> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.alphayou.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Copy settings

> Every choice you make when you start a copy, and what you can change later.

This page lists the settings in the copy window. To see how copying works from end to end, read [How copying works](https://docs.alphayou.net/how-copying-works.md).

## When you start

| Setting | What it does |
| - | - |
| **Amount** | How much money this copy uses. Chips set 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of your balance. There is a small minimum, and the window shows how many of the trader's open trades your amount can copy |
| **Leverage vs trader** | Your exposure compared with the trader's: 1x, 1.5x, 2x or 2.5x. The default is 1x. It is capped at 2.5x |
| **Close at profit** | Closes the copy when it reaches this profit percent. Blank means off |
| **Close at loss** | Closes the copy at this loss percent, which must be under 100%. Blank means off |
| **Orders** | **Market** tries to fill right away at the best available price. **Limit** can save fees but can fill late. The default is Market |
| **Only new trades** | Ignore what the trader holds now and copy only new opens. This is Forward-only. It locks once you start. Off means Full-book. See [Full-book vs Forward-only](https://docs.alphayou.net/full-mimic-vs-forward-mimic.md) |

Leverage vs trader, close at profit, close at loss, orders and only new trades are all under **Advanced**.

## How the size is worked out

Your trades are scaled to your amount compared with the trader's account, and then by your leverage setting. Each copied position uses the trader's leverage, up to the lower of Hyperliquid's cap for that market and AlphaYou's own cap.

Hyperliquid's minimum order value is \$10. Positions just under it may be rounded up to it, which makes them slightly larger than the trader's. Smaller ones are skipped. If your amount is too small for the trader's largest position, the app tells you how much the copy needs.

New copies usually start within about a minute. If nothing is copied yet, the page says your amount is too small to copy their positions above the minimum order size.

## Copying more than one trader

Each copy runs in its own copy wallet. You can start another copy in an idle wallet or a new one.

## What you can change later

You can edit **leverage**, **take profit**, **stop loss** and **Max account loss** on a running copy, from **Edit** on the strategy page. When you start a copy, take profit and stop loss are called Close at profit and Close at loss. Max account loss is set after you start.

You cannot edit the amount, the start mode or the order type. Adding funds to or withdrawing funds from the copy wallet changes how large the copied positions are.

## Stop

Press **Stop Copy Trading**. Positions unwind on the next tick, with reduce-only market orders. Your funds stay in the copy wallet. To end a copy, press Stop Copy Trading. This closes its positions.

See [Risk controls](https://docs.alphayou.net/risk-controls.md) for what can stop a copy on its own.


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