Basket vs single leader
Single-leader copy bots are the default on every venue because they are simple to build and simple to explain. The simplicity is also the problem: your entire result becomes one person's next six months.
In short
A single-trader bot reproduces one decision-maker's positions, so your drawdown is their drawdown. A score-weighted basket spreads capital across up to 10 scored leaders, weights by evidence rather than equally, isolates each in its own sub-account, and replaces leaders whose scores decay — reducing single-leader concentration without eliminating market risk.
| Dimension | Single-trader copy bot | HyperMirror |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders copied | 1 | Up to 10 (1 in Starter mode) |
| Sizing | Fixed ratio of the leader | Weighted by composite score |
| Drawdown exposure | Full pass-through of one leader | Weighted fraction per leader |
| Position netting | Not applicable (single leader) | Prevented by per-leader sub-accounts |
| Edge decay handling | Manual: you must notice and unfollow | Scored continuously; probation and replacement |
| Best suited to | Specific conviction in one trader | Diversified exposure to several scored edges |
When you copy one trader, every property of your account is inherited: their sizing, their market selection, their regime dependency and their worst month. There is no averaging effect, because there is nothing to average against.
A basket does not make bad leaders good. It changes the shape of the outcome distribution: a single leader's collapse moves a weighted fraction of the portfolio rather than all of it.
Most profitable strategies are regime-dependent. A trend follower who thrives in a directional quarter can bleed through a chop-heavy one, and nothing about that is misconduct — it is the strategy meeting a different market.
Single-leader setups require you to notice the decay and act. A scored system measures continuously and moves leaders to probation or replacement on defined criteria, which removes the discretionary delay but not the possibility of being wrong.
If you have specific, well-grounded conviction in one trader — you have studied their history, understand their strategy and want exactly that exposure — a basket dilutes the view you are trying to express.
It is also simpler operationally: one account, one set of positions, one thing to reason about. Simplicity has value, and diversification has costs in fragmented margin and tracking complexity.
Diversification across leaders reduces idiosyncratic exposure. It does not protect against correlated positioning, a sharp market-wide move, or the possibility that every leader in the basket is wrong at once.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Perpetual futures are leveraged instruments and carry a substantial risk of loss, including the loss of your entire position.
Questions
It reduces dispersion in both directions. You give up the chance of matching the single best leader in exchange for not being fully exposed to the worst one.
One in Starter mode, up to 10 in Full mode once mirrored volume reaches $100k.
Positions in that leader's sub-account are closed out and capital is reallocated according to the current score weights.
Score-weighted allocation across up to 10 elite Hyperliquid traders, each isolated in its own sub-account. Your funds never leave your account.
Non-custodial · Agent cannot withdraw · Cancel delegation anytime
