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I think copy trading can be a bad thing for a beginner. Trading is not as easy as it sounds. If you don't learn trading and just want to make money by copying others, you might make a profit. But you will never be a real trader. A trader is not always a profit maker. If you are a copy trader and face losses, you might look down on that trader. Or you will lose interest in trading. That can be harmful to you.
Who cares if you will learn trading or not? As long as you make money in trading, who cares, right?

Kidding aside, I don't want to say that copy trading is bad for a beginner, but if you want to pursue trading and learn it, copy trading really is a bad start.
Trading isn't easy especially for newbies out there that's why we always say when you're a newbie in trading, expect that you will lose your money in your first trades. Copy trading can be profitable in the short term (I've experienced it already), but in the long run, I don't see it as profitable as many sees it. It's still better if you are a trader instead of copying others for the sake of profit. As for you looking down on that trader, that lead trader doesn't care at all because at the end of the day, you can just criticize him, but he doesn't care about your money.
Copy trading has it's benefits, and it will all depends on the trader on how to utilize it.