How to track a token migration

What a token migration is

A token migration is moving a token's liquidity to a new pool or platform. Learning to track it is about monitoring it continuously over time rather than at a single glance.

The signals that matter

When you are tracking a token migration, these are the concrete signals to focus on:

• An official, verifiable new pool
• Price gapping around the event
• A "migrate here" message (often a scam)
• A malicious contract requesting approval
• Graduation acting as a migration

Where to look

You will mostly observe a token migration in the destination pool on-chain and the source of the migration instructions. To track it, go straight to these sources rather than relying on chat or hype.

To track it: the steps

1. Set a baseline snapshot to compare against.
2. Re-check the signals on a regular cadence, not once.
3. Watch the rate of change, which matters more than any single reading.
4. Have a pre-set action ready for when a threshold is crossed.

The mistake almost everyone makes

Turning the read into action

Once you can read a token migration, the bottleneck becomes attention: you cannot watch every chart 24/7. This is where automated alerts earn their keep — software watches the on-chain conditions and notifies you, so you act on a fresh signal instead of a stale glance.