Copy trading whales on Polymarket
The leaderboard, the filters, the follow modes, and the sanity ceilings.
Last updated July 28, 2026 · Read as markdown
The leaderboard
We fetch the top 35 markets by 24h volume on Polymarket, pull top 15 holders of each, then enrich every wallet with rolling 30-trade P&L, position count, portfolio value, dominant vertical, trader-type label, and the 5 most recent trades. The resulting top 120 by cash P&L is what you see in the Copy Trading tab. Cache: 1 hour.
Filters
- Vertical — crypto / politics / sports / geopolitics / macro / culture / tech. A wallet matches if it has ≥20% exposure to that vertical, so diversified traders show up under multiple filters.
- Trader type — scalper (many small trades/day), swing (a few daily), holder (rare large positions), specialist (60%+ in one vertical), diversifier (25+ open across verticals).
- Activity — recent-trade cutoff (1h / 24h / 7d).
Follow modes
- Read-only — Telegram / email / webhook when the whale opens a position. You decide whether to mirror.
- Autopilot (Pro) — proportional mirror based on your % allocation. Per-whale allowlist so you can follow "only crypto trades from wallet X".
Sanity ceilings
Even in autopilot, hard caps: per-trade ≤ dailyLossLimit / 5, per-whale monthly cap, minimum ticket size (skips their sub-$10 dust trades). No autopilot copies more than your risk gate allows.