Price impact

How much your own trade moves the price against you.

What it means

Price impact is how much a single trade moves the market price because of its own size relative to the pool. Buy a large amount from a small pool and you push the price up as you go; sell and you push it down. It is distinct from slippage, which is about timing - price impact is about size.

Why it matters for scams

On scam tokens with shallow pools, price impact is brutal: a moderate buy can spike the displayed price, making the chart look like it is mooning, while the next seller eats a massive loss exiting the same pool. The pretty green candle and your real exit value are two very different numbers.

How RektRadar helps

RektRadar evaluates pool depth so you can tell whether a price is backed by liquidity that can absorb a real exit, or whether it is a thin pool where any size of sell collapses the value.

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