GMGN Beginner Tutorial: Research Before You Trade

Before you start

Use a dedicated low-balance wallet and only an amount you can lose completely. The video narrator’s filter thresholds, wave theory, return targets, and low-fee scam conclusions are heuristics or promotional commentary, not universal rules.

Step 1: Form a research queue in Trenches

Start in Trenches or Trending. The supplied videos show token cards with age, market cap, liquidity, volume, transactions, total fees, and network selectors. Use filters to reduce noise, not to turn a candidate into a recommendation.

Step 2: Open the token detail page

Review the chart, candles, timeframes, volume, and RSI as context. Support and resistance drawings or a Fibonacci tool can describe a plan, but they cannot predict a low-liquidity market.

Step 3: Investigate holders and developer history

Open Holders, Basic Data, Token Audit, bubble maps, and developer-history views where available. Look for concentration, shared or time-linked funding, repeated launches, and sellability questions. A label is a prompt for investigation, not a verdict.

Step 4: Review execution settings

Before signing, check Market, Limit, DCA, Auto, wallet presets, amount, slippage, priority fee, tip, and Anti-MEV settings. The official GMGN documentation states a 1% handling fee per single transaction; network and execution costs remain separate.

Step 5: Write the exit rule first

Define the maximum exposure, invalidation point, and first exit action before the chart moves. Do not copy a wallet simply because its displayed P&L is positive. Latency, timing mismatch, selection bias, and liquidity can make results materially different.