The three numbers that matter
- Risk per trade — how much you lose if you’re wrong. 1–2% of the account is a sane default.
- Daily stop — the loss at which you’re done for the day. Funded accounts force 10%; set your own at 5%.
- Max loss — the line you never cross. On a funded account it’s 20%, static.
Memecoin-specific risks
Exit liquidity
The price on the chart is not the price you get. Selling into a thin pool moves the price against you. Check pool size before entry — read slippage and price impact.
Rugs and dev dumps
Holder concentration, dev wallets and mint/freeze authority all matter. Size so a rug costs a small, planned amount.
Overnight bags
Coins move while you sleep. On a funded account equity is checked every 30 seconds, so a dump through your limit fails the account even offline.
Rules that keep you alive
- Never hold one coin bigger than you’d accept going to zero.
- Take some profit at every +50% / 2x.
- Stop trading after 3 losses in a row.
- No revenge trades: after a red day, halve size the next day.
These are the habits that pass a memecoin challenge.
Questions people ask
How much should I risk per memecoin trade?
A common rule is 1–2% of the account per trade, so a string of losses doesn’t end you.
Do stop losses work on memecoins?
Price can gap through stops on thin pools. Smaller size and liquid pools protect you more than any stop order.