Copy from the Leaderboard
Published Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Copy a public-config strategy from the leaderboard into your own account and have it running in minutes. Copying creates a new strategy from the original config and starts it automatically. Open Plaza → Leaderboard.
You need an AlphaFox account. To trade live you also need a connected trading account (see Connect an Exchange). Your first copy can run on paper, with no exchange needed.
The steps
Pick a public strategy
Open the Leaderboard, tick Public only, and set Window to 90D or longer. Click a card to open “Trader detail” and confirm the max drawdown is acceptable, data days are long enough, and trade frequency fits. How to judge: Leaderboard.
Click Follow
Click Follow in the card’s top-right corner, or One-click copy on the standalone detail page. If you’re signed out, you go to login first and come back with the dialog reopened.
A dialog titled “Copy this strategy” opens, with the strategy name and type under the title.
Pick a Trading account
A reusable AlphaFox Paper account is selected by default if you have one. To trade live, switch to one of your trading accounts in the dropdown. The list only shows accounts that fit the strategy’s exchange, and accounts already used by another strategy can’t be picked. No account yet? Click Add trading account in the list.
Check the cost
After you pick a live account, the dialog shows an estimated cost: “Included in plan”, or an hourly price in USDT/h. Hyperliquid trading accounts may show “AlphaFox runtime fee: 0 USDC/hour” and “No included slot is used”. Paper accounts show no estimate. Plan allowances and prices: Membership.
Click start
The button follows the account: Start paper for paper, Start live for live. “Copied successfully” means you’re done and the strategy has already started. Click View strategy to open it.
Once you pick a live account and click Start live, the strategy places orders with real funds right away. The owner sized positions for their own capital; if yours is very different, validate on paper first, then adjust position settings under Strategy config on the strategy detail.
Just want a quick try: use Paper
The Paper button on a card skips account selection. In “Create a paper strategy”, click Create: AlphaFox reuses or creates an AlphaFox Paper account, creates and starts the strategy, and takes you straight to it.
After copying
- The new strategy is named “original name Copy” and appears in Strategy → My strategies. Read its first days of orders and events and confirm the behavior matches what you saw on the leaderboard.
- You copy the config as it was at creation. Your copy does not follow the owner’s later edits.
- Copied strategies start with “Share strategy details” on, so they show as “Public” on the leaderboard. To keep yours private, click Strategy config on the strategy detail, turn off “Share strategy details”, and click Save config.
- To change parameters, edit them under Strategy config on the strategy detail.
Troubleshooting
“Parameters are not shared”? The owner doesn’t share strategy details, so it can’t be copied. Click Choose another strategy, or tick Public only and pick again.
Asked to upgrade? This config has position late entry enabled, which needs Pro / Pro Max, and quick copy can’t change it. Click Upgrade membership in the message, or pick a strategy without late entry.
The start button is greyed out? Pick an active trading account that isn’t in use and fits the strategy’s exchange, then wait for the cost estimate to load; if it fails, click Retry next to it.