Trader selection
How to choose traders to copy: beyond the PnL leaderboard
Use realized results, holding periods, trade frequency and your own cash limits to evaluate a trader before copying.
Use realized results, holding periods, trade frequency and your own cash limits to evaluate a trader before copying.
Treat the leaderboard as a shortlist
A ranking shows a particular measure over a particular period. It does not show that your wallet could have copied every entry at the same price. Begin with the time window, whether gains are realized and how much history is available.
A large gain on an open token may not be obtainable in a sale of the full position. Equally, one quiet day does not describe a trader who normally holds positions for weeks. Match the evidence to the behavior you plan to follow.
Look at the size of wins and losses together
Win rate alone cannot explain profitability. In a simplified example before costs, nine $1 wins and one $15 loss produce a $6 loss despite a 90% win rate. A lower win rate can also work differently when a few gains outweigh several small losses.
This is why screenshots of only winning trades are incomplete. Look for completed trades, losing periods and open exposure as well as successful exits. Missing records should stay missing rather than being treated as a perfect record.
Check whether your budget can follow the activity
A trader making many entries can exhaust a small fixed-dollar copy budget. Work out how many allowed buys your cash can cover, then include service fees and native gas. Review repeated buys and concentration in the same token.
Do not copy the leader’s percentage or dollar size without considering your account. An amount that is a minor position for them can dominate your balance. Maya’s own sizing and limits should reflect your budget, not the size of the trader’s following.
Compare the timing of entries and exits
A strategy that trades quickly can be sensitive to entry delay and price movement. A longer holding period has different exposure and liquidity concerns. Neither pattern guarantees that a follower will reproduce the original result.
Review what happens when the leader reduces a position. A copy that receives an entry but cannot obtain a workable exit can behave very differently from the source wallet. Your actual sale record is more useful than a later chart high.
Evaluate one copy before adding more
Choose a setup small enough to understand and inspect its first complete trade cycle. Read skips, realized returns, fees and remaining positions. If several traders buy the same token, following more names may increase one exposure instead of diversifying it.
Decide what would make you pause or change the setup before a stressful trade. Make one rule change at a time so you can explain its effect. Research helps form a decision; it does not turn a ranked trader into a guaranteed source of returns.
Keep your next step clear.
Review the wallet, network and copy rules before starting.
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