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Lead traders: How to become a lead trader
Completed identity verificationStep 3 If your application is approved, click "Trade now" to start your lead trading journey!Published on Jun 5, 2024Updated on Nov 6, 2025Product documentationLead traders: Spot lead trading guidelines
Go to My lead trades > Lead trade settings > Stop leading trades Select Settings to end leading trades Select your reason and submit your request. We'll contact you with the results within 3 days. Make sure to sell all spot lead trade assets and cancel any open spot lead trade orders before requesting to stop leading trades. Select stop leading trades at the lead trade settingsWhat are the basic risk control requirements for spot traders?Published on Oct 30, 2023Updated on Mar 18, 2026FAQ195Lead trader: how do I carry out spot lead trades?
How do I place a spot lead trade? Go to Copy Trading, and select Spot You can enable the lead trade toggle switch to allow your order to be copied by your copy trader. For example, lead trader A enables the lead trade option and buys a 1 BTC spot order. His copy traders can copy this lead trader Enabling the lead trade toggle switch before creating a spot trade If you don't want your copy trader to copy your order, you can disable the lead trade toggle switch.Published on May 2, 2024Updated on Feb 9, 2026FAQ47Lead Trader Behavior Playbook
What qualities do we encourage in our lead traders? Experience: Lead traders who’ve led trades on OKX for a long time under different market conditions and brought profit to their copy traders. Authenticity: Lead traders who use large amounts of their actual funds in their lead trades and take on the same risk as the traders copying them. Stability: Lead traders who have a clear strategy for risk control and stopping losses.Published on Aug 9, 2023Updated on Oct 15, 2025Product documentationSpot copy trading: lead trader FAQ
As a lead trader, how many crypto pairs can I lead spot trade with? You have the opportunity to lead spot trades with 297 cryptocurrency pairs at the time of launch, with more pairs being added gradually. Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements on new cryptocurrency pairs being added!5. As a lead trader, how do I get traffic exposure on OKX? There are two ways to increase traffic exposure to your profile on our platform.Published on Oct 18, 2023Updated on Mar 3, 2026FAQ67Lead traders: Trader profit sharing rules
Example Lead Trader A has created a number of lead orders with the contracts BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT, and ETCUSDT. The current profit-sharing level of Lead Trader A is L2 with a profit-sharing ratio of 10%. The trading history of Copy Trader A, who is copying them, is as follows.Published on Sep 4, 2023Updated on Apr 1, 2025Product documentationOKX to list Pulsechain (PLS) for spot trading
The project's founder, Richard Heart, is known for his involvement in HEX, a cryptocurrency that has garnered varying opinions within the cryptocurrency community. Asset name: Pulsechain Ticker: PLS Total supply: 135,090,084,914,191 (as of May 13, 2023) Noted:OKX will not support the airdrop of PLS. Risk warning: The foregoing overview and information, some of which may be provided by third parties and not OKX, are for informational and educational purposes only.Published on May 23, 2023Updated on Nov 17, 2025AnnouncementsCopy trading feature upgrades for Lead Traders - May 2023
We have released new feature upgrades to our Copy Trading product for Lead Traders. The enhancements will allow for better management of their copy trader community. The features are: 1) Manual adjustment of profit sharing ratio Lead traders can now manually adjust their profit sharing ratio within certain parameters, on the profit sharing page (app and web).Published on Jun 1, 2023Updated on Nov 17, 2025Announcements3Copy traders: How do I choose a lead trader?
You can directly follow a lead trader or copy their trades from this page. Select any lead trader that intrigues you and you can view the profile that loadsHow can I view the lead traders I’m following?Published on Dec 22, 2022Updated on Mar 17, 2026FAQ259Copy trading FAQ
What factors could cause a lead trade to fail in copy trading? The following factors could cause a lead trade to fail: The lead trader's trading account has less than 500 USDT when opening a trade The lead trader has exceeded the daily lead trade limit of 500 orders The lead trader's opening position value has exceeded the limit for that contract If this happens, our system will also notify you with a push notification and email.17.Published on Sep 15, 2023Updated on Jan 21, 2026FAQApril's new features for Copy Trading, released!
trade total PnL / Investment during period | Lead trade PnL% = New lead trader total PnL / Investment during period | b) The displayed data for the copy or lead trader usually only includes successfully created lead trades using the selected lead trade contracts, rather than all contract trades.Published on Apr 28, 2023Updated on Nov 17, 2025AnnouncementsWhat is smart sync spot copy trading?
If you copy a lead trader but don’t use the Buy existing assets feature, when the lead trader sells those assets, you won’t copy their sell order.Published on Oct 24, 2024Updated on Feb 9, 2026Product documentationWhat's Smart Sync on spot copy trading?
Buy existing assets: You can view the lead trader’s profile to see what assets they’re holding and decide if you want to use this feature. Note: if you turn this feature on, you’ll buy any spot lead assets the lead trader is currently holding at market price. If you leave it off, you’ll only purchase new assets that the lead trader buys. Total stop loss for trader: This setting lets you define the maximum amount you’re willing to lose across all trades under a lead trader.Published on Oct 9, 2024Updated on Mar 4, 2026FAQ265How do I use the Copy mode restriction feature?
Head over to the Copy trading page and select My lead trades Proceed to enter the My lead trades option Once in, select Lead settings Select the Copy mode restrictions option within the Lead trade settings Select Copy mode restrictions option Toggle between No restrictions or Smart sync only options under the Copy mode restrictions option within the Lead trade settings Select your preferred restriction mode A statement on the lead trader requiring copy traders to use smart sync will appear on thePublished on Jul 16, 2024Updated on Feb 9, 2026FAQ37What are the spot trading guidelines for copy traders?
Lead trader investment The amount of USDT in the lead trader's trading account Win rate Number of days with profitable trades / Number of days trader has led spot trades Understand the lead trader profile Select Copy to follow your preferred lead trader's trading strategy Select copy to copy lead trader's trading strategy Set your copy trading setting according to your needs. Details of the settings are briefed in the table below.Published on Nov 6, 2023Updated on Mar 3, 2026FAQ280