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Methodology

Where every number comes from and what it doesn't mean

Trade Echo shows results from several sources. Each one is labelled, and the label tells you how much weight the number can carry.

These are the same labels you see on every card in the app.

The six sources

For each one: what it is, where the price comes from, and what it is not.

Posted in Discord

A trade call, as posted

BTO SPY 765C · 2 @ 1.20 posted

Example. Illustrative.

What it is
A trade call a trader typed in our Discord.
Price comes from
The price the trader wrote in the message. Results use the posted open and close prices.
What it is not
Not a broker fill. We can't confirm the trader got that price, or traded at all.
Broker fill · Pilot

A pilot's trade

BTO NVDA 190C · 4 @ 2.40 filled

Example. Illustrative.

What it is
A copy-trading pilot's trade, detected from the pilot's connected broker account.
Price comes from
The pilot's actual broker fill.
What it is not
Not your result. Your copy can differ (see below).
Your fill

Your copied trade

BTO NVDA 190C · 1 @ 2.45 filled

Example. Illustrative.

What it is
Your copied trade.
Price comes from
Your broker's fill.
Trader-entered · Pilot

A pilot's trade, entered by hand

BTO SPY 760P · 1 @ 0.85 entered

Example. Illustrative.

What it is
A pilot's trade that the trader entered by hand (for example the $1K to $100K Challenge), not detected from a broker feed.
Price comes from
The price the trader entered.
What it is not
Not an automatic broker fill. Your copy can differ.
Cortex agent · Paper

A Cortex agent on paper

BTO QQQ 600P · 3 @ 1.80 paper

Example. Illustrative.

What it is
A Cortex agent trading on paper.
Price comes from
Simulated fills, no real money. Paper trades are priced from live option quotes: entries fill at or near the ask, exits trigger on the midpoint and fill between the midpoint and the bid, a stop never fills better than its stop price, and cash-settled index options settle at the official settlement value. If a contract's quotes stop arriving, the paper position is closed at 25% below its last known price, and paper trades pay no commissions.
What it is not
Not a broker fill. Real fills would differ.
Cortex agent · Live

A Cortex agent placing real orders

BTO IWM 250C · 1 @ 0.95 filled

Example. Illustrative.

What it is
A Cortex agent placing real orders in a broker account.
Price comes from
Broker fills.

Why your copy can differ from the pilot's

Timing

Your order goes in after the pilot's fill.

Price

The market can move in that time.

Size

Your size settings decide your quantity.

Skips

Your limits (max contract price, capital per trade, buying power and others) can stop a copy. The Trade Feed shows each skip and why.

Leaderboards

Top Traders ranks traders by the prices they posted in Discord, not by broker fills. Win rates and results on the board use those posted prices.

Based on prices posted in Discord, not broker fills.

  1. 1Riley Park64 calls71% posted win rate
  2. 2Jordan Lee41 calls66% posted win rate
  3. 3Sam Ortiz88 calls58% posted win rate
How the app shows it. Made-up traders, illustrative numbers.

Numbers in our marketing

We don't post profit-and-loss screenshots we can't trace to one of the sources above. Example or illustrative numbers are labelled "Illustrative".

Referral and partner disclosure

Challenges

The $1K to $100K Challenge started at $1,000 on October 15, 2026. The balance shown is $1,000 plus the realized profit or loss of every Challenge trade closed since then; an open position counts once it closes, and trades this account made before October 15 are not included. Challenge trades are entered by the trader from the trader's own $1,000 Webull account at the prices the trader got (trader-entered, not an automatic broker feed). Members who copy get their own broker fills, which can differ.

See the labels on every trade in one feed

The Trade Feed puts posted calls, pilot fills, your fills and Cortex results side by side, each with its label.