In this article, we have collected frequently asked questions about copying futures strategies. It will be useful for both traders and subscribers.

As a trader, please avoid any cash flow that is not related to the trading strategy or make transfers to subaccounts or a wallet not connected to the published strategy.

This article contains the following sections:

You can find more info about the supported exchanges and trading modes in the following article: https://intercom.help/coinmatics-kb/en/articles/7010880-trading-types-supported-on-coinmatics.

Copy trading works for both opening and closing positions of Futures strategies (USDⓈ-M Futures and COIN-M Futures on Binance, USDT Perpetual Futures on Bybit). The platform also allows to copy the partial closing, decrease/increase of a position.

Direction and order type will be displayed on the strategy page.

Such positions as limit orders, stop loss and take profit will be copied as market once they are executed on the trader's account.

On the strategy page, you can see a list of open positions on the trader's account. Subscribers can compare them with the open positions on their exchange account.

Read more about open positions in this article: https://intercom.help/coinmatics-kb/en/articles/7021373-what-information-on-open-positions-is-provided-on-coinmatics.

Close/Decrease of position. On Bybit and Binance we calculate the order volume to the existing position when closing or decreasing the position. The direction (Long or Short) is not changed. Unless the trader has changed it.

In the above example, the open position was reduced by 80% of the involved position volume and then the Short position (trading pair BNB-USDT) was closed by 100% of the involved position balance.

Open/Increase of position. We calculate the ratio of the order to the balance when opening or increasing the position. The direction (Long or Short) is not changed. Unless the trader has changed it.

The example of this position shows that there was an increase in the position by 75.51% of the free balance of the Futures wallet.

One-Way mode. If the position direction changes (from Long to Short or vice versa), then the position is closed and the remaining order amount is calculated based on its ratio to the balance. These will be two separate operations in the Trade History.

A position reverse will also be displayed in the trading history. A reverse is a change in the direction of an open position, depending on market conditions.

During the reverse of a position, the position in one direction will be closed and a new position in the opposite direction will be opened. In the trade history this position will have the type "Reverse".

Hedge Mode (Bybit only). Opening a position in a different direction (Long or Short) does not close the previously opened position. Since you are trading in hedge mode, there can be two positions with different position order (Long and Short).

The platform copies the leverage on the subscriber account, and it also copies the leverage change for open positions. The change is not copied instantly on the subscriber's account, but when the position is updated.

We do not recommend trading with large leverage – x5 or x10 is a good option that most subscribers will appreciate.

The orders are copied proportionally. When the trader makes an order for 10% of the total balance or position balance — our system will take 10% of subscriber's total balance or position balance to place the same order. The percentage of margin involved must be the same for a trader and an subscriber.

If a trader decides to change (decrease or increase) the margin or the leverage of the open positions, the changes will be displayed in this section.

Margin changes are not copied to the subscriber's account, so Coinmatics asks traders to avoid changing it so it doesn't affect active subscribers and their trading results.

Leverage changes should be copied and happen according to the exchange rules. Check this article section.

The quantity of coins involved is displayed in the Strategy History -> View All.

Liquidation occurs when a subscriber or trader is unable to meet margin requirements on a leveraged position. In the case of liquidation, there will be a forced close of the position.

Coinmatics supports both margin modes (cross and isolated) on Bybit and Binance.

If the position is opened in the Isolated margin mode, liquidation occurs only at the costs of the funds involved in the position. In other words, you lose only margin on the position.

If the position is opened in the cross margin mode then the liquidation occurs not only at the cost of the funds involved in the position, but at the cost of the required amount from the free balance on the Futures wallet.

It displays all operations on the trader's exchange account that are not related to trading (such as deposits and withdrawals, transfers between wallets, referral bonuses of an exchange, etc.). In other words, the operations that are not taken into account by the platform when calculating the strategy's profit and showing trading results. All operations that decrease the strategy balance are in red color, and all operations that increase the balance are in green. The amount and time of each operation are also displayed.

Cash Flow will help to understand which movements on the trader's exchange balance are caused by trading, and which are caused by other operations on it.

You can read more about the reasons why positions are not copied in this article: https://intercom.help/coinmatics-kb/en/articles/7018958-how-to-check-and-fix-copy-trading-errors.

There are several main reasons for failed positions:

If you have any questions about this article, please contact Coinmatics support team at [email protected].