Hermes Legion research archive
Meme coin university.
A library of 18 field manuals for reading the trade beneath the meme—from first research and bonding curves to liquidity, wallet security, and exit planning.
Market Mechanics
Understand meme coin liquidity, market cap, bonding curves, slippage, fees, and why the price on a chart may not be the price you can exit.
Read the manualContract & Supply
Learn how to verify a Solana meme coin mint, token program, authorities, supply, metadata controls, and transfer restrictions before trading.
Read the manualWallet Forensics
Study meme coin holder concentration, creator history, wallet funding links, clusters, snipers, and signals of hidden common control.
Read the manualNarrative & Attention
Learn how to judge a meme coin narrative, separate organic attention from coordinated promotion, and define measurable catalysts.
Read the manualExecution & Risk
Build a meme coin execution plan using maximum loss, position sizing, slippage, entry conditions, invalidation, exits, and wallet separation.
Read the manualJournal & Review
Use a timestamped meme coin trading journal to preserve evidence, record rejected ideas, disclose positions, grade process, and learn without hindsight bias.
Read the manualMeme Coin Research Process
Use a repeatable meme coin research process to verify the token, inspect liquidity and holders, test the narrative, and define risk before buying.
Read the manualBuying Solana Meme Coins
Learn the process for buying a Solana meme coin: prepare a trading wallet, verify the mint, inspect the route, understand costs, and confirm the transaction.
Read the manualpump.fun Bonding Curves
Understand how a pump.fun bonding curve quotes meme coin prices, how trade size changes price impact, and what graduation to PumpSwap means.
Read the manualMeme Coin Liquidity
Learn how meme coin liquidity affects price impact, trade size, routes, and the amount you may actually receive when exiting a position.
Read the manualSlippage & Price Impact
Understand the difference between slippage tolerance and price impact, why thin meme coin markets amplify both, and what to review before swapping.
Read the manualMarket Cap vs Liquidity
Learn why meme coin market cap is not cash in the pool, how supply assumptions affect valuation, and why liquidity determines practical exit capacity.
Read the manualHolder Distribution
Analyze meme coin holder concentration by separating pool and program accounts, measuring top wallets, tracing clusters, and watching distribution change.
Read the manualCreator Wallet Due Diligence
Research a meme coin creator wallet by tracing funding, prior launches, early trades, token transfers, disclosures, and connected addresses.
Read the manualSolana Token Authorities
Understand Solana mint authority, freeze authority, metadata controls, delegates, and Token-2022 extensions when researching a meme coin.
Read the manualMeme Coin Launch Lifecycle
Follow the meme coin launch lifecycle from mint and initial distribution through bonding-curve trading, graduation, liquidity, and later holder rotation.
Read the manualMeme Coin Exit Strategy
Create a meme coin exit strategy using invalidation, time stops, partial exits, liquidity checks, route testing, and maximum-loss rules.
Read the manualSolana Trading Wallet Security
Protect a Solana trading wallet with asset separation, careful transaction review, trusted URLs, permission hygiene, and seed-phrase security.
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