Success Trading – Non-Custodial Copy-Trading Hub on Arbitrum

Grants Discussions
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Hello Arbitrum community,

We are building Success Trading (powered by Quantara), a non-custodial copy-trading hub on Arbitrum. Traders issue their strategies as ERC-1155 StrategyTokens, and investors gain access simply by holding the token. Execution happens directly in the investor’s own exchange account, so funds never leave their custody. Performance fees are settled transparently on-chain, shared with the trader.

This creates a bridge between DeFi and CeFi:

  • DeFi layer (Arbitrum): token-gated access, fee settlement, verification.

  • CeFi layer (Exchanges): actual trade execution, where assets stay with the investor.

We see this as a pathway to bring 1,000+ new users onto Arbitrum, generating consistent on-chain activity (minting, fee distribution, token verification) and opening a new marketplace for strategy creators.

Roadmap (Full Vision $180k)

  • MVP (Months 1–2): StrategyToken contracts on Arbitrum Sepolia, Exchange Testnet integration, first pilot traders.

  • Mainnet Rollout (Months 3–4): Arbitrum One deployment, fee module live, 100 wallets gated.

  • Scale-Up (Months 5–6): Multi-exchange support, 500+ active wallets, $1M cumulative trading volume.

  • Expansion (Months 7–8): Open token issuance to external traders, DAO framework for strategy proposals, on-chain analytics dashboard.

Funding Approach

The Arbitrum DAO Grant Program currently caps requests at $50k per proposal, so we will structure our request in phases:

  • Phase 1 (current request, $50k): MVP deployment, first mainnet launch, 100 users onboarded.

  • Follow-on phases: further proposals aligned with the full $180k roadmap above.

We welcome feedback from the community on this approach, especially on milestones, adoption goals, and integration ideas to maximize impact on Arbitrum.

Thank you for your time and looking forward to your thoughts

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Thanks @Linda for presenting your project here. I think it would fit into the “New protocol and ideas” category (in the D.A.O. grants program), which is managed by @CastleCapital, so I suggest that you reach out to @Atomist, @francesco_castlelabs, and @Insomniac from Castle Labs directly regarding the details of your application.

Or perhaps first submit the application via Questbook and then ask the details via comments under your application.