Guide

How Much Liquidity Should a Solana Token Launch With?

You are ready to add Raydium liquidity but every guide says something different: 1 SOL, 10 SOL, 100 SOL? Wrong amount means either dead trading or wasted capital.

Key facts

  • Decide target opening market cap ($10k, $100k, $1M).
  • Compute paired SOL side needed to hit that market cap given your supply and price.
  • Add at least 3–5 SOL total to ensure DEX Screener and Jupiter route quotes exceed spam filters.

Step-by-step

  1. Decide target opening market cap ($10k, $100k, $1M).
  2. Compute paired SOL side needed to hit that market cap given your supply and price.
  3. Add at least 3–5 SOL total to ensure DEX Screener and Jupiter route quotes exceed spam filters.
  4. For meme launches, 10–30 SOL is a strong opening — buyers see real depth, snipers cannot dominate a single block.
  5. Burn or lock the LP tokens immediately after — LP without burn/lock is a red flag.

Next step

Create Raydium LP

Next steps

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FAQ

What is the minimum Solana LP for launch?

Practically 3–5 SOL. Below that, DEX Screener may not index and aggregators skip.

Should I add more LP after launch?

Adding LP later is fine — but publish the tx so buyers see the LP grow.

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