Pick a volume bot order size band by deciding how many wallets you want, then setting a minimum and maximum whose midpoint reaches your target volume. The floor is 0.1 SOL. Narrow bands keep prints uniform, wide bands mix small and large orders, and a bigger average reaches the same volume with fewer wallets, which also means fewer orders and fewer estimated holders.
Band rules worth writing down
- Average order is the midpoint: (min + max) / 2. A 0.20-0.80 SOL band averages 0.50 SOL.
- For a fixed target, wallets and average order move in opposite directions. 250 SOL is 2,000 wallets at 0.125 SOL or 500 wallets at 0.50 SOL.
- The fee ignores the route you take: 1% of 250 SOL is 2.5 SOL either way.
- After migration the same band trades against a pool, and pool depth decides how far each order moves the price.
How does a band become target volume?
Three numbers do all the work. You set a minimum and a maximum, every order size is drawn at random between them, and the midpoint is the average. Multiply the average by the wallet count and you have target volume. 1,000 wallets on a 0.10-0.40 SOL band average 0.25 SOL: 250 SOL of target volume and about 1,600 orders at roughly 1.6 per wallet.
Individual orders land anywhere in the band, but the target is calculated from the midpoint, which is why the PumpCrest console can show it before the session runs. The other controls that feed the same summary are covered in the full settings walk-through.
What are four ways to reach 250 SOL?
Hold the target fixed and the trade-off becomes visible. Each row below reaches 250 SOL and costs the same 2.5 SOL fee. The difference is in how many orders print, how big each one is and how many holders the console estimates.
| Wallets | Band (SOL) | Average order | Orders (about) | Estimated holders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000 | 0.10-0.15 | 0.125 SOL | 3,200 | about 1,240 |
| 1,250 | 0.10-0.30 | 0.20 SOL | 2,000 | about 775 |
| 1,000 | 0.10-0.40 | 0.25 SOL | 1,600 | about 620 |
| 500 | 0.20-0.80 | 0.50 SOL | 800 | about 310 |
Reading down the table, every halving of the wallet count needs a doubling of the average to keep volume flat, and it gives up half the orders and half the estimated holders. The top row makes a busy trade list of small prints; the bottom row makes fewer, chunkier ones. If the holder figure matters most, read how holder counts grow during a session next.
What does the 0.1 SOL floor mean for small bands?
No order can be smaller than 0.1 SOL, so the way to add orders cheaply is more wallets, not tinier sizes. A band pinned near the floor, such as 0.10-0.15 SOL, gives the most orders and holders per SOL of target volume.
The floor also sets how many wallets the 100 SOL minimum needs. On a 0.10-0.20 SOL band, averaging 0.15, that is about 667 wallets. On 0.10-0.30, averaging 0.20, it is exactly 500, which is how the First hour preset lands on the minimum.
Should the band be wide or narrow?
Think of width as the ratio of max to min. 0.10-0.15 is 1.5 to 1, 0.20-0.80 is 4 to 1, and the Big prints preset, 0.40-1.20 SOL, is 3 to 1. A narrow band gives a trade list where most orders look alike. A wide band shows variety, from small entries to the occasional large print.
Trading on a young token tends to mix sizes, so a band with some width usually reads closer to ordinary activity than a column of near-identical numbers. Very wide bands carry their own cost: the largest orders move the price the most, and that matters most once the token sits in a pool.
How should pool depth change the band after migration?
While the token is on the bonding curve, orders trade against the curve. When the curve completes, execution follows the token into its pool inside the same session: PumpSwap for current Pump.fun launches, Raydium for older ones. From then on, the price change from each order depends on its size relative to the liquidity in that pool.
The rule of thumb is proportional. A 1.20 SOL order against a shallow pool moves the price more than the same order against a deep one. Before choosing a band like Big prints for a graduated token, open the live pair page and read the pool liquidity there; Pump.fun has changed graduation thresholds over time, so do not assume a figure. Where a graduated token trades explains the two pool types.
How do you pick a band in practice?
- Decide what matters most: order count, the holder estimate or print size.
- If it is count or holders, fix the wallet count first and keep the band near the floor.
- If it is print size, fix the band first, then work out wallets as target / average.
- Check the stage: on a curve close to completion or a shallow pool, keep the maximum lower.
- Confirm the fee: 1% of target volume, with 100 SOL as the smallest target.
Because the fee is a percentage of target volume and there is no per-wallet charge, adding wallets to a small band never costs more than reaching the same volume with large orders. That is a property of flat-percent pricing, and comparing volume bot pricing models shows how other structures change the sum.
Questions and answers
Do sell orders use the same band?
Yes. Every order size, buy or sell, is drawn at random inside the band you set. With a preset buy share between 58% and 68%, the SOL on each side roughly follows the order split: at 60% buys on a 250 SOL target, expect about 150 SOL of buys and 100 SOL of sells, give or take the randomness of individual sizes.
Does a bigger average order cost more?
Only if it raises target volume. The fee is 1% of target volume with no per-wallet charge, so 500 wallets at 0.50 SOL and 2,000 wallets at 0.125 SOL cost exactly the same. Swap fees, priority fees, Jito tips and wallet funding are already inside that one number, and you never send trading capital.
Should I change the band if the token is about to graduate?
Think about where the orders will land. If the curve completes mid-session, the remaining orders trade in the new pool, so a band that suited the curve may be large for a thin pool. DexScreener lists a token once it is in a pool with at least one trade, so the pair page is where to read liquidity before a follow-up session.
Is a wider band always better?
No. Width adds variety, but the maximum decides the biggest single price move. A 0.10-2.00 SOL band would average 1.05 SOL, with occasional prints that may look large next to the rest of the tape on a young token. A ratio of 3 to 1 or 4 to 1, as in the presets and the examples above, already gives visible variety.
How do I size a band around a holder target?
Start from holders, not from SOL. The console estimates unique holders at about 62% of wallets, so a goal of roughly 1,550 needs about 2,500 wallets, the Quiet tape preset. Then choose the lowest band that reaches a target you can accept: at 0.10-0.30 SOL, those 2,500 wallets make 500 SOL. Treat the holder figure as an estimate throughout.
What is the Big prints preset for?
Big prints runs 1,250 wallets on a 0.40-1.20 SOL band for 2 hours: a 0.80 SOL average, a 1,000 SOL target, about 2,000 orders and a 10 SOL fee. It suits a token whose curve or pool can take larger orders, and a team that wants bigger prints in the trade list. Check depth on the live page first.
Test a band against your target
Type a minimum, a maximum and a wallet count into the PumpCrest console and read the target volume and fee before you commit to anything.
We build the PumpCrest console and write these guides from the operator side: what a session spends, what settles on-chain and what a visitor sees on the board. Corrections are welcome at support@pumpcrest.com.