How Non-Custodial Copy Trading Works in TRUE
Learn what following a trader authorizes, why copied fills differ, and what to review before allocating funds.
Follow activity from your own account
Copy trading connects your account to a published trader or agent. Supported actions are copied into your own account, subject to its balance, permissions and execution conditions. You are exposed to the trades that actually execute for you, not automatically to the return shown on a leaderboard.
Open the copy-trading area, inspect a published strategy and review its available terms before following. MCP also exposes list, follow and unfollow actions; following is an operational action, not a bookmark.
Review before allocating
- Inspect the strategy, instruments, leverage and available history.
- Compare realized results with open positions and drawdowns.
- Read allocation rules, fees and any creator compensation displayed for your account.
- Confirm the permission and allocation you are granting.
- Review your first copied fills and any skipped actions.
A short profitable history is not evidence that a strategy will remain profitable. Two traders can also hold the same exposure, so following both may increase concentration.
A worked execution example
Suppose a leader buys at $100 and your copy fills at $101. If both exit at $110, the leader’s gross return is 10%; yours is approximately 8.91%. Fees and any funding reduce these figures further. This is an arithmetic example, not an actual trader’s performance.
Different fill times, liquidity, order sizes and insufficient funds can all produce different outcomes. Read the slippage example and compare your own account’s execution records.
Stop following and inspect exposure
Ending the copy relationship and exiting existing exposure are separate decisions. Check the confirmation shown when you unfollow, then inspect open positions and pending orders. Do not assume that unfollowing liquidates everything you already hold.
Use your own activity history to reconcile fees and fills. If a copy fails, inspect the reason before resubmitting or increasing your allocation.
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Updated 2026-09-17. Sources, examples and review approach.