Risk Disclosure

PolyCopyBot is a software tool that facilitates automated copy trading on the Polymarket prediction market platform. The use of this service carries a high degree of financial risk and may not be appropriate for all users. Before using PolyCopyBot, you should carefully consider your financial situation, investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite.

There is a possibility that you may sustain a loss of some or all of your deposited funds and therefore you should not speculate with capital that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with prediction market trading and, if in doubt, seek independent financial advice.

PolyCopyBot does not guarantee any minimum return on investment. Historical performance data displayed on this platform represents past results and is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Returns shown are gross figures and do not account for gas fees, platform fees, slippage, or other transaction costs.

Prediction markets are a distinct and high-risk class of financial instrument. Unlike traditional investments, all prediction market positions resolve to binary outcomes: YES (1 USDC per share) or NO (0 USDC per share). There is no intermediate outcome, partial recovery, or stop-loss mechanism that prevents total loss.

• Binary all-or-nothing resolution: Every market resolves to a complete win or a complete loss for each side. A 90% probability position can still resolve to zero.
• Extreme price volatility: Market prices can swing dramatically based on news events, social sentiment, liquidity shifts, or large whale transactions, sometimes within minutes.
• Liquidity risk: Some markets have limited liquidity, making it difficult or impossible to exit a position before resolution at a fair price.
• Market resolution risk: Resolution disputes, delayed resolutions, or ambiguous outcome criteria can freeze funds for extended periods.
• Counterparty concentration: A small number of large participants can dominate pricing in thin markets, creating adverse conditions for smaller traders.
• Event risk: Unexpected real-world events can instantly render previously high-probability positions worthless.
• Time decay: Positions held near resolution become increasingly sensitive to small probability changes, amplifying both gains and losses.

PolyCopyBot uses automated software to monitor and mirror trades made by selected Polymarket wallets. Automated trading systems introduce a specific and significant set of risks that are distinct from manual trading.

• Software bugs and errors: No software is error-free. A bug in the bot logic could result in incorrect trade sizing, trading wrong markets, failing to execute trades, or executing duplicate trades.
• Connectivity failures: Internet outages, RPC node failures, or Polymarket API downtime can prevent the bot from monitoring wallets or submitting transactions, causing missed trades or incomplete copies.
• Execution latency: The bot cannot guarantee simultaneous execution with the wallet being copied. Price slippage during the delay between the original trade and your copy can significantly affect outcomes.
• Smart contract interaction risk: Every trade requires on-chain smart contract interaction. A contract exploit, front-running attack, or unexpected revert can result in transaction failure or fund loss.
• Configuration errors: Incorrect settings — such as improper position sizing, unlimited slippage tolerance, or copying an inappropriate wallet — are entirely the user's responsibility.
• Front-running and MEV: Automated bots are visible on-chain before execution. Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) bots can front-run your transactions, worsening your execution price.
• Over-trading and fee accumulation: A high-frequency source wallet will cause the bot to submit frequent transactions, accumulating significant gas fees that can erode returns entirely.

Copy trading involves automatically mirroring the trading activity of other Polymarket wallets. This approach carries unique risks beyond those of trading independently.

• Past performance does not predict future results: A wallet with an exceptional historical win rate may underperform in the future. Markets evolve. Strategies that worked previously may stop working without notice.
• No insight into the source wallet's intent: You cannot know whether a wallet is making trades based on sophisticated analysis, insider information, hedging other positions, testing strategies, or making errors. You are copying the action, not the reasoning.
• Wallet strategy shift: A source wallet may change its strategy at any time — increasing risk, switching markets, or deliberately testing bad trades — without any notification to you.
• Correlation risk: Copying multiple wallets that trade in the same markets does not provide diversification. Correlated losses can be amplified when markets move against you across all positions simultaneously.
• Size asymmetry: A large whale wallet may absorb a 1% position loss trivially. The same trade, proportionally sized, may represent a material loss for a smaller account.
• Wallet abandonment or compromise: A source wallet may be abandoned by its owner or compromised by a third party. Malicious trades from a compromised wallet will be copied to your account.
• Leaderboard manipulation: Public performance rankings can be gamed through selective trade reporting, obscured losses, or self-dealing. Do not trust rankings at face value.

All Polymarket trades are executed on the Polygon blockchain via smart contracts. Blockchain-based financial activity carries fundamental and irreducible technical risks.

• Irreversible transactions: Blockchain transactions are final and cannot be reversed, cancelled, or disputed once confirmed. There is no chargeback, no undo, and no recourse for mistaken transactions.
• Smart contract vulnerabilities: Smart contracts can contain bugs, logic errors, or exploitable vulnerabilities that were not discovered during audits. An exploit in Polymarket's contracts could result in total loss of funds on the platform.
• Gas fee volatility: Transaction fees on the Polygon network fluctuate based on network demand. High gas periods can make small trades economically unviable or reduce net returns significantly.
• Network congestion and delays: During periods of high network activity, transactions may be significantly delayed or dropped entirely, resulting in failed trade execution.
• Protocol upgrades: The Polymarket protocol may be upgraded, migrated, or deprecated. Such events could temporarily or permanently affect the functionality of PolyCopyBot.
• Oracle and price feed risk: Prediction market outcomes are often determined by external data sources (oracles). Incorrect, manipulated, or delayed oracle data can cause incorrect market resolutions.
• Bridge and cross-chain risk: Moving funds onto or off the Polygon network via bridges introduces additional risk of bridge exploits, delays, or incorrect asset transfers.

PolyCopyBot operates exclusively in cryptocurrency environments. All payments, deposits, and withdrawals are handled via cryptocurrency. This introduces additional risks beyond those of traditional financial products.

• Extreme price volatility: Cryptocurrency prices can decline by 50–90% or more in short periods. Even stablecoins can lose their peg under adverse market conditions.
• Non-custodial responsibility: PolyCopyBot does not hold your funds. Your assets remain in your own wallet at all times. You are entirely responsible for the security and management of your private keys and seed phrases.
• Private key loss: Loss of your private key or seed phrase results in permanent and unrecoverable loss of all associated funds. PolyCopyBot has no ability to restore access.
• Wallet compromise: If your wallet is compromised through phishing, malware, social engineering, or poor operational security, all funds within the wallet are at risk of theft. PolyCopyBot cannot prevent or reverse unauthorised access.
• Stablecoin peg risk: USDC and other stablecoins used on Polymarket are subject to depeg risk, issuer risk, regulatory seizure, and redemption delays.
• Transaction error: Sending funds to an incorrect address, wrong network, or unsupported token contract results in irreversible and permanent loss of those funds.
• Tax and reporting obligations: Cryptocurrency trading activities may give rise to tax obligations in your jurisdiction. You are solely responsible for understanding and fulfilling your own tax and reporting requirements.

The regulatory environment for prediction markets, cryptocurrency trading, and automated trading software is evolving rapidly and unpredictably across all jurisdictions globally.

• Changing laws: Laws and regulations governing prediction markets, decentralised finance (DeFi), and cryptocurrency may change at any time in any jurisdiction. New regulation could restrict or prohibit the use of this service.
• Jurisdiction risk: It is your sole responsibility to determine whether using PolyCopyBot is lawful in your jurisdiction. We do not represent that this service is legal or appropriate for use in every country.
• Platform regulatory action: Polymarket itself may be subject to regulatory action, enforcement, shutdown, or operational restrictions that could freeze or destroy the value of positions held on the platform.
• AML/CFT compliance: You represent that your use of this service is not for money laundering, terrorist financing, or other illegal purposes. We reserve the right to restrict access if we have reason to believe our service is being used for unlawful activity.
• Service availability: PolyCopyBot may be required to restrict, suspend, or terminate service in certain jurisdictions at any time due to legal or regulatory requirements, with no advance notice.

Nothing on the PolyCopyBot platform, website, documentation, or any associated communication channel constitutes financial, investment, legal, tax, or any other form of professional advice.

The information, leaderboards, wallet statistics, win rates, return figures, and any other data provided on this platform are for informational purposes only. They are not recommendations to buy, sell, hold, or copy any particular position or wallet.

PolyCopyBot does not assess the suitability of its service for any individual user. You are responsible for conducting your own due diligence, forming your own independent judgement, and seeking professional advice appropriate to your personal circumstances before making any financial decision.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PolyCopyBot, its operators, directors, employees, contractors, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use this service.

This limitation applies to, without limitation:

• Financial losses resulting from trades executed or not executed by the bot, regardless of cause.
• Losses resulting from software bugs, server outages, connectivity issues, or incorrect trade execution.
• Losses resulting from smart contract failures, blockchain exploits, or network issues outside our control.
• Losses resulting from the actions, inactions, or strategy changes of copied wallets.
• Losses resulting from regulatory action against Polymarket or our own service.
• Losses of private keys, wallet access, or funds due to user error or third-party compromise.
• Any indirect, consequential, or punitive loss of any nature whatsoever.

Our total aggregate liability to you, if any liability is found to exist, shall not exceed the subscription fees paid by you to PolyCopyBot in the three (3) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim.