How much do you actually need to start?
Asking for the minimum deposit gets you the wrong number. The number that matters is the balance at which your copies stop being skipped or eaten by fees, and it is easy to work out.
There is no real minimum deposit. You could fund copypump with a few dollars. The question worth asking is different: what balance lets your copies actually happen, at a size where fees do not eat them, without running dry halfway through a busy day?
Input one: your size per trade
This is the amount each copied buy uses. You choose it when you start copying a wallet:
- Fixed amount. Every copy uses the same amount. The smallest is $3.
- Percentage of the wallet's trade. Your copy follows their size, with a hard cap per trade. A copy that would come out under $2 is placed at $2.
Very small sizes are possible, but costs weigh more on them. Every copy pays fees on the buy and on the sell, plus slippage. If a copy would be too small to be worth its fee, copypump skips it. See pump.fun fees explained.
Input two: how many positions at once
Your balance has to cover every copy that is open at the same time. That depends on the wallet: some hold one coin at a time, others hold ten. You can limit it yourself with a maximum number of open positions, after which no new coins are opened until one closes.
Look at the wallet's recent activity on an explorer or its pump.fun profile. How many coins does it usually hold at once? How many trades a day does it make? Those two numbers matter more than its profit.
So what is the real number?
A simple formula:
Starting balance ≈ size per trade × max open positions × 1.5
The 1.5 is a buffer for fees, slippage and losing trades that have not been sold yet. Some examples:
| Size per trade | Max open positions | Balance to start with |
|---|---|---|
| $10 | 3 | about $45 |
| $20 | 5 | about $150 |
| $50 | 5 | about $375 |
| $100 | 10 | about $1,500 |
If you copy more than one wallet, add them up. Two wallets at five positions each can mean ten open copies at once.
What to do if that is more than you have
- Lower the max open positions before lowering the size. Fewer, meaningful copies beat many tiny ones eaten by fees.
- Copy one wallet, not three.
- Use "first buys only" so top-ups do not use your balance.
- Pick a less active wallet. A wallet that makes five trades a week needs a much smaller balance than one that makes fifty.
Funding is simple: send SOL or USDC on Solana to your copypump address. SOL is converted to USDC so your sizes stay stable in dollars. Then read how to copytrade on pump.fun for the rest of the setup.
Frequently asked
Is there a minimum deposit on copypump?
There is no account minimum. The practical floor comes from the copies: a fixed copy is at least $3, and in percentage mode a copy that would come out under $2 is placed at $2. Your balance needs to cover a few of those at once.
What is a sensible first balance?
Pick a size per trade you are relaxed about losing in full, multiply it by the maximum number of positions you allow to be open at once, and add a buffer. That is the balance that lets the strategy run without constant skips.
What happens if my balance runs out?
New copies cannot be placed and are skipped, while positions you already hold can still be sold when the wallet sells. Topping up lets new copies resume.
Should I deposit SOL or USDC?
Either works on Solana. SOL you deposit is converted to USDC, and your balance is held as USDC, so your per-trade sizes stay stable in dollars.
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