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Discovery Filters

Discovery filters decide which tokens the bot considers for trading. Any token that does not meet your criteria is skipped.

You set all of these during the wizard. Each step shows a suggested value, but you choose your own.

Minimum Liquidity

What it does: Sets the minimum USD value that must be locked in the token's liquidity pool.

Why it matters: Low liquidity means large price swings when you buy or sell. It also makes it harder to exit your position.

Accepted range: $5,000 and above (minimum $5,000 enforced by the system)

Suggested: $5,000

The wizard shows you a breakdown of how many approved tokens fall into different liquidity ranges, so you can make an informed choice.

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Higher liquidity means safer trades but fewer token matches. If you are not getting enough trades, try lowering this value.

Minimum Token Age

What it does: Only considers tokens that have existed on-chain for at least this many days.

Why it matters: The bot needs time to run all its safety checks on a new token. It verifies that liquidity is locked, checks holder distribution, scans the contract for red flags, and runs a swap simulation. This process takes up to 3 days. Tokens younger than that have not been fully verified yet.

Accepted range: 3 days and above (minimum 3 days enforced by the system)

Suggested: 3 days

Maximum Token Age

What it does: Skips tokens older than this many days.

Why it matters: Very old tokens tend to have less price action. This keeps the bot focused on newer tokens with more growth potential.

Accepted range: Must be higher than your minimum age, no upper cap

Suggested: 150 days

Minimum 24h Volume

What it does: Only considers tokens with at least this much trading volume in the last 24 hours.

Why it matters: Low volume means the token is not being actively traded. This makes it harder to buy and sell at fair prices.

Accepted range: $100 and above

Suggested: $5,000

The wizard shows you how many tokens match your volume filter based on the liquidity and age filters you already set.

Max 24h Price Gain

What it does: Skips tokens that have gone up more than this percentage in the last 24 hours.

Why it matters: Buying after a big pump often means buying at the top. These tokens tend to drop shortly after.

Accepted range: 1% to 1,000%

Suggested: 100%

Max 24h Price Drop

What it does: Skips tokens that have dropped more than this percentage in the last 24 hours.

Why it matters: A large drop can signal a rug pull, an exploit, or panic selling.

Accepted range: 1% to 50% (the system automatically rejects any token that drops 50% or more)

Suggested: 50%

Re-entry Cooldown

What it does: After the bot sells a token, it waits this many hours before it can buy the same token again.

Why it matters: Without a cooldown, the bot might buy back into a token that is still dropping. The cooldown gives the market time to settle.

Accepted range: 1 to 168 hours (max 7 days)

Suggested: 24 hours

Security Checks

On top of your filters, the bot automatically runs security checks on every token before it can be traded. This is not something you configure. It happens automatically.

Tokens are rejected if any of the following are detected:

  • Honeypot (you cannot sell the token after buying)
  • Closed source contract (source code not published)
  • Mintable supply (new tokens can be created)
  • Proxy/upgradeable contract
  • Pausable transfers (owner can freeze trading)
  • Self-destruct function in the contract
  • Owner can change balances or set per-wallet slippage
  • Creator has deployed other honeypot tokens
  • Fake token (impersonating a legitimate project)
  • Airdrop scam
  • Buy or sell tax detected
  • Less than 60% of liquidity pool tokens locked or burned
  • Top holder concentration too high

See Trading Flow for more details on the full safety pipeline.

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