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How Smart Sync Scales Copy Trades to a Trader’s Account

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Summary

The document describes Smart Sync, a copy trading mode that scales a lead trader’s position according to the relative size of their account and the copier’s available funds. Its example shows a lead trader allocating 10% of a 10,000 USDT account and a copier with 1,000 USDT consequently taking a 100 USDT position. The mode is presented as automating the matching of position size, margin, and leverage rather than requiring manual parameter adjustments.

Smart Sync is contrasted with fixed-contract and proportionate-ratio copying. It locks funds to one lead trader, which the document says may limit over-leverage from spreading funds across multiple leads and reduce trading frequency. These are product descriptions and stated benefits, not independently tested outcomes. The text gives no performance data, risk controls, or details on how available funds, losses, liquidation, or changing account balances affect copying. It also mentions spot copying and one-way or hedge position modes, but does not explain their trading mechanics.

Key ideas

  • Smart Sync sizes copied positions according to the lead trader’s position as a share of account size.
  • The feature automates matching trade parameters such as margin and leverage.
  • Smart Sync locks copier funds to one lead trader, unlike the other modes described.
  • The document presents reduced over-leverage and trading frequency as potential benefits, without supporting performance evidence.
  • Copy trading still exposes users to the lead trader’s decisions and market risk.

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