# Whether copy trading is running

URL: https://docs.fxapis.com/api-reference/copy-trading/whether-copy-trading-is-running

> Whether copy trading is running. paused true while copy trading is paused on this server (before scheduled maintenance): strategies and subscriptions can be…

`GET https://api.fxapis.com/v1/copy/status`

`paused` true while copy trading is paused on this server (before scheduled maintenance): strategies and subscriptions can be read, paused and deleted, but nothing that starts copying is taken (503 `COPY_TRADING_PAUSED`), nothing is copied, and no follower is billed. `message` says so in a sentence, or is null.

Authentication: `Authorization: Bearer <API key>`.

#### Responses

- `200`
- `401`
- `403`

Failures return `{ "error": { "code", "message" } }`; every code is listed at https://docs.fxapis.com/errors.

#### 200 response fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | object | no |  |
| `data.paused` | boolean | yes |  |
| `data.message` | null \| string | yes |  |