What is Copy Trading in Crypto?
What is Copy Trading in Crypto?
Crypto copy trading allows users to replicate the trading strategies of experienced perpetual futures traders automatically. Instead of identifying setups, selecting leverage, or managing positions manually, users can mirror a professional’s trades in real time based on a proportional allocation of margin.
Flipster’s upcoming Copy Trading is designed for traders who want exposure to perpetual futures strategies without handling execution themselves. You maintain control of your risk settings, allocation level, and subscription choices, while Master Traders execute their strategies independently.
Master Traders and Copy Traders: Roles & Incentives
Master Traders
Master Traders are vetted perpetual futures traders with proven performance and transparent trading history. Flipster rewards them for managing high-quality strategies:
15% profit share
5% trading fee rebates
These rewards (settled weekly) encourage disciplined, consistent performance.
Copy Traders
Copy Traders subscribe to Master Traders and allocate a margin amount to create a copy portfolio. The platform executes every open, adjust, and close action of the Master Trader automatically.
Copy Traders can:
Follow multiple Master Traders simultaneously,
Set risk controls such as stop-loss and slippage limits,
Unsubscribe whenever they choose, which closes all mirrored positions immediately.
How Copy Trading Works on Flipster
Copy Trading on Flipster replicates perpetual futures trades from a Master Trader’s portfolio into your own, using proportional sizing and category-based leverage limits.
1. Select a Master Trader
Evaluate performance indicators such as ROI, P&L trends, drawdown, win rate, and Sharpe Ratio. Align the strategy with your own risk tolerance and expected volatility. You can subscribe to multiple Master Traders at the same time to diversify across trading styles.
2. Allocate Margin
Choose an allocation between 100 and 50,000 USDT. The amount moves into a dedicated copy trading wallet, ensuring risk is isolated from your main balance.
3. Copy Trades Automatically
Whenever the Master Trader opens, adjusts, or closes a perpetual futures position, Flipster replicates the same action in your portfolio at the current market price.
Your copy positions always follow the Master Trader’s:
Position direction
Position mode
Margin mode
Leverage setting, within Flipster’s allowed category limits
Copy size uses the Fixed Ratio formula:
Your Position Size = (Your Copy Balance ÷ Master’s Balance) × Master’s Position Size
Copy Traders can stop copying a Master Trader whenever they want, which closes all copy positions and returns remaining margin back to their wallet.
Performance Tracking & Settlement
Your ROI and P&L as a Copy Trader is automatically updated in real time as positions open and close. You can monitor your copy trading portfolio's performance through the dashboard.
Profit share for Master Traders is calculated weekly using the High Watermark method, ensuring fees only apply on new net profits.
Benefits of Copy Trading
Access to expert strategies: Follow skilled traders without managing every detail manually.
Operational efficiency: Trades open and close automatically.
Transparent metrics: All Master Traders show detailed performance histories and risk indicators.
Custom risk controls: Configure stop-loss thresholds and slippage limits.
Incentives for experts: Master Traders monetize their trading skill.
Platform Rules for Copy Traders
Copy Trading may produce results that are slightly different from the Master Trader due to slippage, partial fills, or execution latency. Flipster provides guardrails to ensure consistent behavior across all copy portfolios.
Additionally, Copy Trading involves real market risk, hence traders are advised to operate within their financial means and risk tolerance.
Supported trading conditions
Only USDT-margined perpetual contracts are eligible.
Copy positions follow the Master’s modes and leverage settings but remain capped by category.
Flipster Bonus does not count as available margin.
Supported symbols are limited to Flipster’s perpetual swap categories.
Categories 1–8 are supported
Categories 9–13 are excluded
Leverage limits
Master Traders may use any leverage available to their market category. Copy Traders automatically mirror the same leverage, but their leverage is capped by Flipster’s category limits:
Categories 1–2: up to 20x
Categories 3–8: up to 10x
Categories 9–13: not supported
If a Master Trader trades an unsupported asset category, the trade is skipped for Copy Traders.
When Copy Trading Orders May Fail
A copy trading order may not execute under certain conditions:
Position value falls below 1 USDT
Maximum allowable position size is exceeded
Price moves beyond the Copy Trader’s slippage setting
Execution time surpasses 2 seconds
The Master Trader’s limit order does not fully fill
Five consecutive failures trigger an automatic unsubscription.
Subscription and Cancellation Rules
You can unsubscribe at any time. When you do:
All copy positions close at market
Profit share and rebates settle immediately
Remaining balance returns to your spot USDT wallet
Auto-unsubscription may occur when:
Copy wallet balance < 10 USDT
Your Total Stop Loss threshold is breached
Five consecutive order failures occur
Technical anomalies such as network delays may temporarily cause P&L differences.
Abuse Policy
Accounts attempting to manipulate Copy Trading behavior or misuse the feature may be restricted from participation.
Disclaimer: This material is for information purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Flipster makes no recommendations or guarantees in respect of any digital asset, product, or service. Trading digital assets and digital asset derivatives comes with a significant risk of loss due to its high price volatility, and is not suitable for all investors. Please refer to our Terms.