| Pricing model | HorizonDiscover is free. The Builder plan is a subscription, monthly or yearly, with a 14-day money-back guarantee. | Collective2A free simulated account, then a platform plan for AutoTrading plus the monthly fee each manager sets for their strategy. Broker commissions are separate. Current prices on collective2.com. |
| Holds your money? | HorizonNever. Funds stay with your broker. Horizon can place trades for a strategy but cannot withdraw money. | Collective2No. Your money stays at your broker; Collective2 transmits the trades. |
Choose Horizon if
- You want a strategy you can read, not a feed of a manager's trades.
- You want a track record that is the creator's own live run, with the rules behind it.
- You trade US stocks, ETFs or crypto through a broker such as Robinhood, Interactive Brokers, Binance or Coinbase.
- You want to build and run your own strategy as well as copy others', from the same account.
Choose Collective2 if
- You trade futures or forex, which Horizon does not run.
- You want to follow a discretionary trader rather than a rule-based strategy.
- You are a manager who trades by hand and wants subscribers to mirror you.
