Mirrored Trade vs Polygun
Both Mirrored and Polygun are Telegram bots for trading and copy-trading Polymarket. They look similar from the outside. Once you compare what you actually pay and how much control you get over each copy trade, the gap is large — and it almost always favours Mirrored.
TL;DR
- Fees: Mirrored charges 1% only on winning copy-trade exits. Polygun charges 1% on every buy and every sell — so a round-trip copy trade pays Polygun twice and Mirrored at most once.
- Curated lineups: Mirrored ships five hand-picked Auto Pilot lineups with trade size and risk settings already tuned. Polygun is DIY — you pick wallets yourself or it's on you.
- Risk controls: Mirrored gives every trader you mirror its own size mode, slippage tolerance, price band, and per-trade and per-market caps. Polygun's public site does not describe equivalent controls.
- Custody: Both are non-custodial. Mirrored wallets are secured by Privy's TEE-backed infrastructure with a real 24-word BIP-39 seed exportable straight from Telegram.
- Education: Mirrored ships a full learn and docs library, a profit calculator, and an odds converter. Polygun does not.
At a glance
| Mirrored | Polygun | |
|---|---|---|
| Copy trading fee | 1% on winning copy exits only | 1% on every buy and every sell |
| Manual trading fee | 1% per leg | 1% per leg |
| Subscription | None | None |
| Curated lineups | 5 Auto Pilot lineups, settings tuned | — |
| Per-trader risk controls | Size mode · slippage · price band · caps | Not documented |
| Order types | Market and limit orders | Market and limit orders |
| Wallet | Privy TEE · 24-word BIP-39 export | Self-custody, exportable |
| Funding | pUSD on Polygon · bridge USDC, USDT, ETH, SOL, BTC | Polygon, Solana, Ethereum, BNB (auto-bridge) |
| Gas paid by user | No — Polymarket relayer covers gas | Not documented |
| Public methodology for trader ranking | Yes — 30-day PnL, win rate, consistency | Not documented |
| Learn library | Beginner guide, strategies, odds converter, profit calculator | — |
| Referrals | Yes — share of platform fee | Yes — share of trading fees |
Polygun fees and feature claims are based on what is published at polygun.xyz as of May 2026.
1. The fee gap is real money
Polygun's pricing page states "1% fee on each transaction, both buys and sells." Mirrored only charges its 1% fee when a copy-trade exit is profitable. Losing copy trades and break-even copy trades pay zero fees. Manual trades you place yourself pay 1% per leg on both bots.
Why does this matter? Most copy traders don't win every trade. On a typical mixed-result month — some hits, some misses — the fee gap compounds.
Worked example: 100 copy trades, $50 each, 55% win rate
| Scenario | Polygun fees | Mirrored fees |
|---|---|---|
| 100 entries × 1% | $50.00 | $0.00 |
| 55 winning exits × 1% | $27.50 | $27.50 |
| 45 losing exits × 1% | $22.50 | $0.00 |
| Total fees | $100.00 | $27.50 |
Same trades, same outcomes — Mirrored leaves $72.50 more in your wallet. The bigger your size and trade count, the wider the gap. Read the full fee policy in our copy-trading docs and manual trading docs.
2. Auto Pilot vs picking wallets blind
Polygun lets you copy any wallet — that's table stakes. What it doesn't do is curate the wallets or pre-tune the risk settings. You sift through "Smart Wallets" lists yourself and hope you picked good ones.
Mirrored ships five Auto Pilot lineups — All Categories, Aggressive, Sweaty, Relaxed, and Super Aggressive. Each is 10 hand-picked Polymarket traders with size mode, slippage, price band, and per-trade caps already tuned for the lineup's style. Tap ✅ Use this lineup and you're live. See the Auto Pilot docs.
You can still manual-copy individual wallets if you want full control — Auto Pilot is the fast path, not the only path.
3. Per-trader risk controls Polygun doesn't document
When you mirror a trader on Mirrored, you're not just turning on a switch. Each trader gets its own settings:
- Size mode — fixed dollar amount, percentage of leader, or portfolio-weighted multiplier.
- Slippage tolerance — how much price drift between leader fill and yours you'll accept. Tighter means more skipped trades; looser means more catches.
- Price band — e.g.
30¢–70¢filters out late entries on near-resolved markets and lottery-ticket entries on long shots. - Per-trade cap — hard dollar maximum per individual copy, so a leader going huge on one trade can't blow up your position.
- Per-market cap — total exposure ceiling across every trader for any single market, so you can't accidentally over-stack the same outcome.
Polygun's public site does not describe an equivalent set of per-trader risk controls. The full breakdown of Mirrored's settings is in the copy-trading docs.
4. Wallet and seed export
Both bots are non-custodial — neither holds your funds. The difference is what backs the wallet and how you get your keys out.
Mirrored wallets are created by Privy, the same wallet infrastructure used by many crypto consumer apps. Keys sit inside a TEE (trusted execution environment) and the bot is only a delegated signer. You can pull your 24-word BIP-39 seed phrase straight from Telegram at any time and import it into MetaMask, Rabby, Frame, a hardware wallet, or anything else that speaks BIP-39. The bot shows the seed once, then deletes the message after 60 seconds. Read the full custody model in our security doc.
Polygun's site states wallets are self-custodial and exportable. It does not publicly name the wallet provider or describe a TEE-based key model. If you care about wallet provenance — or you want to know exactly where your keys live before you fund — Mirrored is more transparent about it.
5. Funding and supported chains
Polymarket runs on Polygon and is denominated in pUSD. Both bots accept pUSD deposits directly. For other assets:
- Mirrored — bridge from USDC, USDT, ETH, SOL, or BTC on their respective networks. Bitcoin is supported in addition to the EVM chains, which Polygun does not list.
- Polygun — bridge from Polygon, Solana, Ethereum, and BNB.
Mirrored also benefits from Polymarket's relayer for on-chain operations, so you don't pay gas out of a separate balance — your pUSD is what trades. See the wallet doc.
6. Transparent leaderboard, not a black box
Mirrored's public leaderboard ranks Polymarket wallets by 30-day realized PnL, win rate, and risk-adjusted consistency. The methodology is public and the data is on-chain — anyone can verify it. Filterable by category and time window.
Polygun shows "Smart Wallets" — the most copied wallets on its platform. Most copied isn't the same as most profitable, and there's no public methodology for how those wallets surface.
7. The learn library Polygun doesn't have
Mirrored ships a full set of educational resources for prediction markets and copy trading:
- Polymarket beginner guide — wallet setup, funding, first trade.
- How Polymarket works — share prices, probabilities, resolution.
- How to copy trade — picking traders, sizing, slippage.
- Trading strategies — five repeatable patterns used by profitable wallets.
- Profit calculator — estimate net profit, ROI, and fees on any trade.
- Odds converter — share price, probability, decimal, American.
So which should you use?
If you trade Polymarket from Telegram and you want to keep more of your winnings, get curated lineups instead of guessing at wallets, and have granular control over how each trader is copied, Mirrored is the stronger product.
Polygun's flat 1% per buy AND per sell adds up fast on losing trades — fees you pay regardless of outcome. Mirrored's fee model only kicks in on the trades that actually made you money.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mirrored or Polygun cheaper?
Mirrored is materially cheaper for copy trading. Mirrored charges 1% only on winning copy-trade exits; losing copy trades cost nothing. Polygun charges 1% on every buy and every sell. Over many trades the gap compounds — see the worked example above.
Are both Mirrored and Polygun non-custodial?
Yes — neither bot holds your funds. Mirrored wallets are backed by Privy with a TEE-secured key model and 24-word BIP-39 seed you can export from Telegram. Polygun states wallets are self-custodial and exportable, without specifying the provider.
Can I move my wallet off Mirrored?
Yes. The seed phrase is a standard 24-word BIP-39 phrase. Export it from 💼 Wallet → 🔑 Export Private Key in the bot and import it into MetaMask, Rabby, Frame, or any other wallet. Read the security doc.
Does Mirrored support limit orders?
Yes. Both market and limit orders are supported for manual trading. See manual trading docs.
What's the minimum trade?
Mirrored's minimum trade is $1.10. Copy trades that would land under that floor are skipped.