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Copy Trading

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What it is

LIVE execution copy trading. Pick a public bot from the leaderboard, set your allocation + drawdown stop-out, and a fan-out worker mirrors the master's trades proportionally onto your own connected exchange every 30 seconds. Real CCXT orders, real money. Master earns 10% of your profitable round-trips, platform takes 1%. 3 tabs: Leaderboard / My Public Bots / Copying. Supports Grid Bot, Smart Trade, and DCA Safety masters.

How to think about it

This is real auto-execution, not advisory. When you follow a master, every fill on their bot triggers a proportional fill on YOUR exchange within 30 seconds via the fan-out worker. Your auto-set drawdown threshold protects you — cross it and you are auto-unfollowed and notified. 10%/1% profit-share applies ONLY on positive round-trips, so masters and platform earn alongside you, not from your losses.

Step-by-step

  1. Open Copy Trading + read the red banner

    Discover → Copy Trading. The red ShieldAlert banner says "Real trades. Real money. Real risk." Read it — following a master AUTHORIZES haythix to place orders on your connected exchange when their bot fires. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.

  2. Browse the Leaderboard

    Leaderboard tab shows all public bots with badges (Grid Bot / Smart Trade / DCA Safety). Each card shows: rank, display name, exchange + pair, follower count, 30d ROI, Win rate %, total trades, Max DD %. Sort visually by ROI but evaluate by Max DD — a 60% ROI with -55% drawdown nearly halved your capital at worst.

  3. Click "Copy this trader" + read the Follow Modal

    Opens the Follow Modal. You set: (1) Exchange — must be a CEX you have already connected in Settings → Connections. (2) Allocation USD — capital committed for proportional sizing. (3) Drawdown stop-out % — auto-unfollow trigger if cumulative loss vs allocation crosses this. (4) Risk acknowledgment checkbox — mandatory.

  4. Understand proportional sizing

    Scaling ratio = your allocation ÷ master's bot capital. If master trades $1,000 notional and you allocate $100, your ratio is 10% — every master fill triggers a 10%-sized copy on your exchange. This keeps risk proportional to the master's strategy at YOUR capital level.

  5. Pick a drawdown stop-out (default 20%)

    If your cumulative loss vs allocation crosses this threshold, the worker auto-unfollows you and sends a notification. 20% is the default — conservative users pick 10% (tighter, more frequent stop-outs in volatile markets); aggressive users pick 30% (more rope but bigger potential loss).

  6. Confirm + watch positions in the Copying tab

    Click Confirm. The bot appears in your Copying tab. Fan-out worker (every 30s) mirrors master's fills onto your exchange. Each position shows: cumulative P&L, trades copied, current drawdown vs threshold, started date. Pause / Resume / Unfollow controls per-position.

  7. On profitable round-trips, 10%/1% profit-share applies

    When a round-trip (entry + exit) closes profitably, the master earns 10% of your gross gain and the platform earns 1%. NET gain to you = 89% of round-trip profit. On losing round-trips, no fees are taken — masters earn alongside you, not from your losses.

  8. Publish your OWN bot (My Public Bots tab)

    My Public Bots tab → toggle individual bots private → public. Public bots appear on the leaderboard. You earn 10% of every profitable round-trip your followers make. Privacy: only display name + aggregated metrics are shared; your exchange identity and balances stay private.

  9. Unfollow at any time

    Copying tab → Unfollow on any bot. Immediately stops new mirror-fills from firing. Already-open positions on YOUR exchange remain — close them manually via CEX Trading if you do not want to hold them.

Tips & pitfalls

  • Live execution — there is no "Watch Mode" anymore. Once you click Confirm, real orders fire on your exchange within 30 seconds of the next master fill. Make sure your allocation matches what you can afford to lose.
  • Drawdown stop-out is your safety net. 20% default is reasonable; tighter (10%) protects more aggressively but you will get unfollowed during normal volatility. Looser (30%) gives masters more rope but larger blowups.
  • Mirror-fills can be smaller than the exchange minimum order size for your allocation. If you allocate $50 but the proportional copy works out to $3, the order may be rejected by the exchange. Allocate $200+ as a practical floor on most exchanges.
  • Diversify across 2-3 masters with different strategies (Grid Bot + Smart Trade + DCA Safety) rather than concentrating in the #1 ROI bot. Leaderboard rank shifts; diversification doesn't.
  • Max DD is your primary risk filter, not ROI. A bot with +20% ROI and -4% max DD is a stronger performer than +60% with -55% DD when adjusted for risk you can actually tolerate.
  • Master earnings (10%) compound only on PROFITABLE round-trips — masters lose alongside followers on losing trades, so incentives align. The 1% platform fee covers infrastructure (fan-out worker, monitoring, fee-share accounting).
  • Privacy: when you publish your bot, ONLY display name + aggregated stats (ROI, win rate, trade count, max DD) become public. Your exchange identity, balances, and individual fills are never exposed.
  • A bot with 200+ trades has statistically meaningful track record. A bot with 12 trades could just be lucky. Filter for bots with >100 trades AND >30 days of public history before allocating real capital.