# Get started

## Step 1 - Find a Whale & Deep Research

There are many ways to find whales:

* Some Twitter accounts post analyses of whale wallets and give the address of these wallets.
* Dedicated software exists to find and analyze wallets that have made significant profits over a certain period of time.

**Once you've found a whale to follow, don't rush headlong into it 🚨!**

Thorough research is needed to validate the whale's attractiveness in terms of synchronization. 

For example, confirm that the whale is not a bot by checking the number of transactions per day/week. Also confirm that the whale in question has obtained its tokens through investment and not through airdrops, transfers or other means.

Basically, Do Your On Research before syncing with a whale.

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## Step 2 - Sync & Fund Account

Now that you're sure you want to follow this whale, go to the [Whales](https://whalesync.org/whales) page of the application and paste your whale's address in the corresponding input and launch the search. 

Check that WhaleSync finds the past transactions you're interested in, as these are the same types of transactions that will be tracked in the future. 

Once this is done, click on the "Sync" button, select the whale you wish to invest in each trade and confirm. **We recommend that you enter an amount < 10% of the total amount you wish to allocate to this whale, so that you can track at least 10 trades.**

Then go to the [portfolio](https://whalesync.org/portfolio) tab: here you'll see your smartcontract balance, i.e. the amount allocated to this whale.&#x20;

As this is your first time on WhaleSync, your balance is probably 0. So now's the time to deposit the amount in ETH you wish to allocate to this whale by clicking on the Deposit button.

## Step 3 - Portfolio & History

You have made a successful deposit!&#x20;

Still on the portfolio page, you'll now see your ether balance.

You can withdraw available ethers at any time.

When the whale you're synchronized with buys a token, you'll see the purchased token in your portfolio.&#x20;

**You can withdraw your available ethers or tokens at any time.**

In the [History](https://whalesync.org/history) tab, you'll find details of all the transactions that have taken place while synchronizing with your whale.


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