Market cap, not price
Why every serious trencher sets the chart to market cap, and how to read the axis.
Share on XMost 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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