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Why Am I Unable to Follow Certain Trades from a Copy Leader?

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Some trades from a Copy Leader may not execute in your account because the balance difference causes your order amount to fall below the minimum order size, or because the trading pair has low liquidity with volume below required thresholds or expected slippage exceeding the allowed limit.

What Causes Certain Copy Trades to Not Execute?

Some trades made by a Copy Leader are not replicated in your account. Two primary conditions cause this:

  1. Balance difference below minimum order size. 

The difference in account balance between you and the Copy Leader can cause your proportional order amount to fall below the minimum order size for that symbol. If the leader has a significantly larger balance, the same percentage allocation may produce a viable order for the leader but an order below the minimum threshold for you.

For example, if a leader commits 1% of a 100,000 USDT balance (1,000 USDT) to a trade, a Copier with 500 USDT would need to place a 5 USDT order. If the symbol’s minimum order size is 10 USDT, the trade is not executed.

  1. Low liquidity trading pairs. 

The trading pair used by the Copy Leader may have insufficient liquidity. A trade is not executed if the pair’s trading volume is below a certain threshold or the expected slippage exceeds the allowed limit. This protects Copiers from poor execution prices on illiquid markets.

For more details on the trading pairs supported by Copy Trading, refer to the supported trading pairs article.

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