Select and verify the address
Copy the public address from a source you trust and verify its beginning and ending characters. A mistaken address produces a completely different activity history.
- Use only a public wallet address
- Never share a seed phrase or private key
- Confirm the address on a block explorer
- Do not assume a public label proves identity
Inspect the wallet's history
Look beyond the most recent result. Check the number of relevant trades, time window, realized exits, current holdings, concentration, losses, drawdowns, and whether reported performance includes fees and failed exits.
Define follower-specific limits
The source wallet's size is not automatically suitable for your balance. Translate activity into your own fixed or proportional size and add account-level limits.
- Choose a maximum trade size
- Cap total exposure
- Set allowed venues and tokens
- Define slippage and stale-activity behavior
Run a paper observation period
Use enough time and activity to expose normal losses as well as wins. Record fees and timing assumptions, and examine skips. A strategy that works only when costs or latency are ignored is not a useful baseline.
Know what the address cannot tell you
On-chain history does not reveal off-chain positions, other wallets, the owner's intent, or whether the observed behavior will continue. Copying can produce a different price and can lose money.