Sup degens! Your favorite crypto detective is back with some knowledge bombs.

Let me start this off with one simple truth that changed my entire view on shitcoin trading: If you can’t spot who’s exit liquidity is being hunted, it’s probably yours.

Understanding the Game

First things first: shitcoin trading is PvP. You’re not fighting the market – you’re fighting other traders. And just like in any competitive game, there are different leagues.

Whales play against whales. Mid-sized traders battle other mid-sized traders. Small fish… well, they sometimes fight other small fish, sometimes ride waves caused by whales, but most often become lunch for the bigger fish.

Take token launches for example. When you see a “whale” suddenly aping into a new token, that’s rarely what actually happened. Those transactions are almost always pre-planned and bot-executed, often with validator tips to ensure they get in before anyone else.

The Whale’s Playbook

Here’s how these galaxy brain players operate their sophisticated moves:

Stage 1: The Setup

Let’s break down a real technique happening every hour on Solana. Say we’re watching a token called $NUT with a supply of 1,000,000 tokens. First step – making it look completely legitimate:

• Revoke mint authority ✓
• Revoke freeze authority ✓
• Renounce ownership ✓

But here’s where it gets interesting. Instead of just holding those tokens in one wallet, they create 122 different wallets. Why such a specific number? Because round numbers look suspicious.

Using sophisticated scripts, they distribute 500,000 tokens across all these wallets. The galaxy brain part? They don’t send the same amount to each wallet. They use an interval script that randomly distributes between 1 and 1,000 tokens to each address. It looks organic, like actual trading activity.

Stage 2: LP Magic

This is where these manipulators start playing 4D chess while the rest of us are playing checkers. Let’s break down the LP setup that’s about to blow your mind:

We take the remaining 500,000 tokens and create an LP with just 0.1 SOL. Why so low? Just wait, you’ll see.

Let’s do some quick math. With SOL at $200:

• Initial liquidity = $400 (looking small and harmless)
• 1 $NUT = $0.00004

Then they burn the LP tokens to look extra clean. Every security platform out there shows this token as legitimate. No mint authority, no freeze authority, renounced ownership, burned LPs – it looks like the perfect setup.

Stage 3: The Price Manipulator

Now we’re getting to the part that would make professional traders jealous. These devs have TWO scripts ready to make this token look incredibly attractive:

The first script executes within the SAME BLOCK as the LP creation. The goal? Massively boost the price right on launch.

Let’s break down the numbers:

• Initial $NUT price: $0.00004
• Target price: $0.0772
• Price increase: 193,000% (1930x)

To hit these numbers, the script adds 193 SOL ($38,600) to the pool. And what does this do to our stats?

• Price: Absolutely mooning
• Liquidity: Pumped from $400 to $77,000+
• Market cap: Looking massive

Stage 4: The Volume Booster

At this point, our token looks CLEAN:

• Renounced ownership
• Disabled mint and freeze authority
• Lots of token holders (remember those 122 wallets?)
• High value liquidity pool
• The price has drastically increased

But having good-looking stats isn’t enough for these sophisticated manipulators. They need to make this look active and legitimate.

Remember those wallets we created earlier? Here’s where they shine:

• Use the wallets holding $NUT to buy out the SOL
• Create multiple other wallets, send them SOL, then buy $NUT with them
• These transactions move back and forth at high speed

Here’s the brilliant part – if no one else is trading, these transactions have ZERO impact on the dev’s net worth. They’re just trading with themselves, pumping those volume numbers to astronomical levels.

The Reality Check

Here’s the real truth about avoiding manipulation: these devs don’t bother with small positions relative to the LP size. If there’s $100K in liquidity and you’re trading with $100, you’re probably too small to target. They’d need to tank the price by 30% to take $30 from your position, which could scare away bigger traders.

They’re hunting whales, not minnows. If you’re playing with smaller amounts in big pools, you might actually be safer than someone throwing around 20 SOL per trade.

Defending Yourself: Automation is Key

Now that you understand how these manipulators operate, let’s talk about protecting your bags. When you’re dealing with tokens that can be manipulated this fast, manual trading is basically suicide.

Think about it: if devs can execute same-block manipulation and coordinate hundreds of wallets, how the fuck are you gonna compete by watching charts and clicking buttons?

This is exactly why you need proper grid systems and trailing stop-loss setup. Your grid sells will catch those manipulation pumps automatically, and your trailing stop-loss will protect you when the dev starts their sophisticated dumping strategy.

Set up your grids to take profits at key levels (50% at 1.5x, 20% at 2.5x, and 30% at 4x), and use a trailing stop-loss of 20% to protect your remaining position. This way, even if you’re trading against manipulation, you’re playing with a fucking strategy instead of just hoping and praying.

The market doesn’t care about your hopes and dreams. It will happily take your money if you let it. Your only defense is automation and strict risk management.

The good news? These tools exist – while I started with manual trading like everyone else, I’ve found Sniperoo’s automated trading features (just search for Sniperoo on Google) to be game-changing for catching these moves. Ever since I started using Sniperoo’s tools and joined the discord community, it’s been a completely different world for me.

I’ve learned gazillion things and had my questions answered where I couldn’t find answers anywhere else.If you wanna join the community, here’s an invite link to their Discord channel: https://discord.gg/sniperoo

Remember degens: in a market where milliseconds matter and manipulation is sophisticated, your only defense is automation. Proper risk management isn’t just nice to have – it’s the difference between being a trader and being exit liquidity.

Stay frosty, and may your stops hit before the rugs pull.