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Market cap, not price

Why every serious trencher sets the chart to market cap, and how to read the axis.

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Most terminals let you show the chart in price or in market cap. Switch to market cap and leave it there.

Why

A price like $0.0000412 is hard to read and harder to compare. A market cap like $41K is easy. Since every pump.fun coin has the same 1 billion supply, market cap is just price with the zeros removed. You can compare any two coins at a glance.

It also matches how people talk. Nobody in a group chat says "it hit 0.0003". They say "it hit 300K".

Reading the axis

  • Linear scale: equal distance means equal dollars. Good for short timeframes.
  • Log scale: equal distance means equal percent. Good for coins that went from $5K to $5M, where a linear chart would hide everything before the run.

Key levels that matter on pump.fun

  • Bonding. The market cap where the curve fills. Charts often show a spike and a pullback here.
  • Round numbers. $100K, $1M, $10M. Traders set limit sells at round numbers, so they often act as resistance.
  • Previous highs. Where the coin topped before. Holders who bought there want to break even and sell into any return.

Market cap in your own positions

Note your entry as a market cap, not a price. "I bought at 60K" makes it instantly clear whether a 2x is realistic (120K) or a fantasy (a coin that has never held 80K).

Notes in the margin

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