What to do when a token graduates from pump.fun
A practical playbook for one of the situations every memecoin trader eventually faces: when a token graduates from pump.fun.
How to read the situation
Graduation moves a coin onto a fresh Raydium pool and is a volatility event with its own pump-and-dump dynamics. Pre-graduation buyers can now sell into the open pool, and the situation's risks just changed.
Treat graduation as a venue change, not a safety upgrade — re-verify the new pool before assuming anything.
What to do right now
- Re-check LP status on the new Raydium pool specifically.
- Re-verify authorities are still renounced.
- Watch whether unique buyers keep broadening post-graduation.
- Be wary of an immediate dump from curve holders.
- Size for the elevated volatility.
What not to do
- ✗ Assuming graduation means the coin is safe.
- ✗ Buying the graduation spike blindly.
- ✗ Skipping the new-pool LP check.
- ✗ Ignoring curve holders' ability to dump.
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