Shark Radar vs Polycopy
Clear category split: execution/copy vs skill intel. Polycopy helps you copy; Shark Radar tells you who's skilled and when they move — without mirroring fills.
Different jobs
Polycopy wants you to find a trader and copy (manually or with bots). That's a real category.
Shark Radar wants you to know who's skilled, skip uncopyable styles, and get pinged when they take a real position — so you research the market at your price. We are not a copy bot.
If you need one-click mirroring, evaluate copy platforms on execution, fees, and latency. If you need a skill screen that doesn't pretend mirroring is free edge, use us.
Quick comparison
| Polycopy | Shark Radar | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Home for copy trading on Polymarket | Skill radar + whale alerts |
| Board | PnL/ROI leaderboards + Copy Score | Skill board: ROI-on-risk, style, confidence |
| Killer feature | Copy Score, copy feed, Trader Bots | Luck filter + uncopyable screen + Telegram on net positions |
| Execution | Yes — copy / auto-copy (their product) | No — read-only |
| Copy philosophy | "Profitable ≠ copyable" via Copy Score | Follow judgment, not fills |
| Custody | Non-custodial execution layer (their claim) | Never asks for keys; analytics/alerts only |
Leaderboard philosophy
PnL boards reward size and luck. We rank return on money actually risked, filter lucky streaks and incomplete records, and label styles you couldn't copy (MM, farming, tiny favorite edges, HFT). See best Polymarket traders and methodology.
Polycopy's Copy Score asks a related question on their side: what's left for a follower after costs. We agree profitable ≠ copyable — we just productize the answer as a skill + style screen + alerts, not as trade execution.
Why we don't mirror fills
Public backtests on our copy-trading page:
- 0.035 correlation between a wallet's past and future returns (157 top wallets)
- −13.6% out-of-sample from copying top-15 profit-ranked wallets into fresh markets
- +$191k → −$64k when a profitable tennis book is recomputed at 2¢ worse entries (copier fill)
Bots shrink delay; they don't fix uncopyable strategies or structural slippage.
Who each is for
Want feed + Copy Score + optional bots → Polycopy's lane.
Want skill-ranked watchlist + Telegram when they move, no execution → Shark Radar.
Also see Shark Radar vs Polyrank, how to track Polymarket wallets, and pricing.
Common questions
Can Shark Radar auto-copy like Polycopy?
No. Read-only alerts and rankings — we never ask for keys and we don't execute trades.
Do you have a Copy Score?
We show style, confidence, and ROI-on-risk on the skill board. We don't execute copies, so we don't ship a Copy Score product.
Which ranks best traders?
Depends what "best" means — PnL or copyability-for-mirroring vs skill-on-risk for research. Our board is the second.
Is this financial advice?
No. Shark Radar is analytics and alerts only — not tips, picks, or financial advice.
Skill radar, not a copy bot
Rank by ROI-on-risk, filter uncopyable styles, get Telegram when they move. Watch your first traders free.
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