Copy trading on BuyCrypt
Money ButtonOne button — and a strong trader's trades repeat on your account
Choose a trader in a running tournament, pick your exchange account and press “Start copying”. The trader trades on the tournament's demo account, and their new trades open on your exchange within seconds — at the same share of the balance.
This is trading with real money: a copy can close at a loss together with the trader. Below is how it all works, with the numbers and the limits.
01 · Manual copying
Six steps from a trader to your trade
Everything is set on one Copy trading screen — in the app and in the web terminal. Nothing starts without your confirmation.
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Pick a trader in a tournament
You can copy participants of running demo tournaments at the Practitioner level or higher. The card shows their tournament result and level; the trader passport shows their history and rating.
Only new trades are repeated — the ones the trader opens after the launch. If they already have an open trade, copying starts once they close it.
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Decide where to copy
To your own futures account on an exchange: Bybit, Gate, Hyperliquid (in USDC), SunPerp or Binance. The money stays on your account. Or to a copy demo account with 1,000 practice USDT — to see how the trader trades first, without risking anything.
You can have up to ten copy demo accounts, and they need no BUYT.
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The amount, and the same share as the trader
By default a copy uses the whole balance of the chosen account; you can set a smaller amount, but no less than 10 USDT. Each trade opens at the same share as the trader's: if they put 10% of their deposit into a trade, you put 10% of the copy amount.
Every exchange has a minimum order. If your share is smaller, the trade opens at the exchange minimum, but only when that minimum is no more than three times your share; otherwise we skip the trade and show the reason.
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Leverage and the loss stop
Copy leverage is either the same as the trader's (up to 50× and no higher than the exchange maximum) or no higher than your ceiling: 1×, 3×, 5×, 10×, 20×. By default it's capped at 10×, with isolated margin: a trade can't lose more than its margin. The loss stop halts the copy when the loss reaches 20, 30, 50 or 70% of the amount; the default is 50%.
The stop is a check every few seconds, not a stop order on the exchange; you can change it on a running copy too. Without a stop the copy never stops by itself, and the maximum loss is the copy amount. On SunPerp a copy always runs at 1× leverage.
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BUYT as collateral while you copy
To copy to an exchange account we lock BUYT worth about 5% of the account — at launch and when resuming. If the copy ends at a loss, all the BUYT is unlocked. If in profit, we deduct the BuyCrypt fee from it: 10% of the copy's profit, and unlock the rest.
A copy demo account needs no BUYT. If the locked BUYT doesn't cover the fee, the rest becomes an invoice, and until it's paid no new copy to exchange accounts will start.
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Pause or stop at any time
Pause: new trades aren't copied, open positions stay and close together with the trader. Stop: new trades aren't copied, and we close open positions at market. You can change the leverage and the loss stop without stopping the copy.
When the tournament ends, copying stops and the copied positions are closed. If you close a copied position yourself or start trading on that account, copying stops.
02 · Auto-copy
Auto-copy: the trader enters a tournament — the copy starts by itself
In the Copy Center you choose once whom to copy and to which accounts. After that there's nothing to watch: when a favourite trader enters a tournament with copying, a copy starts on the first free account among those you chose.
- Favorite tradersAll favourites — new ones included — or only those you tick. Auto-copy works for tournaments the trader entered after you added them to favourites.
- Accounts in orderTick your exchange or demo accounts. The numbers set the order: the first free one is used. An account that is already copying isn't switched to another trader.
- LaunchOnce the tournament has started and the trader has no open trade, the copy starts on the whole balance of the free account. If all accounts are busy, the trader waits in a queue — in the order they entered the tournament. BUYT works as with manual copying.
- NotificationYou get a push about every launch — or about why it couldn't start.
03 · What is repeated, and how fast
Everything the trader does is repeated within seconds
The trader's trade reaches us as an event, and the order goes straight to your exchange. In our measurements a copy is usually filled one to two seconds after the trader's trade; longer when the exchange is under load.
A copy has no take profits or stops of its own — it closes together with the trader. On an exchange account an entry is skipped if the price has moved more than 1% away from the trader's price; skipped trades show in the feed with the reason.
04 · Investor tournaments
Investor tournaments — the next step
Strong traders get a real USDC fund on Hyperliquid to manage, and investors put money into that fund. The trader keeps 30% of their account's profit.
For traders
The trader rating runs from 0 to 1000 points: result, risk, discipline, self-control and experience. The Established level and a passport score of 600+ open Tier 1 investor tournaments; Experienced and a score of 700+ open Tier 2; you also need trading days, positions, tournaments and identity verification. You don't invest your own money: if the account closes in profit, 30% of the profit goes to your BuyCrypt balance; at a loss you owe nothing.
For investors
Deposit USDC on Arbitrum — from 10 USDC — and choose what share of your capital goes into each investor tournament. The tournament fund is split among traders in proportion to their rating, and every account has strict risk limits. Each account's result returns to your cabinet.
Example: four traders rated 900, 810, 690 and 600 — their accounts get 30, 27, 23 and 20% of the fund. Each gets at least 50 USDC.
This is trading with real money: you can lose capital, and returns aren't guaranteed. Past tournament results are not a forecast.
FAQ
The key points
Is this real money?
On an exchange account, yes: trades open on your own Bybit, Gate, Hyperliquid, SunPerp or Binance account, and the money stays there. A copy demo account has 1,000 practice USDT: you can see how the trader trades without risking anything.
Can I lose money?
Yes. A trader can be wrong, and the copy will close at a loss together with them. The loss stop (20 to 70% of the copy amount) and isolated margin limit the loss; without a stop, the maximum loss is the whole copy amount. A trader's past results promise nothing.
How much does it cost?
Connecting and setting up are free. While you copy to an exchange account we lock BUYT worth about 5% of the account: at a loss we unlock all of it, in profit we deduct 10% of the copy's profit from it. Demo copying is free and needs no BUYT. You pay trading fees to the exchange as usual; the result in the feed already includes them.
How do I stop copying?
With the Pause or Stop buttons on the copy screen — at any time. On pause, open positions close together with the trader; on stop, we close them at market. Copying also stops by itself: at the end of the tournament and on the loss stop.
How is auto-copy different from manual copying?
You start manual copying yourself: a specific trader, a specific tournament, your own leverage and stop. Auto-copy starts copies by itself — for your favourite traders when they enter a tournament, on the first free account among those you chose, for the whole account balance and at 1× leverage.
Who can be copied?
Participants of running demo tournaments at the Practitioner level or higher. If the trader's level drops, copying pauses and new trades aren't copied.
How are copy trading and investor tournaments connected?
They are steps on one path. Strong demo-tournament traders get copied, and at the Established and Experienced levels they get an investor-tournament fund account to manage. Investors put USDC into the fund, and the trader keeps 30% of their account's profit. More on the investor tournaments page.
Your button is in the Copy Center
The Copy Center is in the BuyCrypt app and in the web terminal. Start with a copy demo account — no risk and no BUYT — and connect your exchange when you're ready.
Copy trading carries risk: you can lose part or all of the copy amount.