Copy traders: How do I choose a lead trader?
You can find our community of lead traders by going to Discover > Copy trading on our app or website. Here you can view key data about each lead trader to help you decide whose trades you want to copy. When you ’ve made your decision, simply select Copy on your preferred trader.
Market board
In the market board you can rank lead traders by a number of different data indicators.
The current available data indicators are as follows.
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Indicator
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Definition
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PnL%
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PnL% = Profit / Cost. Cost calculations will consider any changes caused by funds being transferred in or out of a user’s trading account.
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PnL
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PnL = Assets at start of period - Assets at end of period + Assets transferred out - Assets transferred in
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Win rate
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Win rate = No. of profitable orders / Total no. of orders
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Copy traders’ Pnl
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The sum of follower profits for the selected period
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AUM
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Assets under management. The total value of assets copied by followers who are currently copying this trader.
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*Lead trader data is updated every hour.
Ranking by “Overview”
You can also select Overview to see a comprehensive ranking of lead traders, which we calculate by weighting multiple indicators for each trader. The current indicator weighting is as follows.
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Indicator
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Weighting
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Cumulative PnL%
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20%
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PnL% (Last 30 days)
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15%
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PnL% (Last 7 days)
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10%
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Max drawdown (Historical)
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10%
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Max drawdown (Weekly)
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10%
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Number of copy traders
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20%
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PnL of copy traders
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15%
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Note: the weighting of indicators may be adjusted at any time based on feedback and data after launch.
Trader profile
You can select on a lead trader’s name to see their profile, which contains a more detailed breakdown of their trading history, portfolio, and following. You can directly follow a lead trader or copy their trades from this page.
