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New Study Reveals 44% of Copy Traders Are Under 25

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In Brief

  • A report reveals 44% of copy trading platform users are Gen-Z, demonstrating the trend's popularity among young traders.
  • Futures trading dominates copy trading transactions, accounting for 91% while spot trading only makes up 9%.
  • Despite its appeal, copy trading carries risks as beginner traders can be exposed to higher risks by copying renowned traders.
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Copy trading has grown in popularity recently, especially among Gen-Z, as beginner traders can leverage the expertise of professional traders by copying their position. 

Becoming a profitable trader requires years of experience and learning. A beginner trader is bound to make mistakes for various reasons, such as poor risk management, wrong trading setup, or other psychological factors.

Copy trading potentially helps beginners stay profitable, but it has its own risk factors.

Gen-Z Traders Make up Nearly Half of Users

According to a Bitget report, 44% of its copy trading platform’s users are Gen-Z, meaning they were born between the years 1997 and 2012. 

The younger age group may not necessarily have the expertise to study the market and place the trades. Hence, they have to rely on methods such as copy trading, where they can copy the trades of experts.

Click here to read more about the six best copy trading platforms for 2023.

32% of Bitget copy trading users are people born between 1981 and 1996, classified as millennials. The screenshot below further shows that 17% of the users are aged 35-55, and 7% of users are over 55 years old. 

Gen-Z users dominate crypto trading. Source: Bitget
Gen-Z users dominate crypto trading. Source: Bitget

Furthermore, the report revealed other insights, such as copy traders prefer trading futures rather than spot trading. The exchange said that futures trading accounted for 91% of all the copy trading transactions, whereas spot was only 9%.

However, traders need to keep in mind some factors, such as the past performance of an expert trader, may not necessarily indicate future performance. Generally renowned traders have a higher risk appetite. Hence, copying their trade may also expose a beginner to higher risk.

Ideally, traders could better plan for themselves if they learn the basics of technical analysis, position sizing, and risk management.

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Harsh Notariya
Harsh Notariya is an Editorial Standards Lead at BeInCrypto, who also writes about various topics, including decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), tokenization, crypto airdrops, decentralized finance (DeFi), meme coins, and altcoins. Before joining BeInCrypto, he was a community consultant at Totality Corp, specializing in the metaverse and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Additionally, Harsh was a blockchain content writer and researcher at Financial Funda, where he created...
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