Copy trading
Pause, stop and close: copy-trading controls explained
Pause, stop and close have different effects. Pause blocks new copy risk while the defined exit management continues. Stop leaves existing positions in the account without copy management after confirmation. Close requests reduction of copied positions and can finish with residual exposure if execution constraints prevent a full exit.
Pause changes ongoing behaviour
A pause is useful when you want to prevent new exposure while allowing the engine’s supported reductions or exits to continue. It does not automatically make the account flat. Existing positions can keep gaining, losing and paying funding. Resume is a separate command whose availability depends on the current account and engine capabilities.
Always read the specific dialog. Controls operate on a defined subscription or account scope. Pausing one subscription does not necessarily pause other subscriptions or manual trading in the same account.
Stop can leave risk in your wallet
Stopping or unfollowing with keep positions ends ongoing copy management after the engine applies the command. The positions remain yours. You then need to decide how to manage them through your venue account. Until confirmation, the command can be queued or in progress, and the previously active behaviour may still apply.
Use this option only after reviewing current positions and any working orders. A status label in a research guide cannot establish what your individual account is doing now; the subscription’s confirmed state and venue account are the relevant evidence.
Close is an execution request with safeguards
WalletFollow’s close workflow requests reduce-only exits within the selected price bound and deadline. Reduce-only prevents the requested order from increasing the intended position, but liquidity, minimum size and partial execution can leave residuals. An exhausted deadline is not proof that all risk disappeared.
A tighter exit bound can reject an unfavorable price and leave more open exposure. A wider bound can accept a larger execution cost. Inspect the dialog’s current parameters and final result rather than assuming close means immediate, complete execution at the displayed quote.
Wait for the confirmed outcome
Requested, received, applied and closed describe different stages. An unavailable engine can delay delivery. A close can end as closed except for explicitly listed residual positions. After any control change, review the effective state, open positions and remaining working orders. Revoking an agent’s venue authority is a separate account permission action and should be understood before use.
- Pause: inspect remaining managed exposure.
- Stop: inspect positions that become unmanaged.
- Close: inspect fills, deadline and residuals.
- Verify engine confirmation and venue state.