Made money again this week—so why might my new profit share still be zero?
When reviewing copy-trading returns, it’s easy to miscalculate profit sharing if you focus only on this week’s gains and losses. According to the calculation method in Binance’s Spot Copy Trading Guide, the amount is calculated by multiplying cumulative realized profits by the profit-sharing ratio, then subtracting profits already shared previously. If the result is less than zero, the amount due for the current settlement is calculated as zero. Fees are also deducted from realized profits.
Here’s a purely mathematical example: Suppose the profit-sharing ratio is 10%. You first make 100 cumulatively and share 10. Then you lose 60 and make another 40, bringing your cumulative profit to just 80. Although you made money in the most recent period, the cumulative profit share calculated by the formula is 8, still less than the 10 already shared. So there’s no additional profit share.
If you later make another 50, cumulative profit reaches 130, and under the same assumptions, you would then receive an additional 3. These figures are not the performance of any live account, nor are they the actual fee rate for this account.
In my view, when evaluating a lead trader’s track record, you need to consider both the profit trajectory and the amounts already settled. Whether you’re trading $BTC , $ETH , or $BNB , a single profitable trade can’t stand in for the cumulative results of the entire portfolio. This discussion covers the calculation method in the Spot Guide; for copy trading futures, check the relevant rules separately.
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When reviewing copy-trading returns, it’s easy to miscalculate profit sharing if you focus only on this week’s gains and losses. According to the calculation method in Binance’s Spot Copy Trading Guide, the amount is calculated by multiplying cumulative realized profits by the profit-sharing ratio, then subtracting profits already shared previously. If the result is less than zero, the amount due for the current settlement is calculated as zero. Fees are also deducted from realized profits.
Here’s a purely mathematical example: Suppose the profit-sharing ratio is 10%. You first make 100 cumulatively and share 10. Then you lose 60 and make another 40, bringing your cumulative profit to just 80. Although you made money in the most recent period, the cumulative profit share calculated by the formula is 8, still less than the 10 already shared. So there’s no additional profit share.
If you later make another 50, cumulative profit reaches 130, and under the same assumptions, you would then receive an additional 3. These figures are not the performance of any live account, nor are they the actual fee rate for this account.
In my view, when evaluating a lead trader’s track record, you need to consider both the profit trajectory and the amounts already settled. Whether you’re trading $BTC , $ETH , or $BNB , a single profitable trade can’t stand in for the cumulative results of the entire portfolio. This discussion covers the calculation method in the Spot Guide; for copy trading futures, check the relevant rules separately.
Tap my profile picture to view my live trading record