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METHODOLOGY

The Degen Score is a transparent 0-100 rating built from on-chain market data (via DexScreener) and confirmed safety data (via RugCheck). It rewards the exact signals proven traders watch for — real volume, defensible liquidity, buy-side demand, survival, credibility and on-chain safety — while flagging classic rug risks. When safety can't be confirmed it is shown as Unknown and the score is capped at 80 — a token is never assumed safe.

Scoring Factors

Volume Conviction

20 pts

Real 24h trading volume on a log scale. High, sustained volume signals genuine market interest rather than a dead chart.

Liquidity Depth

20 pts

Liquidity relative to market cap. A healthy liquidity-to-mcap ratio makes a coin harder to rug and easier to exit.

Buy Pressure

15 pts

Ratio of buys vs sells over 24h. More buyers than sellers hints at accumulation and demand.

Survival

15 pts

How long the pair has survived. Coins that live past the first days have cleared the fastest rug window.

Credibility

10 pts

Presence of a website, X/Twitter and Telegram. Verified socials correlate with more committed teams.

Safety (on-chain)

20 pts

Confirmed from RugCheck: mint & freeze authority revoked, LP locked/burned, and low holder concentration. Until this data is confirmed it shows as Unknown and the score is capped at 80 — never assumed safe.

Verdict Tiers

75-100
High Confidence
55-74
Moderate Confidence
40-54
Elevated Risk
0-39
High Risk
n/a
Insufficient Data

Track Record

Of the tokens that first entered each score bucket, here's what happened to price afterward. Winners and losers, no cherry-picking. We only started collecting recently, so samples grow over time.

Score bucket
After 1h
After 24h
After 7d
75+High Confidence
42.6%up · n=343med -0.8%
30.5%up · n=154med -24.5%
50.8%up · n=61med +0.3%
55-74Moderate Confidence
44.4%up · n=980med -0.6%
29.9%up · n=442med -37.5%
45.1%up · n=113med -1%
40-54Elevated Risk
48.9%up · n=1033med +0%
29.8%up · n=466med -50.3%
39.4%up · n=104med -3.3%
<40High Risk
23%up · n=191med +0%
21.2%up · n=99med -16.4%
33.3%up · n=24med -2.6%

% up = share of tokens whose price was higher at that horizon. med = median return. Measured from the first snapshot a token entered the bucket, one sample per token. Past outcomes are evidence, not a prediction — not financial advice.

Signal Flags

>$250K traded in 24hHigh Volume
Liquidity ≥ 10% of market capDeep Liquidity
Liquidity < 3% of market cap — hard to exitThin Liquidity
≥ 58% of trades are buysBuy Pressure
≥ 58% of trades are sellsSell Pressure
Launched < 24h ago — highest risk & rewardFresh Launch
Pair older than 30 daysSurvived 30d+
Has website or social linksVerified Socials
Down 30%+ in 24hDumping
Mint authority renounced — supply can't be inflatedMint Revoked
Mint authority NOT revoked — dev can print more supplyMint Authority Live
Freeze authority NOT revoked — dev can freeze your tokensFreeze Authority Live
≥90% of liquidity locked/burned — dev can't pull itLP Locked
Liquidity not locked — a rug vectorLP Unlocked
Top holder controls ≥35% of supplyConcentrated Holders

Beyond the Degen Score

The Degen Score rates every coin. These complementary engines surface specific setups proven traders hunt for. See The Key for the full plain-English glossary.

Conviction (0–100)

credibility-blind

Volume + Survival + Buy Pressure only — ignores website/socials. Catches real runners even when the token info looks weak. 75+ is ANSEM-tier. You can sort and filter the Radar by it.

Tech Score (0–100)

product signal

Rewards coins that look like a real product: a live website, real X/Telegram socials, utility keywords in the name/description, and survival. Tech plays tend to grind up instead of dumping.

Website Health check

live fetch

For each tech token we fetch its website server-side and classify it Live (real content), Parked (a 'domain for sale' page) or Dead (failed to load). A tech claim behind a parked/dead site is flagged.

Runner Score (0–100)

runner pattern

Blends momentum, conviction, survival and clean structure to spot a fresh, organic survivor matching the 'today's runner' pattern early. Crossing 72 fires the 'Could Be Today's Runner' alert.

Theme / Meta detection

clustering

Groups fresh tokens by shared keywords in their names to detect a new meta forming, then points you to the cleanest survivor of that theme.

LP lock / burn (RugCheck)

safety

Via the free RugCheck API we flag whether liquidity is locked/burned (🔒 dev can't pull it) or unlocked (🔓 rug vector). The Radar can filter to LP-safe coins only.

Not financial advice. Meme coins are extremely volatile and most go to zero. The Degen Score is a research aid, not a buy signal. Some signals (e.g. dev-supply behavior) are inferred from market data proxies. Always do your own research and never risk more than you can lose.

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