Question 1

What is Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy is a copy trading platform for Polymarket. Discover traders, copy individual trades from your feed, or automate with a Trader Bot or Strategy Bot. A Trader Bot copies one trader you choose; a Strategy Bot copies qualifying trades from the strategy's current trader list.
Copy Score and Paper Trading are free. Real Trading bots require Premium and a connected, funded wallet. Compare the bot types.

Question 2

Do I need a Polymarket account to use Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

You need a connected, funded Polymarket wallet for Real Trading, including manual copies and live Trader Bots or Strategy Bots. You can browse and run Paper Trading bots without funding a wallet.
Real Trading bots require Premium. See wallet setup and the funding guide.

Question 3

How does Polycopy work?

Accepted Answer

Choose how to copy. Browse traders on Discover, or explore Strategies on Bots.; Start manually or automate. Copy a trade from your feed, create a Trader Bot for one trader, or start a Strategy Bot.; Choose Paper or Real Trading. Paper Trading is free and simulated. Real Trading bots need Premium and a connected, funded wallet.; Follow your bot. Review its activity in My Bots, adjust its budget, or pause it.
Start a Strategy Bot or set up a Trader Bot.

Question 4

How do I create an account on Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

Creating a Polycopy account is quick and free:
Visit Polycopy: Go to polycopy.app; Start signing in: Use Sign Up Free on the home page, or Sign In in the top-right corner — both open the same screen; Choose Sign-In Method:
Google Sign-In (Recommended): One-click authentication with your Google account; Email link: Enter your email address and we send you a sign-in link. There is no password to create or remember.
Verify Email: If you used the email link method, check your inbox and click the link to finish signing in; Start Exploring: Browse traders, follow interesting profiles, and explore the feed
There is no profile to fill in and no display name to choose at sign-up. You can set a display name later in Settings if you want one.
No Payment Required: Creating an account is completely free, and so is Copy Score. You only pay if you upgrade to Premium ($30/month) for Real Trading bots, Fire Feed, and more.
Security: We use industry-standard authentication and never store your payment information directly (handled by Stripe).

Question 5

Do I need cryptocurrency experience to use Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

No cryptocurrency experience required!
Polycopy is designed to be accessible to everyone, regardless of crypto knowledge:
What You Need to Know:
USDC is just digital dollars: USDC is a stablecoin - $1 USDC = $1 USD. It's simply US dollars on the blockchain.; Simple funding: Polymarket handles the funding. It offers a crypto transfer of USDC and, in some regions, card and bank routes — their deposit screen shows what is available where you are; No gas fees: Polymarket uses a "gasless" system, so you don't need to understand gas fees or hold other cryptocurrencies; Easy wallet: Polymarket creates a wallet for you when you sign up there — there is no wallet software to install
Free Features Require Zero Crypto:
Browse traders, view statistics, and follow traders without any crypto or a wallet at all; To place a trade you need a funded Polymarket account, because that is where the money and the order book live
Connecting a wallet, if you want to execute here:
Connecting is free — it is not a Premium feature. Premium is for Real Trading bots and the execution controls around them; We guide you through it step by step and everything happens in your browser, with nothing to download; Your key is encrypted in your browser before it leaves your device, and Polycopy never sees it in readable form
Think of it like this: Using Polycopy is more like following stock traders than trading cryptocurrency. The blockchain aspect is handled behind the scenes.
New to prediction markets? Our beginner's guide explains everything in plain language.

Question 6

What's new in the latest Polycopy update?

Accepted Answer

We shipped a major update to Polycopy. Here's what changed:
New features:
Strategy Bots — Choose a strategy on Bots, set your budget and Winnings, and let the bot copy eligible trades.; Copy Score (free) — Whether a trader is worth copying after the cost of following them. It looks at their finished trades, subtracts worse fills and fees, and shows what was left as a signed whole number. It is about the trader, not any single trade.; Paper Trading Bots (Free) — Pick a trader you trust, set your rules, and simulate the bot for 7 or 14 days with no real orders.; Real Trading Bots (Premium) — Use the same setup flow for live execution, wallet funding checks, and automated order placement.; Fire Feed (Premium) — Recent trades from traders who are not hard to copy, in a category they already have a record in. Discover trades and traders you'd never find on your own.; Free Copy from Feed — Any user can now connect their wallet and copy trades directly from the feed in two clicks. No subscription required.; Referral Program. Share your link from Refer. When a friend signs up through it and pays for their first month of Premium, a credit worth one month of Premium is applied to your account.
Improved:
Trader Profiles — Completely redesigned. Performance broken down by market type, bet structure, and price range. See exactly where a trader's edge lives.; Discover Page — Find traders by category, performance, and trading style.; Complete Visual Redesign — Every screen rebuilt. Faster, cleaner, easier to navigate.
Pricing: Premium is $30/month.
Trading Fees: A small trading fee now applies to all trades (a flat 0.5%). This covers infrastructure costs.

Question 7

How is Polycopy different from other copy trading platforms?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy is built for Polymarket prediction markets specifically, and the differences that matter are mechanical rather than promotional.
It is about prediction markets, not stocks or forex
Traders are ranked on a prediction-market record, not a generic P&L; Market context is prediction-market context: the order book, tick sizes, resolution rules, and for sports markets the live scores; Orders go to Polymarket's own CLOB, the same book everyone else trades on
It measures whether copying a trader actually works This is the part that has no equivalent elsewhere. A leaderboard tells you who made money. Copy Score asks a harder question: after the worse fill a copier gets and the fees a copier pays, was following this person worth it? Those two answers disagree often — enough that a trader can be clearly profitable and still score Caution, meaning their edge does not survive being copied. Copy Score is free on every trader, on every screen.
It is non-custodial Your funds stay in your own Polymarket account for their entire life. There is no Polycopy deposit address, no Polycopy balance, and no Polycopy withdrawal. Your key is encrypted in your browser, held by Turnkey, and Polycopy's only use for it is asking Turnkey to sign an order.
The pricing is flat $30/month for Premium, or nothing at all on the free plan, plus a flat 0.5% trading fee on orders executed through Polycopy. No profit share, no performance cut, no minimum volume. The fee is identical on both plans and is shown on the order before you confirm.
What we are careful not to claim
Copying is not free of cost. You fill after the trader, into a book their own trade has moved, and usually a bit worse. Speed does not remove that. It is the spread. Copy Score exists because that cost is real; Copy Score describes finished trades to date. It is not a forecast and not a recommendation; We are not an investment adviser, not a fund, and not a guaranteed-profit system. Every trade is yours, in your own account, and can lose
Compare for yourself: how copy trading works, and Polymarket trading bots.

Question 8

Can I execute Polymarket trades on Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

Yes! Any user with a connected wallet can copy trades directly from the feed.
Connect your Polymarket wallet (free), find a trade you like, and copy it in two clicks. Your order goes straight to Polymarket.
What all users get:
Copy from Feed: See a trade, copy it in two clicks; Portfolio Tracking: All trades automatically logged and tracked; Seamless Experience: Stay in one platform for discovery and execution
What Premium adds:
Auto Copy Bots: Automate copying, two ways. A Strategy Bot copies a strategy, powered by Copy Score. A Trader Bot copies one person you chose. Set your budget and the bot copies eligible trades while running.; Fire Feed: Recent trades from traders whose Copy Score clears what copying them costs; Advanced trade cards: Per-trade signal breakdowns and position context
Order type and slippage are not Premium. Fill or Kill, Fill and Kill, Limit expiry and your default slippage all live in Settings under Trading, on both plans.
Requirements: Connected Polymarket wallet via Turnkey secure infrastructure. A small trading fee applies to all trades (a flat 0.5%).

Question 9

What is a Strategy Bot?

Accepted Answer

A Strategy Bot copies a strategy, powered by Copy Score. It filters out the traders whose trading history doesn't leave room for a profit after fees, spread, and slippage. Then it filters those traders further to fit the strategy you picked.
Every trader in your bot is listed by name, and the list is re-rated every night, so a trader who stops qualifying leaves and one who starts qualifying joins.

Question 10

How is it different from a Trader Bot?

Accepted Answer

A Trader Bot copies one person you choose. A Strategy Bot copies a strategy. Neither replaces the other.
Both are Auto Copy Bots, both use the budget and limits you set, and both can run on paper before you fund them.

Question 11

Does Polycopy pick traders for me?

Accepted Answer

No. You pick a strategy. Copy Score filters out traders whose trading history doesn't leave room for a profit after fees, spread, and slippage. The remaining list is whoever still clears that test, then fits the strategy. Every trader is listed by name.

Question 12

How do I find traders to copy on Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

Use the Discover page. The board opens on Best to Copy — every trader ordered by Copy Score, which is the one number that asks whether following them was worth what copying them costs. It is free on every trader.
The four lists. One control at the top of the board switches between them, and each answers a different question:
Best to Copy — worth copying after the cost of copying them. The default.; Top Earners — the most money made, whether or not it would survive being copied.; Most Profitable — the best return on what they put at risk.; Highest Volume — the most money moved. Size, not skill.
They disagree, and that is the point: a trader can top Top Earners and still score Losing.
Everything else on the board:
Period: 7D, 30D or All; Category: narrow to the markets you follow; Columns: Copy Score, ROI, P&L, Open value, a trend sparkline, and Volume; Trending traders sits below the board and compares each trader's last week against the one before
Pro tip: read the score before the money. A large profit often sits on traders whose edge does not survive being followed.

Question 13

How do I know which traders are good to follow?

Accepted Answer

Start with Copy Score, because it asks the question you actually care about. A leaderboard tells you who made money. Copy Score tells you what was left after a copier's worse fill and the fees a copier pays — and the two answers disagree often enough that a clearly profitable trader can still land in Caution or Losing. It is free on every trader, on every screen.
Read it as a veto, not a ranking. Use the score to rule people out, then choose among the rest for your own reasons.
What the board actually gives you on Discover: Copy Score, ROI, P&L, open value, a trend sparkline and volume, over 7D, 30D or All. Switching the list from Best to Copy to Top Earners shows you how different those two questions are.
Things worth checking before you commit money:
A record long enough to mean something. A dash instead of a score means we could not measure them — too little finished history, or a wallet we have not graded. A dash is the absence of a score, not a middling one.; A record in markets you understand. A trader strong in sports tells you nothing about their politics trades.; Recent activity. A trader who has gone quiet gives your bot nothing to copy. See What happens when your trader goes quiet.; The red flag beside some names. Market makers, arbitrage wallets and very high frequency traders can post entirely real results that fall apart when mirrored, because the edge is in speed or in resting on the book, not in the pick. See Trader types we flag.
And the ordinary discipline: spread across several traders rather than one, start with sizes you would not mind losing, and check how your own copies did rather than how the trader did — those are different numbers, which is the whole reason Copy Score exists.
Remember: Copy Score describes finished trades to date. It is not a forecast, and past performance does not guarantee future results.

Question 14

What's the difference between following and copying a trader?

Accepted Answer

These are two distinct actions with different outcomes:
Following a Trader:
What it does: Adds the trader to your personalized feed; What you see: Their trades appear in your feed when they place them; Cost: Free for all users; Trading: You must manually decide whether to copy each trade; Use case: Research traders, watch their activity, learn their strategy
Think of following like: Subscribing to someone on social media - you see their posts but don't automatically do what they do.
Copying a Trade:
What it does: Actually executes the same trade with your funds; What happens: You open a position on the same market/outcome; Cost: Free. Anyone can connect a wallet and copy a trade from the feed in two clicks, and Paper Trading bots are free too. Premium is for Real Trading bots — the ones that place live orders 24/7.; Trading: You're now invested with real money; Use case: Putting your money on the same trade as the trader
Think of copying like: Actually making the same investment - you have skin in the game.
The Flow:
Follow a trader → See their trades in your feed; Decide which trades to copy (don't have to copy everything); Copy individual trades → Invest your money
Important Notes:
Following does NOT automatically copy trades - you must manually copy each one; You can follow unlimited traders for free; You choose which trades to copy - you're not locked into copying everything; Following lets you evaluate a trader before risking money
Copying a trade is not the same as inheriting the trader's edge. Market makers, arbitrage wallets, and very high frequency traders can show real results that still fail when mirrored. See Trader types we flag.
Example:
You follow 10 traders (free); Their trades appear in your feed; You manually copy 2 trades from Trader A today (your choice); You skip trades from the other 9 traders; Tomorrow, you might copy different traders
Read more about how copy trading works on Polycopy.

Question 15

How do I copy a trade from my feed? (Free Feature)

Accepted Answer

Any Polycopy user can copy trades directly from the feed. Here's how:
Connect Your Wallet: Go to Settings and connect your Polymarket wallet (free, one-time setup); Find a Trade: See a trade you like in your feed from a followed trader; Click Copy Trade: the button on any trade card (it reads "Connect Wallet to Copy" until a wallet is connected); Confirm: Set your size and confirm. Your order goes straight to Polymarket.; Track It: The trade appears in your portfolio automatically
No Premium required. Copying from the feed is free for all users with a connected wallet. A small trading fee applies to all trades (a flat 0.5%).
Want more? Premium adds Real Trading bots (24/7 automated live copying), Fire Feed and advanced trade cards. Copy Score, Auto-Close and Paper Trading bots are free for everyone.

Question 16

What are Trader Bots and how do Paper Trading and Real Trading work?

Accepted Answer

Trader Bots let you pick a Polymarket trader you trust and automatically copy or simulate their qualifying trades. Paper Trading is free and simulated. Real Trading requires Premium and can place live Polymarket orders. It's not blind mirroring. Every trade passes your settings before it executes or simulates.
How to set up a Trader Bot:
Choose a trader from the Discover page or the Bots page; Click "Copy this trader" on their profile; Choose Paper Trading or Real Trading; Set your budget and choose what happens to Winnings; If you want, open Safety limits or Advanced settings to change limits, Max Per Trade and filters; Review and create the bot. Paper runs for 14 days. Real runs until you pause or stop it.
What you control:
Max Per Trade (your copy): the flat amount you spend on each copied trade. It is not a filter on the trader's order size.; Filters: Min Price and Max Price, Min Win Rate, Min Days To Close and Max Spread; Safety limits: Max exposure, Max Daily Loss and Circuit breaker
Funding rule: Paper Trading does not require wallet funding because no real orders are placed. Real Trading trades from liquid Polymarket USD. Setup requires funds equal to the higher of the bot's base minimum and your entered budget. If your balance is above the base minimum but below the budget, reduce the budget or add funds.
What happens: The bot monitors the trader's activity. In Paper Trading, qualifying trades become simulated fills and simulated P&L. In Real Trading, qualifying trades are copied with your funds. You get notified and can see every trade in your bot's activity log.
Not blind mirroring. Every trade still passes through your budget, filters and safety limits.
Learn more: automated copy trading, copy trading bots, Max per trade, Pause vs Stop, Size copies like the trader, Why your bot is not trading.

Question 17

What happened to the Trader Bot trading behavior options (Selective, Balanced, Broad)?

Accepted Answer

Trader Bot setup no longer asks you to pick a trading behavior. That choice was removed on 2026-09-11. Every new Trader Bot starts from the same measured baseline, and every copy is a flat trade at your Max Per Trade amount.
The old options were:
Selective: only traders whose finished record clears what it costs to copy them.; Balanced: adds traders the score cannot separate from break-even.; Broad: anyone except traders measured as costly or unproven.
They never changed the copy size. They changed which traders got a warning, based on Copy Score. A bot you created with one of them keeps its setting and still shows it on its page.
The separate Custom and Mirror setups are gone too. For more control, open Advanced settings when you create the bot. It has Max Per Trade, Min Price, Max Price, Min Win Rate, Min Days To Close and Max Spread. After launch, Manage bot has those settings and more.
Copy Score is still free to read on every trader, and it matters more than any setting. A warning appears when a trader's record looks costly to copy, but the choice stays yours. See How to set up a Trader Bot.

Question 18

Why didn't my Trader Bot trade execute, or why don't my copies match the trader 1:1?

Accepted Answer

A Trader Bot is best-effort mirroring of qualifying signals, not a line-by-line replay of every fill in the parent wallet. Every copy is your flat Max Per Trade amount, so your size will differ from the trader's. Even with no filters set, a trade can be skipped or your order can fail to fill for many reasons, including:
Your bot settings: Max Per Trade, any filters you set, Max Spread, your safety limits and Mirror Sells all still apply.; Execution: slippage limits, order type (a resting limit order that expires, or Fill-and-Kill), market liquidity, and price moving between signal and fill can cause skips or partial fills.; Minimums and rounding: order minimum size and valid increments.; Pipeline and timing: processing delay, deduplication (one source trade becomes at most one copy), and staleness (price or time limit) can result in a skip.; Not every candidate becomes an order: the system checks many signals, and only those that pass every rule are sent to execution.
What to do: Check your bot’s activity and skip reasons in the app. Your copy count and the trader’s trade count will often diverge. That is expected.
More context: Polymarket copy trading bots and Help — Why Auto Copy Bots Are Not Trading. Very high frequency wallets (90+ orders a day) are especially hard to keep up with. See Trader types we flag.

Question 19

What does "Max Per Trade" mean on a Trader Bot?

Accepted Answer

Max Per Trade applies to your copy, not the trader you are following.
It is how much Polymarket USD your bot places on each copied trade. Every copy on a new Trader Bot is this one flat amount. It starts at $5, and no Trader Bot order goes below that.
It does not mean "only copy this trader if their order is under $X." Whether a signal is copied depends on other rules (your filters, pause or stop, capital, execution), not on the size of the trader's order.
Where to set it: when you create a Trader Bot, open Advanced settings and enter Max Per Trade. It can't be more than your budget. After the bot is created, change the same number under Manage bot → Max Per Trade, or with the Trade size button on the bot's page. They are the same number.
See Max Per Trade: how copies are sized and Glossary: Max Per Trade.

Question 20

What is the difference between Pause and Pause and sell all on a bot?

Accepted Answer

Pause temporarily prevents new copies and keeps existing positions. You can unpause later.
Pause and sell all pauses a Real Trading bot and attempts to sell its open positions at available prices. Some positions may remain if they cannot be sold. Check the result and any remaining positions. The bot stays on your account, paused. Unpause it when you want it to copy again, and use Adjust Budget if it needs more capital.
For Paper Trading, Stop paper bot ends the simulation without moving real money. Manage your bot.

Question 21

How can I copy trades at the same size as the trader (1:1)?

Accepted Answer

You can't. A Trader Bot does not size copies in proportion to the trader. Every copy is the same flat amount: your Max Per Trade. Sizing is flat because copies that scaled with the trader's bet made less money than flat copies when we measured them.
The closest you can get:
Create one new Trader Bot (a Stopped bot can't be resumed).; Open Advanced settings and set Max Per Trade close to the trader's typical bet.; Set a budget of at least 10 to 20 times that amount so the bot can hold several positions.; Copy size is yours, not theirs. A bot does not bet more because the trader bet more, and it no longer filters trades by how big the trader's bet was. That filter was removed on 2026-09-15 after it measured worse than no filter.
Execution, rounding, slippage and your filters can still change or skip copies, so your results won't match the trader's exactly.
See How close a Trader Bot can get to the trader's size and the FAQ Why copies may not match 1:1.

Question 22

Why are my Auto Copy Bots not trading?

Accepted Answer

Check that your bot is running and has new eligible trades to copy. Real Trading also needs Premium, trading authorization and available funds. Open positions, budget limits, market conditions or order failures may prevent a new copy.
Strategy Bots only copy eligible trades from their current list. Check the bot's activity for skip or failure reasons, then follow the not-trading checklist.

Question 23

Can I copy multiple traders at once?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can follow multiple traders, copy their trades manually, or run separate Trader Bots. A Strategy Bot copies eligible trades from a strategy's current trader list. You can run both bot types.
Paper Trading is free, subject to the active-bot limit. Real Trading bots require Premium and available wallet funds. Multiple bots can enter the same market, so review your total exposure in Portfolio.

Question 24

What is Copy Score?

Accepted Answer

Copy Score tells you whether a Polymarket trader is worth copying after the cost of following them. It is free on every trader, and it is about the person rather than any single trade.
What it looks at:
Finished trades only. Have they closed enough positions for this to mean anything?; Worse fills. They were in the book first, and you are not.; Venue fees. Polymarket charges on the trade, and that comes out of the copy.; Our fee. A Trader Bot includes Polycopy's flat 0.5%.; What is left. After all of that, was there anything remaining on their tape?
How to read it:
A signed whole number (like +6 or −4) is what was left after copy costs. Positive means following them has historically left something. It is not a win probability and not a 0 to 100 rating.; A dash is the absence of a score, not a middling one. Hover it: either there is too little finished history, they close out early so we will not rank them against hold-to-the-end traders, or we do not have a score yet.; Use it as a veto, not a ranking. Use the score to rule people out, then choose among the rest for your own reasons.
Why it matters: A trader can look profitable on their own book and still be a bad person to follow, because you fill after they do and you pay fees. Win rate and P&L say how they did. Copy Score says whether following them was worth the toll.
It is free. Copy Score shows on every trader for every user, on Discover, on profiles, and on feed cards. There is nothing to unlock.
Copy Score is not a prediction of market outcomes and not a promise our copies will match a trader's tape. A past Copy Score does not guarantee a future one.
Learn more on the Copy Score page and read what we measured on our copies. The red flag on some trader names is a separate signal about why mirroring can fail. See Trader types we flag.

Question 25

What is Fire Feed? (Premium Feature)

Accepted Answer

Fire Feed shows recent trades from traders who are not hard to copy, in a category they already have a record in. It's available to Premium users.
How it works:
Fire Feed pulls from across the entire Polymarket platform, not just traders you follow; A trade appears when the trader looks worth copying in a category they already trade, and the market is still open; Newest trades are on top; You don't need to follow anyone to use it. Fire Feed does the discovery for you
Why it's useful:
Find traders you've never heard of, already filtered for whether copying them survives its costs; Cut through the noise of thousands of trades happening on Polymarket
Fire Feed vs Follow Feed:
Follow Feed (free): Trades from traders you follow; Fire Feed (Premium): Trades from any trader on Polymarket who clears the filter above
It is a pre-filter, not a ranking. Nothing in the tab is ordered by Copy Score, and being in it is not a prediction about how a market will resolve.

Question 26

Can I sell a position I copied by hand?

Accepted Answer

Yes, at any time the market will take the order — and you do not need Premium. Selling is free for anyone with a connected wallet.
Open your portfolio and stay on the Trades tab; Find the position you want to exit; Click Sell and confirm
Two things can stop a sell, and neither is a Polycopy setting:
A position under 5 shares cannot be sold at any price. The exchange refuses the order. It can only be held to resolution — see Positions too small to sell.; A market that is illiquid or has stopped accepting orders will not fill. Wait and try again, or hold to resolution.
Your sell slippage tolerance is in Settings under Trading, set separately from your buy tolerance.

Question 27

What happens when a trader I copied closes their trade before a market resolves?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy emails you when a trader you copied closes their position, so you can decide what to do. You can turn that email off in Settings under Notifications.
You can also have Polycopy exit for you. Auto-Close is free:
How auto-close works
When you copy a trade from your feed, tick Auto-close when trader closes on the copy card. It is on by default.; Execute the trade as normal.; Polycopy watches the trader's position in that market.; When they exit, Polycopy places a sell on yours at the market price then available.
What it does not promise. It is an order, not a guarantee: it fills at whatever the book offers when it runs, not at the trader's price, and it can fail the same way any sell can — a market that has stopped accepting orders, or a position under the exchange's 5-share floor. You are notified either way.
Auto-close is free on every plan. With it off you still get the email and can sell by hand from your portfolio.

Question 28

How much do I need to start a Strategy Bot?

Accepted Answer

Strategy Bots start at $100, in either Paper or Real Trading. Paper uses simulated funds. For Real Trading, the budget is capital in your own wallet, separate from Premium and trading fees. Setup shows the current limits.

Question 29

Can I try a Strategy without real money?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Choose Paper Trading in Strategy setup for a free 14-day simulation. No funded wallet or Premium subscription is needed. Paper follows the strategy with simulated orders; Real Trading can have different fills and results.

Question 30

What is the difference between Compound and Keep?

Accepted Answer

Compound reinvests realized profits, allowing the bot’s budget limit to grow. Keep leaves the budget fixed and keeps profits as cash. Available cash and the bot’s other limits still apply.

Question 31

Can I change my Strategy Bot’s budget?

Accepted Answer

Open your bot and choose Adjust Budget. Enter the amount, choose Keep or Compound under Winnings, then select Save budget. Reducing the budget leaves existing positions open. If the control is unavailable, check the bot’s status.

Question 32

Why isn’t my Strategy Bot trading?

Accepted Answer

Check the bot’s status and recent activity. It needs new eligible trades from its current list, available capital and room within its limits. Real Trading also needs Premium and trading authorization. Market conditions or order failures can prevent a copy; the not-trading checklist covers what to check.

Question 33

What is Polymarket USD (pUSD) and does it change how I fund my account?

Accepted Answer

Polymarket USD (pUSD) is Polymarket’s USDC-backed collateral token on Polygon and the native currency on the V2 central limit order book—the representation of your tradable balance after you fund (often via USDC). For most users, the experience is still: deposit, see a balance, trade, withdraw.
Polycopy does not issue pUSD and does not hold your Polymarket balance. You still fund and withdraw through Polymarket, then use Polycopy to follow and copy traders.
Read the full walkthrough (including troubleshooting mindset) here: Polymarket USD (pUSD) — funding guide.

Question 34

How do I connect my Polymarket wallet to Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

Connecting your wallet lets you copy trades directly from the feed. It's available for all users (free and Premium) and takes about 2 minutes.
Go to Settings: Open polycopy.app/settings and click "Connect Wallet"; Export your private key from Polymarket: Go to your Polymarket account settings, click Account, then click "Start Export" to reveal your key. You can also go directly to reveal.magic.link/polymarket using the same email you use on Polymarket.; Paste your private key into Polycopy: Your key is encrypted in your browser using Turnkey's secure encryption before it ever leaves your device. Polycopy never sees it.; Done: Polycopy automatically detects your Polymarket account and sets up your trading credentials. In rare cases you may be asked to confirm your wallet address, but most users won't need to.
What Polycopy can and cannot see:
Your key is encrypted in your browser, by Turnkey's encryption library, before it leaves your device; Polycopy never sees it in readable form; the encrypted bundle only passes through our servers on its way to Turnkey; Our own database holds your public wallet address and a reference to the Turnkey wallet; Polycopy's code has one path to that key and it only asks Turnkey to sign a specific order. There is no path that reads the key back
If it does not work: two failures account for almost all of them.
"This key doesn't control your Polymarket account" — you exported the key while logged into Magic with a different email from the one on your Polymarket account. Open the export again, log in with the exact same email you use on Polymarket.com, and paste that key.; "The same private key can only be imported to Turnkey once" — this key has been imported before, including by an earlier connection of your own. Email help@polycopy.app and we will clear it.
Turnkey is a wallet-security company; their own description of how they hold keys is at turnkey.com.

Question 35

How do I disconnect my wallet from Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

You can remove your wallet at any time from Settings.
Open Settings and find the Subscription & Wallet section; Next to Polymarket wallet connection, click Remove; Confirm on the "Remove wallet?" prompt
What happens when you remove it:
Your wallet address and trading credentials are deleted from your Polycopy account, so Polycopy can no longer sign anything on your Polymarket account; Any running Trader Bot is paused automatically, because a bot with no wallet cannot place an order; Your copy and trade history in Polycopy stays intact; Your Polymarket account, balance, and open positions are untouched — nothing is sold and nothing moves; You can connect a wallet again whenever you want
One thing worth knowing before you do it: a private key can only ever be imported to Turnkey once. If you remove a wallet and later try to reconnect with the *same* key, the import can fail with "the same private key can only be imported to Turnkey once". Email help@polycopy.app if you hit that and we will sort it out.
Note: Cancelling Premium does not remove your wallet. Your connection and settings stay in your account so everything works again if you re-subscribe. If you want the wallet gone, remove it here yourself.

Question 36

How do I fund my Polymarket wallet?

Accepted Answer

To trade on Polymarket (and use Polycopy's copy trading features), you need to fund your account. Deposits (typically USDC) are converted to pUSD — Polymarket's native trading collateral on the V2 CLOB. Here's how to fund:
For Polymarket's own funding guide, see the Polymarket FAQ.
Option 1: Direct Deposit (Easiest)
Go to Polymarket.com; Log into your Polymarket account; Click Deposit; Choose your funding method. Polymarket offers a crypto transfer of USDC, cross-chain deposits from other supported chains, and in some regions card and bank options. What is available, what it costs, and how long it takes are Polymarket's to state — their deposit screen shows the current terms for your region.; Enter the amount and confirm — your balance appears as pUSD
Option 2: Crypto Transfer (For Crypto Users)
Copy your Polymarket wallet address from Polymarket; Send USDC on Polygon network to that address; Wait for confirmation (usually 1-2 minutes); Your balance will update automatically as pUSD
⚠️ Important: Make sure to send USDC on the Polygon network, not Ethereum mainnet. Sending on the wrong network may result in lost funds.
No Gas Fees: Polymarket uses a "gasless" system, so you don't need MATIC tokens for gas fees. You only need USDC to deposit (it converts to pUSD for trading).
Minimums: Polymarket sets its own minimum per funding route — check their deposit page. On the Polycopy side, what matters is that a single copy needs at least $5 of cash and a Trader Bot needs at least $100 to start.

Question 37

What is Polymarket?

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Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. It lets you bet on the outcome of future events by buying and selling shares that represent different outcomes.
How it works:
Each market has multiple outcomes (e.g., "Will Candidate A win?" has "Yes" and "No"); Share prices range from $0.01 to $0.99, representing the market's belief about probability; If you buy "Yes" shares at $0.70 and the outcome happens, each share pays $1.00 (profit: $0.30 per share); If the outcome doesn't happen, shares are worth $0
What you can bet on:
Politics: Elections, approval ratings, policy outcomes; Sports: Game results, player performances, championships; Crypto: Bitcoin prices, DeFi protocols, regulations; Business: Stock prices, earnings, mergers & acquisitions; Entertainment: Award shows, box office, streaming numbers; Current Events: News events, global incidents, trending topics
Why Polymarket is popular:
Real money: Trade with pUSD (USDC-backed digital dollars) - not play money; High liquidity: Millions in trading volume daily on major markets; Fast settlements: Markets resolve quickly after outcomes are known; Low fees: category-based taker fees, roughly 0.75% to 1.8% of a share's $1 payout at a 50¢ price; limit-order makers pay nothing; geopolitics markets are free; no gas fees; Transparency: Built on blockchain (Polygon) - all trades are public
Polymarket vs Traditional Betting:
More markets than sports betting (politics, business, science, etc.); Better odds due to market-driven pricing (not set by a bookmaker); Can trade in/out before resolution (like stocks) - don't have to hold until the end; Availability varies by jurisdiction, and Polymarket decides who can trade there — check their terms for your country
Learn more: Visit polymarket.com to start trading, or read our prediction markets for beginners guide.

Question 38

How does Polymarket work?

Accepted Answer

Polymarket is a prediction market where you can buy and sell shares based on future event outcomes. Here's exactly how it works:
1. Creating an Account
Sign up at polymarket.com; Polymarket creates a wallet for you automatically; No cryptocurrency experience required; Fund your wallet with USDC (digital dollars). Polymarket offers a crypto transfer and, in some regions, card or bank routes — their deposit screen shows what is available to you. Deposits convert to pUSD for trading
2. Browsing Markets
Browse thousands of active markets across politics, sports, crypto, business, and more; Each market asks a question about a future event (e.g., "Will Candidate A win the election?"); Multiple outcomes available: usually "Yes" and "No", sometimes multiple options
3. Share Pricing
Share prices range from $0.01 to $0.99; Price represents the market's collective belief about probability; Example: "Yes" shares at $0.65 = market thinks 65% chance of "Yes" outcome; Prices fluctuate based on supply/demand - just like stocks
4. Buying Shares
Click "Buy" on an outcome you believe will happen; Enter dollar amount you want to bet; Example: Buy 100 "Yes" shares at $0.65 = costs $65; Shares appear in your portfolio immediately
5. Selling Before Resolution (Optional)
You don't have to wait for the event to resolve; Sell your shares anytime if the price moves in your favor; Example: Buy at $0.65, sell at $0.80 = profit $0.15 per share ($15 on 100 shares); This is what active traders do - buy low, sell high before resolution
6. Market Resolution
After the event happens, the market resolves to the correct outcome; Resolution handled by UMA Protocol (decentralized oracle); Winning shares pay $1.00 each; Losing shares pay $0; Example: You hold 100 "Yes" shares, "Yes" wins → you receive $100
7. Withdrawing Funds
Withdraw your pUSD balance to USDC, then to your bank account or crypto wallet anytime; Polymarket uses a "gasless" system - no transaction fees to withdraw; Funds are yours - Polymarket doesn't custody them
Fees:
Category-based taker fees since March 2026. The fee is charged per share and peaks at a 50¢ price, where it is roughly 0.75% of the $1 payout on sports, ~1% on politics and ~1.8% on crypto — and it shrinks toward zero as the price approaches 0¢ or 100¢. Limit-order makers pay nothing, geopolitics markets are free, and markets created before the change stay fee-free; No deposit or withdrawal fees charged by Polymarket (network gas and fiat on-ramp partners may charge their own)
Risk:
You can lose your entire investment if your prediction is wrong; Market volatility - prices can swing quickly on news; Liquidity varies - some markets are harder to enter/exit
Example Trade:
Market: "Will Team A win the championship?"; You believe they will win; "Yes" shares currently cost $0.40; You buy 100 "Yes" shares for $40; Two weeks later, "Yes" shares rise to $0.60 (Team A doing well); You sell for $60 (profit: $20, or 50% ROI); Alternatively, you could hold until resolution and get $100 if Team A wins ($60 profit) or $0 if they lose
Polymarket vs Regular Betting:
More flexibility: Sell anytime, not just at resolution; Better odds: Market-driven pricing, not bookmaker odds; More markets: Bet on politics, business, science - not just sports; Transparency: All trades on blockchain
Learn more at Polymarket's documentation

Question 39

How does Polymarket make money?

Accepted Answer

Polymarket makes money primarily through category-based taker fees (introduced March 23, 2026, replacing the old profit-fee model), plus interest on idle deposits and revenue-sharing arrangements. Here's the complete breakdown:
Main Revenue Source: Taker fees (charged at the moment a market order fills)
Only takers (people who cross the spread with a market order) pay. Limit-order makers pay nothing and can even earn rebates.; The fee varies by market category and by price — it peaks near 50¢ and shrinks toward zero near 0¢ and 100¢.; Formula: fee = shares × feeRate × price × (1 − price), charged in USDC at fill time (not on winnings at resolution).; Markets created before March 23, 2026 remain fee-free, and geopolitics / world-events markets are always free.
Peak taker fee by category. These are quoted at a 50¢ price and as a share of the $1.00 a winning share pays, which is where the parabola peaks — not as a share of what you paid. At any other price the fee is smaller, and at 5¢ or 95¢ it is close to nothing.
Sports: ~0.75%; Politics / Finance / Tech / Mentions: ~1.00%; Economics / Culture / Weather / Other: ~1.25%; Crypto: ~1.80%; Geopolitics / world events: 0% (free)
Maker rebates:
Polymarket redistributes a portion of collected taker fees to limit-order makers, so providing liquidity can pay rather than cost. The current share is Polymarket's to state — check their fee documentation for the live figure.
Example Calculations:
Scenario 1: You take a $60 position on a politics market (~1% category)
Buy 100 shares at $0.60 with a market order; Taker fee ≈ 100 × 0.04 × 0.60 × 0.40 ≈ $0.96; If it resolves in your favor: 100 shares × $1.00 = $100 gross, so net profit ≈ $100 − $60 − $0.96 = ~$39.04; No additional fee is charged at resolution — the fee was already paid at fill
Scenario 2: You provide liquidity with a limit order
Your limit order rests on the book and gets filled; Maker fee: $0 (makers are never charged) — you may even receive a rebate
Scenario 3: A pre-March-2026 or geopolitics market
Taker fee: $0 — these markets are fee-free for everyone
Other Revenue (Minor):
Interest on float: funds sitting in the platform between trades; pUSD ↔ USDC spread captured at deposit/withdrawal; Institutional / data arrangements: Polymarket is the largest source of prediction-market data globally
How that compares. Traditional sportsbooks build a margin into their odds rather than charging a visible fee, and other prediction venues price differently again. Rates at other platforms are theirs to publish and change, so check them at the source rather than trusting a number in a help article. What is checkable here: makers pay nothing on Polymarket, and geopolitics markets are free.
Pro Tip: Using limit orders (becoming a maker) avoids the taker fee entirely and can earn rebates — this is how active traders minimize costs.
Bottom Line: Since March 2026 Polymarket charges small, category-based taker fees; limit-order makers pay nothing, geopolitics markets are free, and older markets stay fee-free. Fees can change — always verify current rates at polymarket.com. This replaced the earlier profit-fee model.
A copier is always a taker. Following someone means crossing the spread to get in behind them, so this is the fee that applies to copied trades — it is not avoidable by preference. It is separate from, and on top of, Polycopy's own flat 0.5%.

Question 40

What markets does Polycopy support?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy supports all markets available on Polymarket.
This includes prediction markets across multiple categories:
Politics: Elections, approval ratings, policy outcomes, political events; Sports: Game outcomes, player performances, season results, championships; Crypto: Bitcoin/Ethereum prices, DeFi protocols, crypto regulations, token launches; Business: Stock prices, company earnings, IPOs, mergers & acquisitions; Entertainment: Award shows, box office results, streaming metrics; Science & Technology: AI developments, space missions, scientific breakthroughs; Current Events: News events, global incidents, trending topics
How it works:
When a trader you follow makes a bet on any Polymarket market, it will appear in your Polycopy feed; You can copy trades from any market category; Filter by category on the Discover page to find traders specializing in specific markets
New Markets: As Polymarket adds new markets and categories, they automatically become available on Polycopy. No action needed - you can copy trades from any new market instantly.
Browse all categories on our market categories hub or learn more at Polymarket.

Question 41

What is slippage?

Accepted Answer

Slippage is the difference between the price you expect and the price you actually get.
On a copy, most of that difference is not delay. It is the spread. You buy at the ask because you are crossing the book to get in behind someone, so you pay the offer rather than the last traded price. That cost is there whether your order arrives quickly or slowly.
What does change it is the book. A thin market has a wide spread and little resting size, so the same order fills further from the price you saw. Sizing down helps. Widening your slippage tolerance does not. It only authorises a worse fill.
Your slippage tolerance is a cap on how bad a price you will accept. If the market runs past it before your order lands, the copy is skipped rather than filled badly. See Liquidity, Spread, and Why They Matter When Copying.

Question 42

What is the minimum order size?

Accepted Answer

It depends on how you trade:
Copying manually from the feed: the minimum comes from the market itself and varies market by market. Polycopy reads it from Polymarket and shows you the exact figure if your order is under it.; Trader Bots: every bot order carries a $5 minimum. That is not arbitrary — the exchange refuses any order under 5 shares on either side, so below $5 a bot cannot reliably buy a position it would be able to sell again.
Watch the share count as well as the dollar amount. On an expensive contract a small order buys few shares, and a position under 5 shares cannot be sold at any price — it can only resolve.

Question 43

Why is the contract amount different from the one I entered?

Accepted Answer

Prices move quickly, so we may adjust the contract amount to stay close to the live price, keep it above the market minimum, and round to valid contract increments.
The goal is to place the closest valid order without it being rejected by the market.

Question 44

What's the difference between Fill or Kill (FOK) and Good 'Til Cancelled (GTC)?

Accepted Answer

Fill or Kill means the order must fill completely right away or it cancels. Good 'Til Cancelled keeps the order open until it fills or you cancel it.
Many users prefer FOK because Polymarket markets move fast and they want to avoid stale orders. Trader Bots use a different pair: limit orders that rest briefly and then expire (GTD, 4 minutes by default), or Fill and Kill (fill what's available immediately, cancel the rest).

Question 45

Can I enter limit orders?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every Polymarket order is a limit order underneath — there is no true market order on the venue — and Polycopy sets a protected limit price for you on a copy.
You control the behavior in Settings under Trading, for your manual trades:
Limit — the order rests on the book until it fills or expires. You pick the expiry: 4, 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes. 4 minutes is the shortest Polymarket accepts.; Fill and Kill — takes whatever is available immediately at your price or better, then cancels the rest.; Fill or Kill — fills completely and immediately, or cancels entirely.
Slippage tolerance sits in the same section and is set separately for buys and for sells.

Question 46

What is the Polymarket Smart Money Index (PSMI)?

Accepted Answer

The Polymarket Smart Money Index (PSMI) is Polycopy's daily 0–100 reading of how active, how broadly profitable, and how capital-committed the top verified Polymarket traders are. It combines four components:
Performance momentum (30%) — how the cohort's recent daily profit compares with its own 90-day distribution.; Breadth (25%) — the share of active cohort wallets that are profitable over the past week.; Participation (25%) — how much the cohort is trading versus its 90-day median pace.; Capital conviction (20%) — net capital the cohort is deploying into positions.
The cohort: roughly 1,000 wallets whose profit and loss reconciles to on-chain totals, with market-making and arbitrage wallets excluded, reselected monthly from the top of the 30-day rankings.
Reading it: 50 means the cohort is behaving in line with its own 90-day baseline. Zones describe activity, not market direction — QUIET, WATCHING, ACTIVE, and SURGING. The index tells you what the sharpest wallets *are doing*; it is not a forecast, not a recommendation, and not a directional call on any market.
Cadence: one canonical value per day. The live gauge refreshes every 30 minutes, but only daily closes are archived and citable, so a quoted reading always refers to a specific date.
See today's reading and the full daily history on the Polymarket Smart Money Index, or read the full methodology.

Question 47

Is the affiliate program the same as Refer?

Accepted Answer

No. Refer is the friend program. After a friend pays for Premium, you get one free month. The affiliate program is cash for newsletters, sites, and creators we accept by hand. Apply on that page. There is no public rate and no partner login.

Question 48

What are the trading fees on Polycopy?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy charges a flat 0.5% trading fee on executed trades, including automated bot trades. Polymarket's own fees may also apply.
Manual copies show the fee before confirmation; bots place trades under the authorization you give during setup. Fees are separate from your Premium subscription. Read the fee guide.

Question 49

What's the difference between Polycopy's free and premium tiers?

Accepted Answer

Free: Discover traders, follow them, read Copy Score, copy trades manually with a connected wallet, and run Paper Trading versions of Trader Bots and Strategy Bots.
Premium ($30/month): Real Trading Trader Bots and Strategy Bots, Fire Feed, and advanced trade cards. Auto-Close is free on both plans.
Trading fees are separate from your subscription and bot budget. See pricing and fees.

Question 50

Is there a free trial for Premium?

Accepted Answer

Eligible new users can try Premium for 7 days, including Real Trading Trader Bots and Strategy Bots. Trading fees still apply.
Premium renews at $30/month unless you cancel before the trial ends. Manage it in Settings under Subscription & Wallet. Paper Trading remains free without a trial.

Question 51

What payment methods do you accept?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy uses Stripe for secure payment processing:
Accepted Payment Methods:
Credit Cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover; Debit Cards: Most major debit cards; Digital Wallets: Apple Pay, Google Pay (depending on your device)
How Billing Works:
Subscription model: $30/month, charged automatically; Billing date: Same date each month (e.g., subscribe Jan 15 = charged 15th every month); Currency: USD (US Dollars); Automatic renewal: Your card is charged monthly until you cancel
Payment Security:
PCI-DSS Level 1 Certified: Stripe meets the highest security standards; We never see your card: Stripe processes all payments - Polycopy never stores your card details; Encrypted transactions: All payment data is encrypted end-to-end; Fraud protection: Stripe's advanced fraud detection protects your account
Billing Management: Card details, invoices and payment history live in the Stripe billing portal, not in Polycopy. Reach it from Settings → Subscription & Wallet → CANCEL, which opens the portal — you can update your card there and close it again without cancelling anything. Cancelling carries no penalty.
International Payments:
Stripe supports most countries worldwide; Your bank may charge currency conversion fees if outside the US; Check with your bank about international transaction fees
Payment Failed? If a payment fails:
Check your card has sufficient funds; Verify your card hasn't expired; Contact your bank (they may be blocking the transaction); Update your card in the Stripe billing portal (reached from Settings, above); Contact support if issues persist: email help@polycopy.app or use the Get Help form on the help center
Note: We do not currently accept cryptocurrency for subscriptions - only traditional payment methods via Stripe.

Question 52

How much does Polycopy cost?

Accepted Answer

Free: Browsing, Copy Score, following traders, manual copying, and Paper Trading bots.
Premium: $30/month for Real Trading Trader Bots and Strategy Bots, Fire Feed, and advanced trade cards. Auto-Close is free on both plans.
Polycopy charges a 0.5% trading fee on executed trades. Polymarket fees may also apply. Your bot budget is trading capital in your wallet, separate from your subscription. How fees work.

Question 53

Can I cancel my subscription?

Accepted Answer

Yes, anytime — from Settings.
How to cancel:
Open Settings and find the Subscription & Wallet section; Click CANCEL next to your Premium badge; The confirmation panel offers Keep Premium or Continue to Cancel; Continuing hands you to the Stripe billing portal to finish
What happens when you cancel:
You keep Premium access until the end of your current billing period; When access ends, Real Trading bots and the other Premium features are locked; Your wallet stays connected and your bot settings are kept, so everything resumes if you re-subscribe; Copying trades from the feed, following traders, Copy Score and Paper Trading bots keep working — they were never Premium; No cancellation fees or penalties, and you can re-subscribe anytime
Need help? Email help@polycopy.app, or use the Get Help form on the help center

Question 54

Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan?

Accepted Answer

Upgrading (Free → Premium):
How to Upgrade:
Open Settings and find the Subscription & Wallet section; Click UPGRADE TO PREMIUM; Enter your payment details via Stripe; Premium features unlock immediately
What you gain:
Real Trading bots (24/7 automated live copying); Fire Feed (traders who are not hard to copy, from across Polymarket); Advanced trade cards
Billing:
Charged $30/month immediately, unless you are starting the 7-day trial; Renews monthly on the same date; Example: Upgrade Jan 15 = charged Jan 15, Feb 15, Mar 15, etc.
Pro-rated? No — you pay the full month when you upgrade, regardless of the date
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Downgrading (Premium → Free):
You can downgrade by canceling your subscription:
How to Downgrade:
Open Settings and find the Subscription & Wallet section; Click CANCEL next to your Premium badge; Choose Continue to Cancel and finish in the Stripe billing portal
What Happens:
Keep Premium access until the end of your current billing period; After that, Real Trading bots, Fire Feed and advanced trade cards are locked. Auto-Close keeps working, it is free; Your wallet stays connected. Cancelling Premium does not remove it, delete your credentials, or touch your Polymarket account. Only you can remove a wallet, from Settings; You can still trade. Following traders, copying a trade from your feed, selling a position, and Paper Trading bots are all free and keep working; Open positions are not sold. Nothing is closed on your behalf when Premium ends
Example Timeline:
Subscribed: Jan 1; Cancel: Jan 20; Premium ends: Feb 1 (when the next charge would have been); Feb 1 onward: back on the free plan, wallet still connected
Can I Re-Upgrade? Yes, anytime. Your wallet and bot settings are still there, so Premium features come back as they were.
Need Help? Contact support if you have billing questions: email help@polycopy.app or use the Get Help form on the help center

Question 55

Does Polycopy have access to my wallet's private key?

Accepted Answer

No. Polycopy never accesses your wallet's private key. We use a separate session key for authorized trading.

Question 56

How are my copied trades signed?

Accepted Answer

Your wallet's private key stays with Turnkey. Polycopy uses a separate session key to sign trades you authorize. This key is limited to trading and cannot withdraw funds.

Question 57

What happens if Polycopy gets hacked?

Accepted Answer

Polycopy never accesses your wallet's private key, and trading permissions cannot withdraw funds. A security breach could still affect account information or authorized trading. Protect your email account and enable 2FA.

Question 58

Can Polycopy steal my funds or make unauthorized trades?

Accepted Answer

Your funds stay in your own Polymarket wallet. Polycopy cannot withdraw them. Trades are authorized when you confirm a manual copy or start a Trader Bot or Strategy Bot; bots then trade automatically under their settings. You can pause your bots and disconnect your wallet.

Question 59

How does the referral program work?

Accepted Answer

You earn a free month of Polycopy Premium for every friend who signs up through your link and pays for their first month of Premium.
How it works:
Sign in and click REFER in the navigation bar; Copy your unique referral link; Share it with friends; When one of them signs up through your link and pays for their first month of Premium, a credit worth one month of Premium is applied to your account automatically
Where to find your link: REFER is in the main navigation bar when you're signed in, and it opens the Refer & Earn page.
Who can refer: Any Polycopy user, free or Premium, can generate a referral link and share it.
What your friend gets: the reward is a credit on your account. There is no separate signup bonus on their side — do not promise them one.

Question 60

Where can I read about Polymarket legitimacy, legality, and gambling questions?

Accepted Answer

We maintain an educational hub that covers common search intent in one place: Is Polymarket legit? (legitimacy, legality, gambling framing, and what to verify before you deposit).
Important: That page is not legal advice. Polycopy is not Polymarket—we are an independent copy-trading tool. Always read Polymarket's official terms and verify rules for your jurisdiction.
For platform trade-offs (liquidity, fees, geography), see Polymarket vs other platforms.

Question 61

What should I verify on Polymarket before I fund an account?

Accepted Answer

Before depositing, confirm you are on the official Polymarket site, understand fees and settlement, and review eligibility / restricted regions in their current terms of service.
If you are unsure whether you may use Polymarket where you live, consult a qualified professional—don't rely on third-party summaries alone.
Helpful links on Polycopy:
Is Polymarket legit? — trust & education (non-legal); Prediction markets for beginners — how markets work; Polymarket USD (pUSD) — what pUSD is and how funding works with Polycopy

Question 62

Is Polymarket legit?

Accepted Answer

Polymarket is a real, long-running prediction market with public settlement on the Polygon blockchain, not a scam site. That is a different question from whether you are allowed to use it, which depends on where you live — see Is Polymarket legal in the USA?.
What you can check yourself, rather than take from us:
Every trade and payout is on-chain. Polymarket settles on Polygon, so any position, fill or payout can be verified independently on a block explorer. This is the strongest thing that can be said for it, because it does not require trusting anyone's word.; It is non-custodial. Your funds sit in your own Polymarket account. Polymarket does not hold a balance on your behalf, and neither does Polycopy.; Markets resolve through the UMA oracle, a separate decentralised protocol with its own public dispute process. Read UMA's own documentation for how disputes work.; Its regulatory history is public. In January 2022 Polymarket settled with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Read the CFTC's own press release rather than a summary.
What we will not tell you. We are not Polymarket, we do not audit them, and we have no access to their books or their security. So we will not tell you nobody has ever lost money there, that it is "safe", or that any platform is. Read Polymarket's terms before you deposit.
The risk that actually applies to you is market risk. You can lose the whole of any position when a market resolves against you, and that has nothing to do with whether the platform is legitimate.
Our longer educational write-up is at Is Polymarket legit?. It is not legal advice.

Question 63

Is Polymarket legal in the USA?

Accepted Answer

Polymarket blocks users in the United States from trading on the platform. That block goes back to a January 2022 settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, in which Polymarket agreed to restrict US access. So the practical answer for a US reader is not "legal or illegal" — it is that Polymarket will not let you trade.
Because Polycopy places your orders into Polymarket's own order book, that restriction applies to Polycopy too. If a copy or a bot order is rejected with "Trading restricted in your region", that message came from Polymarket and neither we nor our support team can lift it. See I see 'Trading restricted in your region'.
Where to check, instead of trusting this page:
Polymarket's geographic restrictions page — the current list, which changes; Polymarket's terms of service — the eligibility rules you agree to; The CFTC press release covering the 2022 settlement
Do not use a VPN to get around it. It violates Polymarket's terms and can put your account and the funds in it at risk.
This is not legal advice. Prediction-market rules differ by country and by US state, they are actively changing, and we are a copy-trading tool, not a law firm. If you need to know whether you personally may use a prediction market, ask a qualified professional in your jurisdiction.
Tax is a separate question and applies wherever you trade — see Taxes and documents.

Question 64

What are the risks of using Polycopy for Polymarket trading?

Accepted Answer

You can lose the money you trade. Trader Bots and Strategy Bots do not guarantee returns, and automation does not remove market, liquidity or execution risk.
Only allocate money you can afford to lose. Review your bot's budget and Winnings setting, and check your positions regularly. Trading responsibly.

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