When the Trader You Copy Goes Quiet
What an Auto Copy bot does when its trader stops trading: nothing, and for free. What happens to your existing copies, and your options for waiting, pausing, or switching.
Last updated August 21, 2026
A bot copying a quiet trader simply does nothing, and doing nothing is free. Polycopy's 0.5% fee is charged on trades, so no trades means no fee of any kind. The bot stays ready and copies the next eligible trade whenever the trader returns.
There is no timeout either. A bot does not expire, lose its settings, or need restarting after a long gap. Weeks of silence leave it exactly as you configured it.
Your existing copies are unaffected
Positions you already copied from that trader still resolve normally. Their silence changes nothing about markets you are already in. You can sell those positions from your Portfolio or let them run to resolution, exactly as before.
Your three options
Wait it out
Many good traders are quiet between events or seasons. A sports specialist can go dark in the off-season and come back strong. Since an idle bot costs nothing, waiting is a perfectly reasonable choice.
Pause the bot
If you would rather the bot not react the moment the trader returns, pause it. You keep the setup and can resume whenever you like.
Stop and pick another trader
If you have lost interest in this trader, stop the bot and browse Discover for a new one. Discover sorts traders with Copy Score in view, so traders whose record has survived the cost of copying surface first.
Reading the Form chip
Trader profiles carry a Form chip describing recent activity: Rising, Steady, Cooling, or Dormant. It is a read on how active they have been lately, not a verdict on their quality. A Dormant chip on a trader you copy usually just explains why your bot has been quiet.