Pump.fun Volume Bot Guides

Everything we know about running a Pump.fun volume bot session, written by the people who build the PumpCrest console. Start with the settings guide if you are new, then read by topic: planning a session, how Pump.fun and its pools behave, and how to keep a session safe and verifiable.

Planning a session

Sizing, length, order band, buy share and timing: the settings you choose before you pay, and what each one changes once the session is live.

Pump.fun Volume Bot Settings: What Every Control Changes

Every console control in the order you meet it, from the mint check to funding, with the arithmetic behind target volume, order count, the holder estimate and the flat fee.

8 min readVolume bot settings

Volume Bot Session Length: 15 Minutes or 10 Hours?

Session length decides pace, not cost. Worked numbers show how 1,000 wallets read at 15 minutes, one hour, six hours and ten, and how to size wallets for the window you need.

6 min readSession length

How to Pick a Volume Bot Order Size Band

How the min and max band sets average order and target volume, why the same 250 SOL can come from 500 or 2,000 wallets, and when pool depth argues for a lower maximum.

6 min readOrder size

What the Volume Bot Buy Sell Ratio Really Controls

What the buy share counts, how the 58-68% preset range looks in orders and SOL, what extreme splits would do to a chart, and why session length softens or sharpens the lean.

6 min readBuy/sell ratio

When to Start a Volume Bot: Timing Around Mint and News

A timing guide for launch teams: starting near mint or around news, covering the hours your audience is awake, preparing before payment, using the queued start window, and handling a token that already graduated.

6 min readWhen to start

How to Run a Volume Bot for Older Tokens

A token that is days or weeks old needs a different session plan than a fresh launch. Read where it trades now, size against its current flow, and repair the page before you fund anything.

8 min readOlder tokens

How Pump.fun and the pools work

The bonding curve, graduation into PumpSwap or Raydium, the board a visitor reads and how DexScreener picks up a token after it leaves the curve.

What Pump.fun Bonding Curve Progress Means for a Launch Team

The progress bar tracks how far net buying has carried a token along its launch curve. Here is how buys and sells move it, why exact numbers are not quoted, and how a session behaves on either side of completion.

7 min readBonding curve progress

PumpSwap vs Raydium: Where a Graduated Pump.fun Token Trades

Current Pump.fun graduations move to PumpSwap, older ones trade on Raydium. This guide compares the two from a volume session's point of view: pool depth, price impact per order, aggregator routing and optional mirroring.

6 min readPumpSwap vs Raydium

DexScreener Trending on Solana After a Pump.fun Graduation

DexScreener lists a graduated token once its pool has a trade and describes the kinds of inputs behind trending, not the thresholds. This guide sorts those inputs into what a session can add to and what it cannot.

6 min readDexScreener trending

Pump.fun Trending: What the Board Shows About a Token

Pump.fun does not publish how its board orders tokens. Visitors can still see trade frequency, volume, holders, replies, favorites, the creator profile and curve progress. This guide splits those into session-driven and team-driven signals.

6 min readBoard signals

Pump.fun Creator Follows: What They Signal and When to Add Them

Follows land on the profile of the wallet that launched a token. This guide covers why visitors check that profile, how the paid follows add-on is priced, and when the extra fee is worth it.

8 min readCreator follows

How Pump.fun Holders Grow During a Volume Session

Holder count is a snapshot of wallets with a balance, so it never matches the session wallet count. Here is why the console estimates about 62%, and how to plan and pace holder growth.

7 min readUnique holders

Engine, safety and checking results

How orders are routed, what non-custodial means in practice, how pricing models compare and how to verify a session yourself on-chain.

Jito Bundles for Volume Sessions: Anti-MEV Routing in Plain Terms

Sandwich bots profit from swaps they can see before settlement. This explainer shows how all-or-nothing Jito bundles on a private relay keep session orders out of reach, and why tip amounts vary.

7 min readJito bundles

What a Non-Custodial Volume Bot Should Never Ask You For

Your only on-chain action is one fee transfer from your own wallet. This guide lists the requests to refuse from any tool or contact, and a quick routine for checking address, amount and mint.

7 min readNon-custodial

How to Check Token Volume on Solscan After a Session

A practical routine for verifying a volume session yourself: confirm the fee payment on Solscan, read transfers and holders, compare DexScreener volume and makers, and log before-and-after numbers in about ten minutes.

8 min readVerify on Solscan

Volume Bot Pricing Models Compared by Total SOL Cost

Four common pricing shapes for volume bots, one formula for comparing them on total SOL out of pocket, a worked table at a 250 SOL target with hypothetical prices, and the questions worth asking before you pay.

8 min readPricing models

The Pump.fun Launch Checklist for Your First Volume Session

What to prepare before a first volume session on a Pump.fun token: a finished coin page, live socials, a first-hour plan with named owners, a fee wallet you control, a sized session, comment lines and a double mint check.

7 min readLaunch checklist

Nine Volume Bot Mistakes That Waste a Session

Nine common ways a volume session underdelivers, from sizing and setup slips to the wrong expectations, with what each one does to the session and the specific setting or habit that fixes it.

7 min readCommon mistakes

Ready to try a session?

Paste a mint, choose a size and see the exact fee before you pay. Sessions start at 100 SOL of volume for a flat 1%.

Open the console