NIKIST SCHOOL
The Sniper Filter
DEXScreener Filter Values + What Every Term Means
Crypto Sniper Bootcamp • Day 1 Reference Sheet
By Deepanshu Malasi • Founder, Nikist School
For Bootcamp Students Only
BEFORE YOU START
1. Go to [Link]
2. Select Solana chain (left sidebar)
3. Click "Customize Filters" button
4. Enter the exact values from the table below
5. Click Apply — watch 300+ coins reduce to 5-15 candidates
TOP SETTINGS
Setting Value Why
Chain Solana 90% of meme coin action happens on
Solana
DEXes All DEXes Don't limit — coins launch on PumpSwap,
Raydium, Meteora etc.
Metas All Metas Keep all on initially. Filter by specific
narrative later if needed.
Profile ✓ ON Only show coins where the team set up
their page. Serious sign.
Boosted ⚡ OFF (don't filter) Paid promotion. Not a safety signal. Just
info.
Ads 📢 OFF (don't filter) Paid advertisement. Scams also buy ads.
Just info.
Launchpad 🚀 OFF (don't filter) Launched via [Link] etc. Slightly safer
but not guaranteed.
THE SNIPER FILTER — EXACT VALUES
Filter Minimum Maximum Why This Value
Liquidity $30,000 $500,000 Below $30K = can't exit safely. Above $500K = already
established.
Market Cap $30,000 $2,000,000 Under $50K = too risky. Over $2M = missed the 10-50x
window.
Pair Age 2 hours 24 hours Under 2h = rug pull danger zone. Over 24h = initial
wave passed.
24H Transactions 500 — Minimum activity level. Under 500 = dead or barely
alive coin.
24H Buys 300 — Ensures buying pressure exists. More buys than half of
txns.
24H Volume $100,00 — Real money is flowing. Under $100K = can't sustain a
0 pump.
6H Buys 50 — Confirms buying is happening RECENTLY, not just 20
hours ago.
6H Volume $20,000 — Recent volume confirmation. Coin isn't dead in the last
6 hours.
6H Change 5% — Coin is moving UP in the last 6 hours. Positive
momentum.
1H Buys 20 — People are buying RIGHT NOW. Most important short-
term signal.
LEAVE EMPTY: FDV, 24H Sells, 24H Change, all 5M filters, 1H Volume, 1H Change, 1H Sells. These are either too noisy or already
covered by other filters.
WHAT EVERY TERM MEANS
Pair Age
How old is this coin? When did it FIRST start trading on a DEX. A pair that's "2h" old means the coin launched 2 hours ago.
💡 Sweet spot: 2-24 hours. Under 2h = bots & rug pull window. Over 7 days = you missed it.
Liquidity
The total money locked in the trading pool. When you buy or sell, you're trading against this pool. Low liquidity = you can't exit
without crashing the price.
💡 Minimum $30K. If liquidity is $5K and you put $1K in, your sell crashes price 20%. You're trapped.
Market Cap
Total value of all coins in circulation. Price × Total Supply. Small MC = massive growth potential + massive risk. Large MC = safer but
less upside.
💡 $50K-$2M sweet spot. Room to 10-50x but proven enough to survive.
FDV
Fully Diluted Valuation. Market cap IF all tokens were in circulation. Big gap between MC and FDV = more tokens coming that will
dilute your investment.
💡 Check after finding a coin. Don't filter by it — you'll miss good early coins.
Volume (24H)
Total dollar value traded in 24 hours. High volume = real money is flowing. Low volume = nobody cares about this coin.
💡 $100K+ minimum. Under $100K daily volume means the coin can't sustain a pump.
Transactions (Txns)
Total number of buy + sell transactions. High txns = active trading. But beware: bots can create thousands of tiny txns to fake
activity.
💡 500+ minimum for 24H. Always cross-check with Makers count to spot fake activity.
Buys / Sells
Separate count of buy vs sell transactions. If buys >> sells = demand is strong. If sells >> buys = people are exiting.
💡 We filter 24H buys minimum 300. The RATIO matters more than raw numbers.
Makers
UNIQUE wallets that made a trade. THE most important number. 2,765 makers = 2,765 different wallets. If txns are high but
makers are low = same few wallets trading repeatedly (fake activity).
💡 Look for 2,000+ makers. High txns with low makers = wash trading / bots.
5M / 1H / 6H / 24H
Time periods. 5M = last 5 minutes. 1H = last hour. 6H = last 6 hours. 24H = last 24 hours. Green = price went up. Red = price
went down.
💡 6H is the most useful. If 6H is green 5%+ and 1H has 20+ buys = momentum is LIVE right now.
Profile ✓
The coin team paid to set up their token page on DEXScreener with a logo, description, website, and social media links. Shows
they're somewhat serious.
💡 Keep this filter ON. No profile = anonymous = higher scam risk.
Boosted ⚡
Someone purchased a Boost pack to temporarily increase the coin's trending score. Lasts 12-24 hours. 500+ boosts =
Golden Ticker (name turns golden).
💡 NOT a safety signal. Scam coins also buy boosts. Just information, not a filter.
Ads 📢
Paid advertisement on DEXScreener. Team bought ad space. Similar to boosted — shows marketing spend but doesn't
guarantee quality.
💡 Don't filter by this. Just note it as one signal among many.
Launchpad 🚀
Coin was launched through an official launchpad like [Link], LaunchLab, etc. Goes through a specific launch process
rather than random contract deployment.
💡 Slightly safer than random deploys. But launchpads also have scams. Not a guarantee.
Metas
DEXScreener's narrative categories. Tags coins by their theme: Dog, Cat, AI, Trump, Elon Musk, Celebrity, Degen, TikTok,
Chinese, Stonks, Brainrot, etc.
💡 Meme coins pump because of STORIES. Metas tells you which story a coin is connected to. Coins with hot metas have fuel.
DEXes
Which decentralized exchange the coin is trading on. For Solana: PumpSwap, Raydium, Meteora, [Link] are the main
ones.
💡 Keep 'All DEXes' selected. Don't limit yourself to one exchange.