Why Is My Bot Not Trading?
Simple troubleshooting for a Polycopy Auto Copy bot that is not trading: status, Polymarket Balance, trader activity, budgets, filters, wallet setup, and execution issues.
Check the bot status
Go to polycopy.app/bots. Running means the bot can copy future qualifying trades. Paused means no new copies until you click Resume. Stopped or Off means that bot will not trade again, so create a new bot if you want to copy that trader.
Check your Polymarket Balance
Look at the Cash balance in the Polycopy top bar, then open Polymarket Portfolio to confirm you have spendable pUSD. Portfolio value in open positions does not count as cash for new trades. If Cash is low, add funds or sell open positions to free up cash.
See if the trader is actually trading
Go to Your Bots, find the bot for that trader, then open the trader from the bot detail page. Check their recent trades there. Auto Copy only reacts to new eligible trades from that trader, so if they have been quiet, only holding old positions, or only closing positions you do not mirror, there may be nothing for the bot to copy.
Check total capital, daily budget, and max per trade
Open the bot detail page and review Capital, Setup & settings, and Health & limits. Total capital must leave enough available cash for new orders. Daily budget can stop trading for the day. Max per trade and Min per trade must fit the size you expect the bot to place.
Loosen filters if the bot is too selective
A high Copy Score floor, narrow category filter, min conviction, min win rate, price band, max resolution days, cooldown, or max trades per day can filter out every signal. To diagnose this, compare your settings with the No Filter preset, then tighten rules again once trades appear.
Confirm Premium is active
Real Trading bots require Premium. Check Settings for your subscription status. If Premium ended after a cancellation or failed payment, Real Trading bots and Premium-only features may pause until access is active again. Paper Trading remains available until each Paper bot ends.
Check wallet connection issues
If you see "wallet can't trade," Polycopy detected a wallet issue and paused the bot automatically. Go to Settings, confirm the Polymarket wallet is connected, and reconnect if the linked account is not the funded one. System-paused bots re-check automatically and can resume after the issue clears.
Look for execution or market reasons
Open the bot detail page and check Pending, Closed, and Health & limits. A bot may see a valid signal but skip or fail because price moved, slippage was too high, liquidity was thin, the market stopped accepting orders, the order was below Polymarket minimums, or Polymarket restricted trading for the account or region.
Send support the useful details
If the bot still looks wrong, send support the bot name, copied trader, trade you expected to copy, current Polymarket Cash balance, and any status or rejection text shown in the app. That lets us separate a quiet trader from a balance, rules, wallet, or execution issue quickly.