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Memecoin trading and prop firms, explained in numbers.
No hype, no motivational posters. How evaluations, drawdown floors, fills, launchpads and terminals mechanically work — written the same way our rulebook is — so you can judge any firm, any tool and any trade, including ours. Every page carries its last-reviewed date.
Prop firms and funded accounts
How evaluations, floors, consistency rules and payouts actually work — and how to judge any firm, including this one.
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Crypto prop firms: how challenges and funded accounts work
Learn how prop firms work, what makes crypto prop trading different, and how to compare challenges, simulated funded accounts, drawdown rules and fees.
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How crypto prop firm evaluations work
One-step versus two-step challenges, profit targets, drawdown floors, consistency rules, and the exact mechanics that decide whether you pass or breach.
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Prop firm drawdown rules, explained
Understand static, trailing and daily drawdown limits with worked examples. Learn how Fullport’s day-close floor moves and locks at breakeven.
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No-KYC prop firms: how payouts work without identity checks
How a prop firm can pay real money without collecting identity documents, what replaces KYC, and the tradeoffs to understand before choosing one.
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How to Choose a Memecoin Prop Firm: 6 Questions
The six questions that separate memecoin prop firms: how fills are priced, full cost to a first payout, drawdown type, payout caps, public rules, verifiable payouts.
Comparison
Daily drawdown vs trailing drawdown: the same two days under three rules
Daily drawdown vs trailing drawdown, run over the same two trading days: a daily limit, an intraday trailing floor and an end-of-day floor. Which one holds.
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Do prop firms use real money? What is simulated and what is not
Do prop firms use real money? The account you trade is usually simulated on real prices, and the payouts are real. Why it works that way, and your real risk.
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Free funded accounts: what "free" usually means, and how to spot a scam
Is a free funded account real? The six kinds of free prop firm offer, which can pay out, the wallet scams to avoid, and what the cheapest honest route costs.
Data
How much do funded traders make? The ceiling, the formula and the realistic range
How much do funded traders make? No salary: a split of profit within payout caps. The formula, the maximum per account, the profit it takes, what lowers it.
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Instant funding vs an evaluation: what you pay to skip the test
Instant funding vs evaluation: skipping the challenge is priced in through fees and payout rules. How the economics work, what to check, how fast you fund.
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1-step vs 2-step prop firm challenges: what the extra phase costs you
1-step vs 2-step prop firm challenges compared on pass odds, time and total profit required, with the math to check both formats before you pay for either.
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How the prop firm consistency rule works, with the math
How the prop firm consistency rule works: the formula, why losing days make it harder, and the extra profit you need when one day is too big. Worked examples.
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How prop firm payouts work: split, cycle, caps and the buffer
How prop firm payouts work: split, cycle, buffer and caps, worked on real numbers. When you can request, how the cap applies, and how SOL payouts arrive.
Terminals and tools
Axiom, GMGN, Photon, BullX, DexScreener and the rest: what each one is for, what it costs, and how a funded account attaches to it.
Launchpads and mechanics
Bonding curves, graduation, PumpSwap, LaunchLab, Meteora DBC — what is happening under the chart.
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How to get funded to trade pump.fun
A practical guide to trading pump.fun launches with a funded account: how simulated fills track the bonding curve, which rules bite, and how to reach the first payout.
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Jito tips vs priority fees: how Solana memecoin trades get into a block
Jito tip vs priority fee on Solana: who receives each, which one you pay on a failed trade, what bundles do, and how much a memecoin trade really needs.
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Meteora's Dynamic Bonding Curve: how DBC launchpads price a coin
Meteora Dynamic Bonding Curve explained: each DBC launchpad sets its own curve, fees, quote token and graduation, and fees can start high to deter snipers.
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The pump.fun bonding curve: the math behind every launch
How pump.fun works: every coin trades on its own bonding curve until about 85 SOL of buys. The formula, what 'progress' means, and a 1 SOL buy worked through.
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Pump.fun graduation: the market cap, the 85 SOL and what changes after
The pump.fun graduation market cap is about 411 SOL, after 85 SOL of buys. Why the dollar figure moves, what happens at migration, and what changes after.
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Pump.fun market cap, explained: what the number counts and how far it moves
How pump.fun market cap is calculated: the one-line formula, why it counts unsold tokens, why sites disagree, and the SOL it takes to go from $10k to $20k.
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Slippage settings for Solana memecoins: what the number does and how to set it
Memecoin slippage settings explained: what the number limits, one pump.fun buy at 10%, 20% and 40%, why 'slippage exceeded' still costs fees, and what to set.
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Solana memecoin launchpads compared: pump.fun, LaunchLab and Meteora DBC
pump.fun, Raydium LaunchLab (LetsBonk) and Meteora DBC side by side: curve, fees, graduation point and the pool each coin ends up in, as of October 2026.
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What is LetsBonk.fun? How bonk.fun compares with pump.fun
Bonk.fun vs pump.fun: LetsBonk.fun runs on Raydium LaunchLab with a near-identical curve, a 1% fee against 1.25%, and cheaper pools after graduation.
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What is PumpSwap? pump.fun's AMM, its fee tiers and how it differs from the curve
PumpSwap is where pump.fun coins trade after graduation. How its pools work, every fee from 1.25% down to 0.30%, who earns the fee, and pump.fun vs PumpSwap.
Trading: safety, strategy, practice
Not getting rugged, sizing for a 4% floor, when to sell, and how to practise on live prices before the fee is on the line.
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The best time to trade memecoins: what the hourly data shows, and how to check it yourself
Memecoins trade 24/7, but activity doesn't. What an hourly snapshot of pump.fun launches showed, why busier isn't better, and how to find your best hours.
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Bundled supply: how launch bundles work and how to spot them
What bundled supply means on pump.fun and other Solana launchpads, how launch bundles hide who owns a coin, a worked dump, and how to check for it.
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How to not get rugged on Solana memecoins: the patterns that actually take your SOL
How to not get rugged on memecoins: the 5 rug patterns on pump.fun and Solana launchpads, 6 rules to trade by, and an honest answer to 'is pump.fun safe?'
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How to trade memecoins, step by step: from finding a coin to closing the trade
Memecoin trading explained: where coins trade, 9 steps from finding a coin to selling it, and what a $250 trade really costs once fees and impact are counted.
Comparison
Memecoin paper trading tools compared: extensions, simulators and what each one models
Crypto paper trading for memecoins: extensions for Axiom and GMGN, TradingView and a funded evaluation, compared on fees, slippage, price impact and delay.
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Memecoin trading for beginners: what to learn first, and a four-week plan
New to memecoins? The ten terms that matter, how the market really works, how to practise without a wallet, and a week-by-week plan before real money.
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Memecoin trading strategy: four approaches, their costs, and how to test one
A memecoin strategy is a universe, an entry trigger, a size and an exit. Four common approaches, what each costs per round trip, and the math to test yours.
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Memecoin paper trading vs a funded account: what each one tells you
Memecoin paper trading fills at the chart price and skips fees and impact. A worked $500 pump.fun example, and when a funded evaluation is the better test.
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Sandwich attacks on Solana: how MEV bots take a cut of memecoin buys
A Solana sandwich attack worked through on a 1 SOL pump.fun buy: how MEV bots see your trade, why your slippage is their budget, and what reduces the damage.
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What does full port mean? The trading slang, explained
Full port means putting your whole portfolio into one trade. Where the slang comes from, how it meets a prop-firm floor, and where Fullport got its name.
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What market cap to buy a memecoin at: upside, survival and the cost of your own size
Lower market cap means more upside, more dead coins and more price impact per dollar. The trade-offs by stage, with impact worked out at $50, $250 and $1,000.