How to Find Good Narratives

If you want to make money in memecoins, you need to be early. Early to narratives, and early to trends.

Most big runners don't come out of nowhere. They're usually attached to something bigger:

• A meme that's spreading fast

• An online community gaining traction

• A tweet or moment that people can't stop talking about

Memecoins are tokenized attention. The more eyeballs something has, the more people ape in.

Your job is to see it before everyone else does.

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Finding Strong Narratives

1

Stay plugged in

You need to be where attention forms:

• Twitter / X

• TikTok

• Meme pages

• News (when something happens)

Anything viral can become a coin within seconds. If you're not watching, you're already late.

2

Look for the spark

Something has to kick things off. Ask yourself:

• Did something unexpected just happen?

• Did a big account post something that's blowing up?

• Is a clip or meme spreading faster than usual?

That's what gets everyone looking at the same thing.

3

Check if it's still alive

A coin launched 3 hours ago with no one talking about it? Dead.

What you want:

• Already bonded (migrated to Raydium)

• People still discussing it hours or days later

• Ongoing engagement, not just a launch pump

If the conversation is still going, there might be room left.

4

Read the room

Look at the replies, quote tweets, and memes around the coin.

• Real comments from real people

• Memes that aren't obviously forced

• Actual enthusiasm, not "LFG 🚀" spam from fresh accounts

If the community feels fake, the pump probably is too.

5

Watch the volume

Volume tells you if money is flowing in.

Steady building volume = people are paying attention. Random spikes with dead air between = probably insiders moving things around.

6

Use tools, but don't rely on them

Wallet trackers can show you early buyers, repeat buyers, and known wallet movement. Useful for spotting patterns you'd miss manually. More on this in Wallet Hunting and Tracking.

But tools don't tell you why something matters. That's still on you.

7

Size smart

You found something early. Great. That doesn't mean you go all in.

• Start with a position you won't cry about losing

• Let the narrative prove itself

• Add more only if strength continues

Early doesn't mean safe. It just means better odds.

8

Take profits before you wish you had

Nobody sells the exact top. Stop trying.

Scale out as it runs. Watching a 10x turn into a 2x because you got greedy is a lesson you only need to learn once.

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Case Study: $PNUT

This is a real trade. Here's how it played out.

The narrative

A squirrel named Peanut got seized and euthanized by New York State. The story hit mainstream news and people were outraged. Within hours, a coin launched.

What I saw

Elon tweeted about the squirrel. Then tweeted again. Then changed his profile picture to it.

When someone with 200M+ followers keeps posting about the same thing, that's not just a meme. It's a sustained attention source. The narrative had fuel that wasn't going away overnight.

What I did

Entered with real size. Not a small position. Conviction sized.

What happened

The coin dipped substantially. I held through it because the attention source (Elon) kept feeding it. He started using it as a political weapon in the lead-up to the election, which extended the narrative's lifespan way beyond a normal meme cycle.

Big win.

This trade worked because the attention had staying power. It wasn't just a viral moment. There was an ongoing catalyst that kept bringing eyeballs back. Most narratives don't have that. Recognize when one does.