CopyTrade Market (CTM GmbH), the German-based copy-trading platform connecting investors with regulated portfolio managers and global brokers, today announced the appointment of Lucas Gefeke as Chief Executive Officer, effective December 1st, 2025.
This leadership transition marks the beginning of a new chapter for CTM, one driven by purpose: to build a trading environment that serves investors first, not the company running it.
For years, the trading industry has rewarded volume over value and opacity over transparency. CopyTrade Market was founded to change that.
The company’s mission is to create a regulated trading ecosystem built on trust, compliance, and technological integrity, where investors retain full control of their funds, portfolio managers keeping the oversight and brokers benefit from transparent and scalable infrastructure.
“At CopyTrade Market, we believe trading should serve the client and not the company running it,” said Lucas Gefeke, incoming CEO. “Our purpose is to redefine what responsible trading looks like by creating a regulated, technology-driven environment that puts the investor back at the center.”
CopyTrade Market connects investors directly to licensed portfolio managers and global brokers, without ever taking custody of client funds. By operating with BaFin (Germany) and FSC (Mauritius)-licensed asset managers, CTM ensures every participant in its ecosystem meets the highest compliance standards.
This approach allows brokers and investors to work together transparently:
* Investors keep control of their trading accounts.
* Portfolio managers execute trades under BaFin or FSC regulation.
* CTM provides the digital infrastructure, analytics and connectivity that link both sides securely.
CTM’s belief in regulated and transparent trading has fueled exceptional growth in 2025:
* 300% year-over-year increase in assets under management (AUM) to €4 million
* Nearly €3 billion in monthly trading volume
* Partnerships with GBE Brokers, BlackBull Markets and other regulated institutions
* Integration of MetaTrader 5, aside its existing MT4 connectivity
* Expansion into 8 European languages, supporting global investor access
* Increased strategy-provider compensation to 75% of performance fees, attracting top-tier trading talent
With more than a decade of experience in brokerage, fintech and financial services, Lucas Gefeke brings a deep understanding of both institutional and retail trading landscapes. His previous roles include senior positions at Allianz, Blue Suisse, Adblue Financial Systems, SF Market Services Europe and BDSwiss. As CEO of Winspeare Expert Advisors, he led initiatives in automated trading and MetaTrader integration, experience directly aligned with CTM’s technology focus.
Holding both the German “34f” and “34d” financial licenses, Gefeke combines hands-on financial expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset suited to scale CTM’s next phase of growth.
Under Gefeke’s leadership, CopyTrade Market will continue expanding its institutional partnerships, refining data-driven strategy evaluation and strengthening its technology stack, all while maintaining the company’s “Made in Germany” standards of precision, transparency and trust.
“This is about more than growth.” Gefeke added. “It’s about proving that compliance, technology and ethics can work together to make trading safer, smarter and more human.”
CopyTrade Market (CTM GmbH) is a Hannover-based fintech company providing a multi-broker copy-trading platform that connects investors with professional trading strategies executed by BaFin or FSC-licensed portfolio managers. Through its regulated infrastructure, CTM empowers investors to follow professional trading strategies without surrendering control of their funds while ensuring transparency, compliance and performance accountability.
