alanbrag

Can you copy this trader?

difficult — Possible in principle, but at least one signal says a copier would not keep the edge. Worth understanding before following.

These checks compare a wallet’s past record against thresholds chosen by hand. They are not measurements, and none has been tested against out-of-sample returns — that needs the backtester. Every signal looks backwards.

What was checked

✓ ClearEdge per dollar4.7%

Wide enough that a copier's worse fill would not automatically erase it.

✕ BlockerMarkets traded2

Too few decisions to be a method. A large profit over this many markets is a handful of correct calls — possibly skill, possibly luck, possibly information you don't have — and none of it is repeatable enough to copy going forward.

? Not knownProfit concentration—

No settled positions sampled.

? Not knownSettled sample0 positions

Too few settled positions to distinguish skill from luck. Any win rate here is noise.

▲ CautionOpen concentration85.8% in top position

Most of the open book is one position. Copying inherits that concentration.