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Best PolyCop Bot Settings

Q: How do I filter out 'dust' trades?

Use the 'Ignore Target Address Trades Under' setting. Depending on the trader profile, setting this to $5, $10, or up to $500 for whales ensures the bot ignores minor portfolio rebalancing or partially filled limit orders that carry no strategic value.

Q: Why is 'Max Spend Per Trade' critical?

It acts as your ultimate 'circuit breaker'. If an expert you are mirroring goes on 'tilt' and places an irrationally huge bet, the 'Max Spend' hard limit ensures your position size is capped, preserving your capital.

Master Polymarket automation by perfectly aligning your bot parameters with the trading profile of the wallet you are copying. From mirroring massive whales to high-frequency algorithms, discover the optimal configuration for maximum ROI.

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The Foundation of Flawless Execution

Finding a profitable wallet to mirror is actually the easy part. The hard part is translating someone else's bankroll strategy to your own account size. A trader who puts $50,000 into a single market position isn't making the same bet you are if you blindly copy them with $500 — the proportions are completely different, and the risk profile is too.

The settings that matter most aren't flashy. They're the dust filters, the max spend caps, and the order type you use. Get those wrong and you'll copy all of someone's bad trades and miss half of their good ones — fat-finger errors, tiny liquidity tests, positions that don't match your account size. Get them right and the bot does what it's supposed to: replicate the actual edge, not just the activity.

The Golden Rules of Configuration

1. Maintain Perfect Proportionality

Your ultimate goal is to keep your position ratio identical to the target’s. If they bet 5% of their $100k stack, you must configure the percentage mode to only bet 5% of your $1k stack. This is the only mathematical way to match their ROI.

2. Establish Severe Circuit Breakers

Always employ the Max Spend Per Trade parameter. Even highly lucrative expert profiles make mistakes or get tilted. Imposing a hard ceiling on your maximum absolute spend ensures your account survives catastrophic outlier bets.

3. Align the Machine

Do not employ limit orders for high-volatility news events, and do not employ market orders with high slippage for slow-moving value investments. Analyze the behavior of the address you are watching, and map it directly to the profiles below.

Optimal Parameter Matrix by Target Profile

We've categorized the most common and successful Polymarket trading archetypes. Identify the behavior of the wallet you intend to copy, then map the parameters from the matrix below into your PolyCop dashboard to lock in your edge.

Target Profile	Core Objective	"Ignore Trades Under"	Key Limit / Slippage Focus	Critical Risk Control
The Proportional Scaler Stable, disciplined trader.	Match win-rate logically while filtering noise.	$5 - $10 (Filters minor adjustments)	Enable Below Min Limit, Buy at Min.	Copy Percentage: 10-20% Max Spend: Your hard limit
The Anti-Noise Whale Massive $1M+ bankroll.	Capture the major directional moves, ignore tests.	$500 - $1,000	Limit Price Offset: +0.02 (Front-run the queue)	Max Spend Per Market: Fixed at 10% total balance max.
High-Frequency Bot Hundreds of micro-trades.	Riding algorithm signals without fee drain.	$5 (Crucial to block bot 'dust')	Take Profit: Auto 5%-10% exit.	Max Copy Market Num: 5-10 cap. Prevent spreading thin.
The News Sniper Reacts to breaking headlines.	Extreme speed; sacrificing price efficiency.	N/A (Copy everything fast)	Market Order Slippage: High (5%-15%) to prevent FAK fails.	Max Spend Per Market: Hard fixed low amount (e.g., $50).
The Alpha Sniper Low liquidity expert.	Brutal cost control; capture the spread.	Normal ($5 - $10)	Limit Offset: 0 to +0.01. Duration: Cancel after 120s.	Sell Mode: Strict Limit Orders only.
The Value Investor Long-term holds (Elections).	Ensure entry; avoid being shaken out.	$10 - $50 (Ignore rebalancing)	Limit Offset: Wide (+0.03). Get onboard.	Stop Loss: None, or extreme wide (-50%).

Bot Optimization

Bot Optimization FAQ

What is the Proportionality Principle?

The Proportionality Principle is the golden rule of copy trading: ensuring your single trade size relative to your total balance exactly matches the target trader’s ratio. This is the only mathematical way to replicate their true percentage return on investment (ROI) while avoiding rapid account depletion.

How do I filter out "dust" trades?

Use the "Ignore Target Address Trades Under" setting. Depending on the trader profile, setting this to $5, $10, or up to $500 for whales ensures the bot ignores minor portfolio rebalancing or partially filled limit orders that carry no strategic value.

Why is 'Max Spend Per Trade' critical?

It acts as your ultimate circuit breaker. If an expert you are mirroring goes on 'tilt' and places an irrationally huge bet, the Max Spend hard limit ensures your position size is capped abruptly, preserving your capital against unpredictable human error.

When should I use a high slippage percentage?

High slippage (5% to 15%) should only be employed when mirroring a "News Sniper" target. In fast-breaking headline markets, price gaps rapidly. High slippage guarantees your market order fills and prevents Fill-and-Kill (FAK) errors where you miss the train entirely.

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Map the parameters from the matrix into your PolyCop dashboard and lock in your edge.

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Disclaimer: Prediction markets entail risk. Not financial advice. Use at your own risk.