Before your first trade
Everything a new trencher needs, split into five shelves. Each article is short and written by people who learned it the expensive way.
DEXs & launchpads
pump.fun, PumpSwap, Raydium, Meteora. Where a coin is born and where it moves after bonding.
Tokenomics
Supply, holders, dev allocation, bundles. What the top-10 holder chart is telling you.
Supply and market cap
Why a $0.00004 token is not "cheap", and the one number you should look at instead.
Reading the holder chart
What the top-10 holders list is telling you, and the three patterns that mean walk away.
Bundles, explained
How devs buy a third of the supply in the launch block, and how to spot it before you buy.
Trading terminals
Axiom, Photon, GMGN, BullX. Setup, fees, presets and the settings people forget.
Choosing a terminal
Axiom, Photon, GMGN and BullX compared on the things that actually matter in week one.
Your first trade on Axiom
From an empty wallet to a first buy and sell, step by step, without the expensive mistakes.
Settings people forget
Slippage, priority fees, tips and MEV protection. Small numbers that decide whether your trade lands.
Reading charts
Market cap, volume, candles on a 1-second chart, and why a straight green line is a warning.
Market cap, not price
Why every serious trencher sets the chart to market cap, and how to read the axis.
Reading 1-second candles
Fresh coins move in seconds. How to read the tiny timeframes without fooling yourself.
Volume and fake volume
Volume is the most faked number on a memecoin chart. How to tell real trading from a bot.
Risk management
Position size, taking initials, wallet hygiene. How to still be here next month.
Position sizing
The rule that keeps you in the game long enough to get good. Size every trade to go to zero.
Taking initials
Get your starting stake back, then let the rest ride. The simplest exit plan in the trenches.
Wallet hygiene
Most trenchers lose more to drainers and bad clicks than to bad trades. Keep your wallets boring.