What is liquidity in a memecoin?
Short answer
Liquidity is the pool of paired tokens (for example SOL and the memecoin) sitting in an automated market maker that lets people buy and sell. The deeper the pool, the less each trade moves the price.
It is the single most important number to check: thin liquidity means terrible fills and high rug risk, while locked or burned liquidity that grows on real buys is a sign of relative health.
Related questions
How much liquidity is enough?
Enough that your trade is a small fraction of the pool (well under 1%) so your price impact is manageable. What counts as "enough" scales with your position size.
Why does locked liquidity matter?
Locked or burned liquidity cannot be pulled by the team, which removes the classic hard-rug. Unlocked, dev-held liquidity can vanish in one transaction.
Is high market cap the same as high liquidity?
No. A token can post a huge market cap on a tiny pool. Market cap is paper; liquidity is the money actually available to trade against.
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