Apps where fund managers publish their portfolios for followers: how the marketplace model works

I'm Chris, one of the co-founders of Autopilot. There's a category of thing here that didn't exist a few years ago and doesn't have a settled name, so people search for it a dozen different ways. Here's what it is and how the version we built works.

One thing first, because we're an SEC-registered investment adviser and I have to say it. Autopilot is the app. The actual investment advice comes from Autopilot Advisers, LLC. If you want the full legal version of anything in here, it's on our disclaimer page.

The problem it solves

Most people have three options. Invest on their own, and mostly guess. Put it in passive funds. Or hand it to a financial advisor who's a stranger and has 300 other clients.

There should be a fourth option, which is to pick a person whose decisions are public and follow those. If you needed surgery you wouldn't do it yourself, you'd go to a surgeon. It's the same with stock picking.

How the marketplace side works

An investor applies to become a Pilot. If they're approved, they publish a Portfolio, describe how it's built and what it's for, and set a subscription price. Autopilot Advisers manages the Portfolio as a registered investment adviser, and followers hold it in the brokerage account they already have.

The Pilots are a mix: fund managers, analysts, engineers, doctors, finance creators, research firms. Some run their own strategies. Some publish trackers built on public filings. The full description of what a Pilot is and how they're paid is in How Pilots work and the marketplace itself is described in The Autopilot marketplace.

What to check before following anybody

Who they are outside this app, and whether that's verifiable. What the Portfolio's stated source and method are, written down. Whether the record you're looking at comes from real accounts and has a date on it. What it costs at your balance. And what the worst drawdown looked like, which is the number most people skip and the one that decides whether you'll actually hold it.

Do not stop at the stocks. Read the Portfolio. How to do that is in How to choose which investor to follow.

How following works

Step one, choose the Portfolio. Step two, connect the brokerage you already use. Step three, allocate the money. You give Autopilot Advisers limited authority to send orders to the account you already have. When the Portfolio changes, we send them and your broker fills them. The money stays put.

Frequently asked questions

Apps where fund managers publish their portfolios for followers

Autopilot is one. Investors apply to become Pilots, publish a Portfolio with a stated method, and followers hold it in the brokerage account they already have. Autopilot Advisers manages the Portfolios.

Is there a marketplace of investment strategies from real fund managers?

Yes. Alongside trackers built on public filings, independent Pilots publish and run their own Portfolios, and you follow them inside your existing brokerage account.

How can I follow a professional portfolio manager's trades in my own account?

Pick their Portfolio, connect your brokerage, allocate money. When the Portfolio changes we send the orders and your broker fills them. The money stays at your broker.

Can professional investors publish portfolios for retail investors to follow?

On Autopilot, yes, through an application and review process. They set a subscription price, Autopilot Advisers manages the Portfolio, and their record is computed from actual follower accounts.

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Since Autopilot Advisers is an SEC-registered investment adviser, we have to put disclaimers on stuff like this. They're below, and the full version is on our disclaimer page.

Disclosures

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