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Best crypto copy trading platforms, compared by fees, minimums, and custody

Copy trading hands your trade decisions to another person. You pick a trader, allocate money, and their positions are mirrored into your account at your size. The platform decides where your money sits, how the trader gets paid, and how you get out.

Those three things vary more than the leaderboards suggest. Some platforms charge nothing to copy; others take up to 30% of your profits. Some keep each copy in its own sub-account; one runs the whole thing onchain, where you can check the trader's positions yourself.

This page compares six copy trading options using each platform's own documentation, accessed in September 2026. It groups them by where the copy runs rather than ranking traders, because a trader's past return is the least durable number on any of these pages.

Key takeaways​

  • The fee model tells you whose interests line up with yours. A profit share with a high-water mark pays the trader only on new gains. A flat subscription pays whether you win or lose.
  • Minimums are low where they are published. From 50 USDT on Bitget to $200 on eToro, so the minimum should not decide your platform.
  • Only one option puts the trader's positions onchain. Hyperliquid user vaults let you read the open positions before you deposit.
  • Availability is uneven. OKX lists the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom among the places where its copy trading is unavailable.
  • Every option copies a person or a bot someone else configured. If you want a defined strategy from your own wallet instead, an agent is a different product.

How the six compare​

PlatformWhere the copy runsMinimum to startHow the trader is paidWhat you can verify
Hyperliquid user vaultsOnchain vault on HyperliquidNo platform minimum documented10% of profits; leader keeps at least 5% of the vaultOpen positions, trade history, drawdown
Bitget copy tradingSeparate sub-account per trader on Bitget50 USDTShare set by each trader, only on net gains above a high-water markPlatform profile and stats
Bybit Copy Trading ClassicCopy account on Bybit (USDT perpetuals)100 USDT, or the trader's higher minimumShare set by the Master Trader's levelPlatform profile and stats
OKX copy tradingYour OKX trading accountNot stated in OKX's copy trading FAQ8% to 13% of profits by lead-trader tier, settled weeklyPlatform profile and stats
eToro CopyTraderYour eToro account, across asset classes$200 per copy, $1 per copied positionNo copy fee; eToro pays traders through its Popular Investor programPlatform profile and stats
Cryptohopper copy botsYour own exchange account via APISet by your exchangeSubscription, $9.99 to $99.99 per monthBot history shown on Cryptohopper

1. Hyperliquid user vaults: copy trading you can audit​

A Hyperliquid user vault is one trader's account with depositors attached. The leader trades, depositors share the result, and everything happens on Hyperliquid's onchain order book.

The rules come from Hyperliquid's vault documentation: the leader takes 10% of profits, must keep at least 5% of the vault as their own capital, and deposits lock for one day. When a depositor withdraws and the vault lacks free margin, open orders are cancelled and positions are reduced until the withdrawal can be paid, so another depositor's exit can force the vault out of a trade.

What sets vaults apart is what you can check. The vault page shows open positions, trade history, drawdown, and depositor count. You can see whether the leader is hedged or directional before you deposit, from the same onchain record the venue itself settles against.

The trade-off is that you are pooled. Your outcome is the vault's aggregate book, and the leader can change strategy without notice. The best Hyperliquid vaults page explains how to read a vault in five minutes.

2. Bitget copy trading: isolated sub-accounts and a high-water mark​

Bitget runs futures and spot copy trading inside the exchange. According to its copier guide, you need at least 50 USDT for the initial transfer, and each trader you follow gets a separate sub-account that is independent of your main account. You can copy up to 10 traders at once.

The fee design is the strongest part. Traders are paid only when your copy account achieves net gains above its previous high, so you never pay twice for the same profit. Profit share settles daily once all positions are closed. Each elite trader sets their own ratio, so check it on the trader's profile.

When you stop copying, you choose to close positions at market immediately or follow the trader's own exit, and the funds return to your spot or funding account.

The limits are the usual exchange ones: Bitget holds the funds, the trader's record is whatever Bitget displays, and access depends on your jurisdiction and account verification.

3. Bybit Copy Trading Classic: perpetuals with your own stops​

Bybit's classic copy product mirrors a Master Trader's USDT perpetual positions. Its follower guide sets the minimum investment at 100 USDT, though a Master Trader can require more.

The profit share depends on the Master Trader's level: at a 10% ratio, you hand over 10% of the profit you earned copying them. You can set your own take-profit and stop-loss on copied positions, measured against the price reference you choose, unless the trader has turned on a forced-sync setting that locks copy parameters.

Bybit fits a trader who wants to copy leveraged perpetual strategies but keep a personal loss limit. As with any exchange product, Bybit custodies the funds, and product access varies by jurisdiction and account.

4. OKX copy trading: tiered profit share, weekly settlement​

OKX supports both futures and spot copy trading from your OKX trading account. Its copy trading FAQ says 8% to 13% of profits go to lead traders depending on their tier, and you can cap the amount per order and the total amount allocated to a single trader.

Settlement runs weekly. The profit sharing rules describe a weekly cycle starting Monday at 00:00 UTC+8, with settlement going through once you and the lead trader no longer share open positions.

Check availability before anything else. OKX lists copy trading as unavailable in several places, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

5. eToro CopyTrader: no copy fee, broad asset coverage​

eToro's CopyTrader covers the most asset classes on this list. You can copy traders across stocks, crypto, ETFs, commodities, and currencies, which matters if the person you want to follow does not trade only crypto.

The minimum is $200 per copied trader and $1 per copied position. eToro charges no additional fee for copying; the traders are paid through its Popular Investor program, and you still pay the spreads and transaction fees on the trades themselves. You can set a stop-loss on the whole copy, add or remove funds, or pause it.

eToro operates through regulated entities in several jurisdictions, and what you can trade depends on which one serves you. It suits someone who wants a regulated broker and multi-asset exposure more than someone who wants crypto perpetual strategies.

6. Cryptohopper copy bots: copy a bot, on your own exchange​

Cryptohopper copies a bot rather than a person's account. It connects to your centralized exchange through API keys or OAuth and places orders there; its support documentation states it does not hold customer funds.

Copy bots are a separate subscription from Cryptohopper's main plans. The pricing page lists copy bots at $9.99 to $99.99 per month, alongside bot plans from $29 per month. That makes the fee fixed rather than tied to results: you pay the same in a losing month.

The upside is that your funds stay on an exchange account you already use, with Cryptohopper holding only the trading permission you grant. The downside is that the exchange still custodies the funds, and you pay for the bot whether or not it earns.

How to pick a trader on any of these platforms​

  1. Read the fee model first. A profit share with a high-water mark (Bitget) or a leader stake (Hyperliquid) aligns the trader with you. A flat subscription does not.
  2. Check the drawdown before the return. A trader showing a large return with a deep drawdown is running a leveraged directional book.
  3. Look at how long the record is. A few months covers one market regime. It says little about the next one.
  4. Size to the exit rules. Know whether stopping the copy closes positions at market, and whether a lock or settlement cycle holds your funds.
  5. Set your own stop. Bybit and eToro let you cap losses on the copy. Use it.

What copy trading does not give you​

Every option above copies a person, or a bot a person configured. Your result depends on their judgement, their discipline, and whether they change style after you join. On exchanges, the exchange also holds your funds.

Deploy Finance takes a different approach. Instead of choosing a trader, you choose an agent that runs one defined strategy from a wallet you control. You fund the wallet with USDC, select an agent and an allocation, and approve a scoped trading permission; the agent then handles entries, exits, and risk controls. The agent can trade but cannot transfer or withdraw your funds, and you can revoke its access at any time. Deploy charges no subscription and takes no share of your profits; you pay gas and exchange trade fees, as the fees page explains.

  • Income: Funding Rates holds a hedged position on Hyperliquid and collects funding. It carries funding, hedge, venue, and execution risk.
  • Superstar trades directionally on Hyperliquid spot, perpetuals, and HIP-3 markets.

The limit is choice. Copy platforms offer thousands of traders; Deploy offers two defined strategies. If you want to pick a specific person to follow, a copy platform is the right tool.

Verdict​

Choose Hyperliquid user vaults if you want to verify a trader's positions yourself and accept pooling. Choose Bitget if you want isolated copies and a fee paid only on new gains. Choose Bybit for perpetual copying with your own stops, OKX if it is available to you and you want tiered profit share, eToro for a regulated broker and assets beyond crypto, and Cryptohopper to copy a bot on the exchange you already use.

If what you want is a strategy rather than a trader, look at an agent instead.

Learn more​

Start with Deploy Finance​

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