Cryptocurrency exchange Gate has launched a stock copy trading feature in its mobile application, describing the release as an industry-first effort to bring the copy trading model used in digital assets into traditional equity markets. The function is available to users who update the Gate app to version 8.29.0 or later.

The new feature allows investors to mirror the trading activity of experienced portfolio managers across United States, Hong Kong and South Korean equities, as well as exchange-traded funds. Gate said the service is designed to extend copy trading beyond crypto assets and provide access to a broader range of global market strategies through a unified mobile interface.

Copy trading has become a familiar feature on crypto platforms because it lets users automate trade replication rather than manually entering each order. Applying that model to equities adds a different operating environment, since the underlying stocks and ETFs are still subject to the trading calendars, market hours and settlement processes of their respective exchanges.

The system uses a proportional allocation model that automatically adjusts position sizes according to the capital available to both the lead trader and the follower. Under this structure, buy orders, partial exits and full position closures can be synchronized automatically. Users can begin copy trading with fractional share quantities as small as one one-hundredth of a share, lowering the minimum capital needed to gain exposure to individual companies such as Apple, NVIDIA, Tencent and Samsung.

Gate said strategy management remains available continuously, outside conventional exchange trading hours, allowing users to manage copy trading settings even when underlying equity markets are closed.

Investor Protection and Fee Structure

Before choosing a strategy to follow, users can review performance indicators including historical returns, maximum drawdowns and current follower counts. Those metrics are commonly used to compare trading strategies, but they do not eliminate the risks associated with market volatility, liquidity conditions or differences between a lead trader’s portfolio and a follower’s proportional allocation.

Gate’s compensation model is based on a High-Water Mark structure, meaning lead traders can collect performance fees only when a follower’s cumulative net profit rises above its previously recorded peak. No performance allocation is made while an account remains below its historical profit maximum. In those cases, lead traders must wait for followers to recover previous drawdowns before they can earn additional incentive payments. Qualified professionals may apply to become lead traders and can receive performance-sharing rewards of up to ten percent.

The platform also provides analytics dashboards, strategy administration tools and trader discovery features intended to support long-term alignment between strategy providers and subscribers.

Gate’s stock trading infrastructure is connected to its existing VIP program, under which participants receive preferential fee schedules and related benefits based on their asset holdings. The exchange’s broader equity ecosystem currently supports access to more than twelve thousand five hundred stocks and ETFs, including approximately ten thousand United States listings, one thousand five hundred Hong Kong securities and one thousand South Korean instruments.

Through a unified account structure, investors can use USDT to purchase global equities. The platform also supports fractional ownership, dividend distributions, cross-broker transfers for United States and Hong Kong positions, and corporate actions including stock splits and reverse splits.

The launch of stock copy trading marks an expansion by Gate from asset trading into investment services, as the company works to integrate traditional financial markets with Web3 infrastructure. Gate has said it plans to continue expanding its global investment product range and multi-market capabilities. A web-based version of the stock copy trading interface is expected to be released at a later date.