Copy trading is an investment strategy in cryptocurrency trading that allows investors to automatically replicate the trades of experienced traders. For beginners with limited knowledge or trading experience, copy trading provides a user-friendly way to participate in the market. For experienced traders, you can apply to become a lead trader, allowing you to earn profits from your own trades while also receiving profit shares.
On the MEXC official website, go to Futures → Copy Trade, and enter the copy trading page.
Once on the Copy Trade page, click Become a Trader.
Follow the on-screen instructions to verify if the email is the one registered to your account. If no email is registered, you will need to provide one to receive important updates, such as the review status for becoming a trader. Except for the email, which is a required field, the Telegram account and mobile number details are optional, and you can choose whether to fill them in based on your needs.
After checking the Trader Agreement box, click Submit and wait for the review results. MEXC will send the application results and notify you of the outcome via email, internal message, or SMS within 1-2 business days. Once approved, you can begin copy trading.
Note: When applying to become a trader, you cannot follow any lead traders. If you are currently following any, please cancel and stop following them before submitting your application. Once you become a trader, you will no longer be able to follow other lead traders.
After becoming a copy trader, go to the copy trading page, and click on the > icon to access your personal copy trading page.
On the My Lead Trades page, you can view your lead trade stats, profit-sharing stats, your followers, watchlist, and make customizations under Setup such as your nickname, bio, avatar, and copy trading pairs.
On the My Lead Trades page, click Setup. You can toggle the lead trade feature on or off, allow or restrict followers, enable the option for only referred users to follow, and make position history records visible only to followers. You can also set your avatar, copy trading pairs, nickname, and bio. Once done, click Submit to apply the changes.
Key Terms Explained:
Lead Trade: When enabled, your followers will be able to follow your trades.
Allow Following: Turning off this option means new users cannot follow you; turning it on allows them to follow.
Only My Referrals Can Follow: When turned off, all users can follow you. When turned on, only users you invite can follow.
Only Followers Can View Position History: When enabled, only followers can view your current and historical position records.
Please note that the copy trading feature currently supports only USDT-M Futures in hedge mode. The maximum leverage allowed varies depending on the Futures trading pair. Please refer to the displayed information on the page for the exact details.
Once you've completed the setup for your copy trading details, click the Initiate Trade button on the page. A Valid Lead Trade Conditions pop-up will appear, where you can view your current lead trade trading pairs and see the remaining number of available lead trades. After confirming everything is correct, click Confirm to be redirected to the Futures trading page.
If you select Never Show Again, the Valid Lead Trade Conditions pop-up will no longer appear the next time you click Initiate Trade. Instead, you'll be taken directly to the Futures trading page.
Based on the copy trading pair you've set, such as BTCUSDT, open a position on the Futures trading page. Once the position is opened, return to the My Lead Trades page. Within the Lead Trade Stats section, under Current, you'll be able to see the newly created order.
Click Close, and both your position and your followers' positions will be closed at the market price, completing the copy trade. If the trader partially closes a position, the corresponding copy trades of the followers will also be partially closed based on the trader's closing ratio.
On the My Lead Trades page, click History under Lead Trade Stats tab to view your copy trade history.
On the My Lead Trades page, click My Followers to view your current followers, time followed, and total equity in the Copy Trading account. To temporarily exclude a follower, under Action click Exclude. Please note that you can only remove a follower if they have no open positions and their total equity is less than 5 USDT.
If you don't want any followers to follow you, you can disable the Allow Following option in the Setup tab.
On the My Lead Trades page, click on Profit Share Stats to view your profit-sharing details.
Profit Sharing Rules: Profit sharing is settled at 00:00 (UTC+08:00) each day, covering the previous 24 hours. The settlement period runs from 00:00 the previous day (UTC+08:00) to 00:00 the current day (UTC+08:00). Profit sharing only applies if followers' total profit or loss during the period is positive.
Profit Share Ratio: The default sharing percentage is 10%. You can apply to modify this percentage, but you can only make one change per day.
The process on the MEXC App is similar to the Web version. Simply open the MEXC App, tap More → Futures → Copy Trade to enter the copy trading page. After successfully applying to become a trader, you can begin copy trading.
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