Copy trading for creators: publish a strategy people can follow

Explain your trading approach, present performance clearly and understand the difference between followers and copied capital.

By TRUE · Updated 16 September 2026

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  1. Make the strategy understandable
  2. Publish a record people can interpret
  3. Understand the copier’s experience
  4. Check the current publishing and payout terms
  5. Keep reading

Make the strategy understandable

A useful published strategy tells people what you trade, how you size positions and what conditions change your approach. Followers need more than a winning screenshot to understand what their accounts may copy.

Describe typical holding periods, leverage and concentration. If you change the strategy, update that description. A trader following a slow spot strategy should not discover afterward that it became a high-frequency leveraged strategy.

Publish a record people can interpret

State the performance period and distinguish realized profit from open profit or loss. Explain whether displayed figures include fees. Deposits, withdrawals and transfers should not be presented as trading gains.

For example, a month with $200 realized profit and $300 of open losses is different from a clean $200 gain. Both pieces matter to someone deciding whether to copy. Clear reporting helps people choose a strategy that matches what they actually want to follow.

Understand the copier’s experience

Copied trades execute in the copier’s account. Their balance, order size, liquidity and timing can produce different fills and returns. A published result should not be presented as the exact outcome every follower receives.

Review whether your strategy depends on very thin markets or unusually fast execution. Those characteristics can make it harder to reproduce. Tell followers how the strategy operates rather than implying that every trade can be mirrored at your price.

Check the current publishing and payout terms

TRUE supports following published traders and agents through its marketplace. Use the current app flow to check whether your account and strategy can be published, and review the creator terms before enabling it.

Where creator rewards or profit sharing apply, confirm the calculation, eligible activity and settlement conditions in those terms. Follower count is not revenue, and a sample leaderboard is not a payout statement. Keep your own trading record and creator receipts separate.