You can lose money
Trading cryptocurrencies and other leveraged instruments carries a substantial risk of loss. You can lose part of your capital. With leverage, you can lose more than you initially committed to a position, and a liquidation can happen faster than you can react. Only trade with money you can afford to lose entirely.
CopyFi does not give financial advice
CopyFi is a tool. It is not a broker, not a fund, not a financial advisor, and not a registered investment professional. Nothing on this website or inside the product is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold anything. The traders shown, the models you can build, and every example we publish are illustrations of how the tool works — never advice about what you should do with your money.
No returns are guaranteed
No configuration of CopyFi can guarantee a profit. Past performance — a trader’s track record, a simulation result, a good month — does not guarantee future results. A model that performed well on historical data can lose money in live markets, because the future is not a replay of the past.
Risks specific to copying another trader
- The trader can change. Someone who traded conservatively for a year can start taking larger risks. Your account follows.
- Execution differs. Your order reaches the exchange after theirs. The price you get is not the price they got — that gap is slippage, and it works against you on fast markets.
- Size does not translate. A position that is prudent on their balance can be reckless on yours.
- Crowding. When many accounts copy the same trader, they trade the same instrument at the same moment and move the price against themselves.
- Automation keeps going. A rule executes whether or not you are watching, including through news you would have reacted to.
Technical and third-party risks
CopyFi depends on services it does not control: your exchange or broker, their API, and the public internet. Outages, rate limits, API changes, and connectivity failures can delay or prevent an order. A trade may be missed, partially filled, or executed at a price you did not expect. Build your rules assuming this will happen at some point, because it will.
Custody
CopyFi never holds your funds. They stay in your own exchange or broker account, and API keys carry read and trade permissions only — never withdrawal. This removes one category of risk and no other; the details are on the non-custodial page.
Your responsibility
You are responsible for the rules you build, the traders you choose, the capital you allocate, and for complying with the laws and tax obligations that apply where you live. Access to leveraged crypto products is restricted or prohibited in some jurisdictions. Check before you trade. If you are unsure whether a decision is right for your situation, consult a licensed professional — CopyFi cannot be that professional for you.
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