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Filter by risk, not by return

The default sort is maximum drawdown ascending, and that is deliberate. Sorting by return puts the highest-variance strategies on the first page, which is exactly what a new copier should not be looking at first. Return tells you what happened; drawdown tells you what it felt like while it was happening, and whether you would have stayed in.

The filters that matter

Every filter maps to a question worth asking before you commit capital.

• Maximum drawdown — the worst peak-to-trough fall on record
• Track record length — under 12 months has not seen a full cycle
• Average holding time — minutes, days or weeks changes everything
• Market focus — majors only, altcoins, or perpetuals
• Profit share — 8% to 15% is the normal band
• Copier count — very large books can struggle to fill on thin pairs

Reading a profile properly

Open the equity curve and look at the shape, not the endpoint. A straight diagonal line usually means a market-neutral or basis strategy. A staircase with long flats means trend following waiting for a move. A jagged line that recovers fast is high-frequency. A curve that goes vertical in the last two months and was flat before is the one to be suspicious of — check whether the account size grew at the same time, because a small account posting a huge percentage on a lucky run is not a track record.

Verified badges

A verified badge means identity checks are complete and the track record has been continuous on this platform for the period shown, with no closed-and-restarted accounts. It is not an endorsement of the strategy and it is not a prediction. Unverified providers can still be copied, but they are excluded from the main leaderboard.

Watchlists and alerts

Add providers to a watchlist before committing money and follow them on paper for a few weeks. Alerts can fire on a new drawdown record, a change in average position size, a long silence, or a sudden jump in copier count — all of which are signs a strategy is changing character.