PolyCop Bot Docs — Commands, Tutorials & Complete Guide

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Quick Start

PolyCop is a Telegram bot that automates trading on Polymarket. It runs 24/7 in the cloud — no browser, no desktop app, no MATIC for gas. You need a Telegram account and USDC or USDT to deposit.

Open the official bot

Search @PolyCop_BOT in Telegram (capital P, capital C, capital BOT) and press Start. Verify the username exactly — dozens of fakes exist.
Create your wallet

The bot generates a non-custodial Polygon wallet inside your Telegram session. Tap Wallet → View Addresses to see your three addresses.
Deposit funds

Tap Wallet → Deposit. Send USDC or USDT from any supported network to your Deposit Address. Minimum $10; $50 for copy trading.
Find a wallet to copy

Use OpenClaw inside the bot to backtest trader performance, or browse the PolyCop Leaderboard for ranked wallets.
Configure and activate

Tap Copy → New Task, enter the wallet address, configure your 19 parameters, then hit Activate. PolyCop runs continuously from that moment.

✓ Success story: One user turned $305 into $45,902 in thirty days using PolyCop's copy trading feature on Polymarket.

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Wallet & Deposit

Three Address Types

Your PolyCop wallet has three separate addresses, each with a specific role:

Trading Address

Used for all gasless trade execution on Polymarket. This is the address that places orders.

Deposit Address

Receives cross-chain transfers via Polymarket's official bridge. Send USDC/USDT here from other networks.

Original Wallet

Your login credentials address. Can be imported into MetaMask to access your Polymarket positions directly.

Supported Networks

Polygon No bridge fee Ethereum Arbitrum Optimism Base BSC

Tokens accepted: USDC and USDT. Direct USDC.e deposits on Polygon are fee-free. Cross-chain transfers use Polymarket's official bridge.

Minimums

Action	Minimum	Notes
Deposit (bridge)	$10	Bridge infrastructure minimum
Copy Trading	$50	Required for proportional trade sizing
Market Order	$1	Polymarket's minimum per order
Limit Order	5 shares	Polymarket's minimum share count
AFK Buy Amount	$5	Minimum per AFK strategy trade

Withdrawals

Tap Wallet → Withdraw, enter any Polygon wallet address and the USDC amount. Withdrawals are instant — no lock-up period, no withdrawal fee. You can also export your private key to access your wallet directly in MetaMask.

Gas-free: PolyCop covers all Polygon gas costs. You never need MATIC to trade, redeem winnings, or withdraw.

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Security

PolyCop uses a non-custodial architecture. Your private key is generated inside your Telegram encrypted session and is never transmitted to or stored on PolyCop's servers. Even if PolyCop's servers were completely compromised, there would be nothing to steal.

In January 2026, rival bot Polycule was hacked for $230,000 because it stored user private keys server-side. PolyCop users were completely unaffected — because nothing was ever stored there.

⚠ Fake bots warning: The only legitimate bot is @PolyCop_BOT. Dozens of impersonators exist. Admins will never message you first, never ask for your private key, and never ask for a verification code. Block and report any account that does.

Verification Checklist

Username is exactly @PolyCop_BOT
Capital P, capital C, capital BOT — nothing else. Check via the Telegram verified checkmark on the bot profile.
You opened it, not an admin
Real admins never initiate contact first. If someone DMed you claiming to be PolyCop support, it's a scammer.
Never share your private key
No legitimate PolyCop function ever asks for your private key. Export is only for your own use (MetaMask import).

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Bot Commands

Most interactions happen through the bot's inline menu buttons rather than slash commands. These are all the slash commands and menu entries available:

Slash Commands

/start

Launch the bot and display the main menu. Also used with deep links (e.g. ?start=copy_0x…).

/referrals

Show your referral link, earnings, and tier status (25% → 45% based on volume).

/help

Display the help menu with links to documentation and support.

Main Menu Navigation

Wallet

Access all wallet functions: view addresses, deposit, withdraw, export key.

Wallet → View Addresses

Shows your three addresses: Trading Address, Deposit Address, Original Wallet.

Wallet → Deposit

Displays your Deposit Address QR and instructions for supported networks.

Wallet → Withdraw

Send USDC to any Polygon address. Enter destination address and amount.

Wallet → Export Key

Exports your private key for MetaMask import. Handle with extreme care — never share.

Copy

Copy trading menu: create new task, view active tasks, manage existing tasks.

Copy → New Task

Start a new copy trading setup. Enter target wallet address or Polymarket profile URL.

Copy → My Tasks

List all active and paused copy tasks with current status and P&L.

OpenClaw

Built-in wallet analysis tool. Search token holders in any market, backtest profitability.

AFK

AFK Auto Trade menu: create new strategy, view running strategies, adjust parameters.

AFK → New Strategy

Configure a new AFK automated strategy with triggers, trade settings, and TP/SL.

AFK → My Strategies

View all running AFK strategies with real-time status. Tap any to edit live.

Positions

View all open Polymarket positions with current value and attribution tags.

Settings

Bot settings: notifications, default order type, language.

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Copy Trading — Setup

Copy trading replicates the trades of any Polymarket wallet in real time. When the target buys or sells, PolyCop fires a matching order from your account — proportionally sized to your parameters.

Tap Copy → New Task
From the main menu, open Copy and select New Task.
Enter the target wallet
Paste a Polygon wallet address (0x…) or a Polymarket profile URL. You can add multiple targets — each runs in isolation.
Configure your 19 parameters
Set copy percentage or fixed amount, risk caps, order type, filters. See the full parameter reference below.
Tap Activate
The task goes live immediately. PolyCop monitors the target 24/7 and fires trades in the cloud — no phone connection required.
Receive trade notifications
Every filled copy trade sends a Telegram message with market, direction, size, price, and the source wallet that triggered it.

Execution speed: 30% of copy trades settle in 0 blocks (0 seconds). The remaining 70% complete within ~1 Polygon block (≈2 seconds).

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Finding Wallets to Copy

Four methods — use all of them before committing capital to any wallet.

OpenClaw (bot)

Best option. Backtests wallet performance with realistic slippage directly inside PolyCop. Positive backtest result = worth copying.

Polymarket Top Holders

Browse any market on polymarket.com → Top Holders list. Look for profit rate above 2% and G/L ratio above 2.

Polymarket Leaderboard

polymarket.com/leaderboard — filter by weekly, monthly, or all-time. Filter by category (Crypto, Sports, etc.).

predicting.top

External analytics platform with trader rankings and performance data.

⚠ Red flags to avoid: Wallets that buy and sell the same position immediately (fee extraction bots). Wallets with suspiciously perfect equity curves and zero drawdown — these usually indicate data anomalies, not real edge. Wallets active in only one or two total markets.

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OpenClaw Tool

OpenClaw is PolyCop's built-in wallet analysis engine. It searches for token holders in specific Polymarket markets, pulls their trading history, and backtests how profitable it would have been to copy them — with real slippage factored in.

How to Use

Tap OpenClaw from the main menu
Opens the analysis interface.
Enter a Polymarket market URL or token ID
OpenClaw searches all holders of that token and ranks them by profitability.
Review the metrics
Each wallet shows actual P&L, backtested copy P&L (using +2% buy slippage / −2% sell slippage), win rate, ROI, hedging activity, and the most recent 20 trades.
Tap a wallet to start copying
Directly launches the copy task setup with that address pre-filled.

Metrics Explained

Metric	What it means
Actual P&L	What the wallet actually earned trading on Polymarket — before copying costs.
Backtest P&L	What you would have made copying them, with +2% slippage on buys and −2% on sells applied. This is the number that matters.
Win Rate	Percentage of markets where the trader ended in profit.
Market ROI	Average return per market traded.
Hedging Activity	Whether the wallet trades both YES and NO on the same market — important context for understanding their strategy.
Last 20 Trades	Most recent trade history — look for consistent patterns rather than one large win.

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All 19 Copy Trading Parameters

Every copy task has 19 configurable parameters. You do not need to change all of them — defaults are reasonable starting points.

📐 Trade Sizing

Parameter	Description	Type
Copy %	Percentage of the target's trade size to copy. If target buys $1,000 and you set 10%, you buy $100.	Sizing
Fixed Amount	Alternative to Copy %: buy a fixed dollar amount regardless of the target's position size.	Sizing
Min Spend Per Trade	Minimum dollar amount per copy trade. Trades calculated below this are rounded up to the minimum (prevents skipping micro-trades).	Sizing
Max Spend Per Trade	Hard cap per copy trade. The most important risk parameter. Prevents a single whale position from draining your account. ⚠ Always set this regardless of copy %	Risk

🛡 Risk Controls

Parameter	Description	Type
Max Spend Per Asset	Maximum total exposure to a single outcome (e.g. YES on "BTC hits $100K"). Stops over-concentration.	Risk
Max Spend Per Market	Maximum total exposure across all outcomes in a single market.	Risk
Total Spend Limit	Maximum total capital deployed across all copy trades combined. Acts as a session budget.	Risk
Stop Loss (SL)	Automatically exits a position if price drops by a set percentage or to a fixed price. Market orders only — may slip during volatility.	Risk
Take Profit (TP)	Automatically exits a position when price reaches a target percentage or fixed price. Market orders only.	Exit

🔽 Market Filters

Parameter	Description	Type
Ignore Below	Skip copying trades where the target spends below this threshold. Filters out "test" micro-trades and arbitrage bots.	Filter
Price Range Min / Max	Only copy trades where the share price is within the specified range ($0.01–$0.99). Excludes near-certain or near-impossible positions.	Filter
Max Open Markets	Maximum number of different markets you can hold positions in simultaneously. Enforces diversification limits.	Filter

⏱ Timing Modes

Parameter	Description	Type
Sniper Mode	Only copy trades placed in the early phase of a market's life. Targets early-entry strategies before prices move.	Timing
Last-Minute Mode	Only copy trades placed near market close. Captures late-stage probability convergence trades.	Timing

📋 Order Type

Parameter	Description	Type
Buy Order Type	Market order (instant fill, may slip) or Limit order (better price, may not fill).	Order
Sell Order Type	Independently controls whether sell copies use market or limit orders.	Order
Limit Price Offset	For limit orders: how much above/below current price to set the limit. Higher offset = better fill odds, worse price.	Order
Order Duration	How long a limit order stays open before cancelling. Longer duration increases fill probability.	Order
Copy Buys / Copy Sells	Toggle buy copying and sell copying independently. E.g. disable sell copying to hold positions longer than the target does.	Order

TP/SL only works with Market Orders. If you use limit orders as your sell type, stop-loss and take-profit will not function due to Polymarket's technical constraints.

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Multi-Address Isolation

When copying multiple wallets simultaneously, PolyCop uses a five-layer isolation system to prevent cross-contamination between positions.

The core guarantee: Address A will never sell shares purchased by Address B — even if both trade the same market and outcome.

Position Attribution

Every copied trade is tagged with: source wallet address, cost basis, entry timestamp, and risk allocation. This tag follows the position until it closes.

Manual Trade Isolation

Positions you open manually are NOT tagged by the bot. Only bot-generated positions carry attribution tags — manually opened positions are excluded from automatic sell logic.

Dynamic Limit Enforcement

When a new copy trade would exceed your Max Spend limits, PolyCop scales down the order size rather than rejecting it entirely.

Exit Synchronization

Before fully exiting a position, PolyCop refreshes all pending limit orders in real time to avoid over-selling.

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Recommended Settings by Trader Type

Different target wallets need different copy configurations. Match your settings to the style of the wallet you're copying:

Two golden rules:
1. Maintain proportional position sizing relative to the target's balance.
2. Always set a Max Spend Per Trade as a circuit breaker against catastrophic single-trade loss.

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AFK Auto Trade — Setup

AFK Auto Trade is PolyCop's automated strategy engine for Polymarket's 15-minute prediction markets. It watches market conditions in the cloud and executes trades automatically when your conditions are met.

Key Facts

✓ Run multiple independent strategies simultaneously
✓ Edit a live strategy and changes take effect immediately
✓ Works while your phone is off — runs in PolyCop's cloud
✓ Backtested accuracy: BTC moves $100+ → 99% directional accuracy

Tap AFK → New Strategy
Opens the strategy builder.
Set your triggers
Configure the three trigger conditions that must all be true before a trade fires: time window, UP price range, and BTC price change threshold.
Configure trade settings
Set direction (UP/DOWN), limit price, order duration, buy amount (min $5), and execution rounds (how many times to repeat).
Set TP/SL (optional)
Configure take-profit or stop-loss as a percentage or fixed price (capped at 0.99). These are placed automatically after each entry.
Activate
Strategy starts monitoring immediately. You'll receive a Telegram notification every time it fires.

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AFK Triggers

All three trigger conditions must be true simultaneously before a trade fires:

Trigger	What it does	Example
Time Window	Only trade within a specific time range in the 15-minute market cycle. E.g. only trade in the first 3 minutes, or only in the last 2 minutes.	Last 2 min of market
UP Price Range	Only trade when the current UP outcome price is within your specified range. Filters out markets where probability is already settled.	UP price 0.40–0.60
BTC Price Change	Only trade when BTC has moved by at least X dollars in the recent window. The core signal for directional 15-minute strategies.	BTC moved $100+

Why BTC? Polymarket's 15-minute BTC prediction markets are highly correlated with short-term BTC price moves. When BTC moves $100+, there is 99% historical accuracy in predicting the 5-minute direction — making it a reliable trigger signal.

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AFK Strategy Templates

Three proven templates you can use as a starting point:

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The Theta Harvester

Late Round

Strategy: Enter in the final minutes before market resolution, capturing time-decay price movements as probability converges toward 0 or 1.

Time window: last 2–3 min · UP price: 0.05–0.30 or 0.70–0.95 · Direction follows BTC momentum

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The Breakout Scalper

Opening Volatility

Strategy: Detect a BTC breakout above your threshold in the first few minutes and enter early, betting on directional momentum continuation.

Time window: first 2–4 min · BTC change: +$100 or more · Direction: same as BTC move

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The Flash Crash Rebound

Mean Reversion

Strategy: Enter a contrarian position after a sudden BTC drop, expecting a bounce back to pre-crash levels within the market window.

BTC change: −$100 or more · Direction: UP (contrarian) · UP price: 0.35–0.55

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Fees

Fee Type	Amount	Notes
Trading Fee	0.5% flat	Applied on buys, sells, and redemptions. Accumulates until $600 in volume, then deducts.
Gas Fee	$0	PolyCop covers all Polygon gas costs. No MATIC needed.
Deposit Fee (Polygon)	$0	Direct USDC.e deposits on Polygon are completely free.
Deposit Fee (Cross-chain)	Network rate	Standard bridge fees apply when depositing from Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, OP, or BSC.
Withdrawal Fee	$0	No fee to withdraw. Gas is covered by PolyCop.
Subscription	None	No monthly or annual subscription. Pay only when trades execute.

Comparison: Polymarket's own interface charges 2% per trade — four times more than PolyCop's 0.5%. All transactions are recorded on-chain and verifiable via Polygonscan.

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Referral Program

Tier	Commission	How to reach
Base	25% of referred fees	Automatic from first referral
Growth	35% of referred fees	Based on referred trading volume milestone
Elite	45% of referred fees	Highest volume tier

Access your referral link via /referrals in the bot. Share it — every fee your referred users generate earns you a percentage automatically. Full referral program guide →

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Error Reference

Error	Cause	Fix
Chain network error	RPC node instability on Polygon	Auto-resolves — bot retries automatically. No action needed.
Insufficient funds	Low USDC balance or insufficient allowance for the order	Check your wallet balance via Wallet → View Addresses. Deposit more USDC if needed.
Order placement failure	Thin order books (low liquidity) in the market	Adjust your limit price offset upward, or switch to market order. Wait for liquidity to improve.
Withdrawal failure / contract call failure	Smart contract issue or temporary RPC problem	Restart the bot and retry. If persists, contact support in @PolyCop_Users.
Copy task stopped / no notifications	Bot paused, Telegram blocking notifications, or target wallet inactive	Check task is Active in Copy → My Tasks. Check Telegram notification settings. Verify target wallet has recent trades on Polymarket.
Delayed settlement after resolution	Polymarket's internal fund distribution process	This is normal — Polymarket distributes winnings after a short resolution period. No action needed.

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