Warning signal

Buy Failed

Even buying the token fails in simulation — likely paused or pre-launch.

Analyzer: Honeypot Simulation
Slug: buy_failed

What it means

The buy simulation reverts. This usually means trading is paused, the deployer hasn't enabled transfers yet, or the contract has a guard that only allows whitelisted addresses to buy.

Why it matters

A token you cannot buy is either not yet launched, paused after a rug, or accessible only to insiders. Either way, retail buying through a normal swap will fail and the gas is wasted.

How RektRadar detects it

RektRadar runs a real swap simulation against the live pair. If `swapExactETHForTokens` reverts on every test amount, this flag is raised regardless of the source-code analysis.

From our dataset

10,578
scam tokens carrying this flag
100.0%
of tokens with this flag end up classified scam
4,472
flagged in the last 30 days

Top brand-jacked tickers carrying this flag: $YSUBA, $WAR, $Laika, $USDT, $Shiba

Snapshot from RektRadar's token_analysis database as of 2026-05-25.

Recent tokens with this signal

Loading recent tokens…

Analyze a token →