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# Recommendations for Choosing Traders

* **Choose Directional Traders //&#x20;**<mark style="color:red;">**Avoid Market Makers**</mark>\
  It’s generally preferable to copy traders who pursue clear, directional strategies, rather than those relying heavily on funding rate strategies or market-making. Directional traders usually have few concentrated positions running - on the other hands, market makers or funding rate arbers are not as selective and have a lot of positions running at the same time (this is a <mark style="color:red;">**red flag**</mark>).
* **Avoid Over-Reliance on Limit Orders**\
  You risk partial fills or missed entries if a trader primarily uses tight limit orders for strategies such as bidding liquidations. Look for directional time-frame traders whose entries and exits are more straightforward to replicate.
* **Medium Timeframe is the Best**\
  Traders who scalp in and out of positions are not good fits for copytrading since they rely a lot on precise exits and entries. Choose traders who have trade holding time in hours and days rather than minutes.
* **Verify Trading History**\
  The best wallets to copy are those with a consistent track record of outperformance—or at least effective drawdown management—across various market conditions. Use Hyperdash to view past orders, PnL curves, and more.
* **Choose Traders with >30k Equity**\
  To prevent the potential copytrader abuse, we put a minimum cap on trader's equity before it is possible to start copytrading them. This way you are protected from sudden withdrawals and malicious actors.