Copy Trading on Blackboard: How Copy Call Works, Step by Step
Copy Call puts a trader's idea beside your own order form. Pick Copy or Reverse, set your size and exits, and place one order of your own.
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Quick answer. Copy trading on Blackboard works one trade at a time. Press Copy call on a trader's call or position. Their idea opens beside your own order form. Choose Copy or Reverse, set your size and exits, and confirm one order. Nothing mirrors their later trades.
This guide walks through the Copy call window field by field.
How is copy trading on Blackboard different?
Many copy trading apps mirror a trader: every trade they make, you make too. Blackboard does not.
Copy call copies one idea into one order, and you confirm it. Your size, leverage and exits are yours. When the trader closes or adds, nothing happens in your account.
!Copy call places one order you confirm; mirror trading copies every later trade automatically
This keeps you in control of risk. It also means you manage the exit yourself.
Where can you press Copy call?
Copy call appears wherever you meet another trader's position:
- A call or a trade in your Feed.
- A trade alert from someone you follow.
- A call or an open position on a member's profile.
It works on Crypto and TradFi perps. On a 1000X trade it opens the market instead, so you set up the order there. It is never offered on prediction markets.
What does the Copy call window show?
The window has two sides. On a phone they are two tabs, Call and Copy.
The call sits on the left:
- The trader, with 30-day PnL, 30-day win rate and followers.
- The market, side and leverage.
- The posted price, the price now and the move since posted.
- Their TP and SL, if they set them, and their own words.
- Previous calls, both open and closed, for context.
Your order sits on the right: a one-day chart with the call's levels, then the order form.
!The Copy call window: the trader's call on the left, your own order form on the right
How do you copy a call, step by step?
- Check the posted price against the price now. A call that has already moved may not suit you.
- Pick Copy to take the trader's side, or Reverse to take the other side.
- Enter a size in USD, or tap a preset.
- Check the leverage. It starts at your own setting for that market.
- Keep, change or clear TP and SL. They are filled in from the call.
- Read the estimated fee and your available balance, then confirm.
Switching between Copy and Reverse clears TP and SL. Re-enter any exits you want before you confirm.
The order is a market order with a slippage cap. Want a limit order or Pro order? Press Open trade page to finish it in the full order form.
When will Copy call refuse an order?
The window stops you before a mistake. It refuses when:
- You hold the other side of that market. It sends you to the trade page instead.
- The size is below the market's smallest order.
- You don't have enough margin.
- The market is closed to new orders.
Signed out? The window still opens, with Sign in where Confirm would be.
What should you check before copying a trader?
A good record is not a promise. Read the trader's calls, not just their PnL.
- Win rate and hold time. Do they hold for minutes or for weeks?
- Previous calls. Did their closed calls work?
- Leverage. Their leverage may not fit your account.
Position size on a profile is USD notional (the trade's full value), not margin. Learn to read every figure in how to read trading calls.
FAQ
Is Copy call automatic copy trading? No. Copy call opens one order for you to confirm. It never copies a trader's later trades or closes your position when they close theirs.
What does Reverse do? Reverse takes the opposite side of the call. If the trader is long, a reversed copy opens a short.
Does Copy call use the trader's leverage? It starts at your own leverage for that market. You can change it before you confirm.
What does copying a call cost? Only your normal trading fee on the order you place. The window shows the estimated fee before you confirm.
Can I copy a 1000X or prediction trade? A 1000X trade opens its market so you can set up the order there. Prediction markets have no Copy call.