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Someone asked me how to set a stop-loss for meme coins that run on narrative. Straight up, I only watch two things: whether the hype can keep going, and whether liquidity is quietly relocating. No matter how exciting the chart looks—if I see the pool’s depth getting thinner and slippage starts to feel bad, I cut my position in half first. Then I use the rest with a “I can accept waking up to a zero balance” limit to hold it out.
Lately people keep talking about staking unlocks and an unlock calendar. Once that sell-pressure anxiety hits, meme coins often show you the drop first… So I’ll set my stop-loss line just a little before the unlock window. I’d rather get swept out than stubbornly absorb the emotional pressure. As for market makers/LPs, when the narrative is hot, impermanent loss can be pretty punishing. So I just exercise restraint—if I earn the trading fees, I leave. No lingering. That’s it for now.