Protect what you already hold.
Most people who use copy trading already hold coins. When the market falls, everything they hold falls together. A small part of their money copying good short sellers works like insurance: it may lose a little in a rising market, and it earns when prices fall.
The idea in one picture
How to use it
How much?
A small part — for example 10–25% of what you put into copy trading. The goal is a steadier total, not the biggest profit.
In a rising market?
Your coins carry you. The short sellers may lose a little — that is the cost of the insurance.
In a falling market?
Your coins fall, but the short sellers can earn. That gives you cash to hold on, or to buy cheaper.
Which traders?
Short sellers who still passed our 12-month checks: small falls, never liquidated, never rescued with new money.
Insurance for coin holders
Short sellers: they earn when prices fall. A small part protects what you hold.