What is the difference between a dip and a rug?
Short answer
A dip is a temporary pullback within a larger move, usually on cooling volume with liquidity intact, and it can recover. A rug is a deliberate collapse — the team pulls liquidity or dumps — that sends the price to near zero with little chance of recovery.
The clearest live distinction is liquidity: a dip happens on stable liquidity, while a rug is marked by liquidity draining. If the pool is thinning as price falls, treat it as a rug and exit.
Related questions
How do I tell them apart in real time?
Watch the liquidity figure. Falling price on stable liquidity may be a dip; falling price on draining liquidity is a rug — get out first.
Can I buy the dip safely?
Only on healthy coins with stable liquidity in an uptrend, and always with a pre-set invalidation. Buying into draining liquidity is catching a rug.
Does every dip recover?
No. Many memecoin "dips" are the start of a terminal decline. A dip is not automatically a discount.
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