If you trade on Solana, you've almost certainly used Birdeye — or you should be. Birdeye is the most comprehensive charting and analytics platform for Solana tokens, combining TradingView-grade charts with on-chain data that you can't find anywhere else.
But most people use maybe 20% of what Birdeye offers. They check a chart, glance at the price, and move on. Meanwhile, the platform has wallet tracking, holder analysis, liquidity maps, trending feeds, portfolio dashboards, and API access that can meaningfully improve your trading.
This guide covers everything Birdeye can do — from basic chart reading for beginners to advanced on-chain analytics for experienced traders.
Getting Started
Connecting Your Wallet
Birdeye works without a wallet connection, but connecting unlocks several features:
- Go to birdeye.so
- Click the wallet icon in the top-right corner
- Connect Phantom or your preferred Solana wallet
- Your portfolio and watchlists will now be personalized
What connecting enables:
- Portfolio tracking with real-time PnL
- Personalized watchlists
- Trade history tied to your wallet
- Alerts and notifications
The Interface
Birdeye's home screen shows:
- Top bar: Search (paste any token address or name), chain selector (Solana, Ethereum, etc.), wallet connection
- Left sidebar: Navigation — Trending, New Pairs, Gainers/Losers, Portfolio, Watchlist
- Main area: Token charts, data tables, or portfolio view depending on what you've selected
Token Charts
This is Birdeye's core feature and what most people use it for.
Reading the Chart
When you open a token page, you see:
Price Chart: TradingView-powered candlestick chart showing price action over time. You can switch between:
- Candlestick, line, area, or bar charts
- Time intervals: 1m, 5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, 1D, 1W
- Drawing tools: trendlines, support/resistance, Fibonacci retracement
Volume Bars: Below the price chart, colored bars show trading volume per time period. Green = net buying pressure, red = net selling pressure.
Key Metrics Panel: To the right of the chart:
- Current price in USD and SOL
- 24h price change (%)
- 24h volume
- Market cap
- Fully diluted valuation (FDV)
- Liquidity (total across all pools)
- Number of holders
- Number of transactions (24h)
Chart Technical Analysis Tools
Click the drawing tools icon to access:
- Trendlines: Draw support and resistance lines across price highs and lows
- Horizontal lines: Mark specific price levels
- Fibonacci retracement: Overlay Fibonacci levels between a high and low point to identify potential reversal zones
- Rectangles and circles: Highlight chart areas for annotation
- Text labels: Add notes directly on the chart
Indicators: Click the indicators icon to add technical analysis overlays:
- Moving Averages (SMA, EMA)
- RSI (Relative Strength Index)
- MACD
- Bollinger Bands
- Volume profiles
- And dozens more from TradingView's library
Time Interval Tips
- 1m / 5m: For active day trading and scalping. Shows every micro-move but generates lots of noise
- 15m / 1h: Best for intraday swing trades. Filters noise while showing meaningful trends
- 4h / 1D: For position trading and identifying macro trends. Use these to find support/resistance levels
- 1W: For long-term analysis. Shows the big picture of a token's price history
Token Overview Page
Below the chart, Birdeye provides a wealth of on-chain data:
Transactions Tab
Shows every swap involving this token in real-time:
- Wallet address (click to view their full history)
- Buy or sell
- Amount in tokens and USD
- Price at execution
- DEX used (Raydium, Jupiter, Meteora, etc.)
- Transaction timestamp and signature
How to use it: Watch the transaction feed during volatile moments. Large buys from new wallets can signal incoming momentum. A series of large sells from top holders is a warning sign.
Top Traders Tab
Ranks wallets by profit/loss on this specific token:
- Total bought vs. total sold (in USD)
- Realized PnL
- Current holdings
- Number of trades
- First and last trade time
How to use it: Identify the most profitable wallets for a specific token, then check their other trades to see what else they're buying. This is one of the best ways to find alpha — profitable traders often discover tokens before they trend.
Holders Tab
Shows the distribution of token holders:
- Top holders with their percentage of supply
- Holder count over time (growing or shrinking)
- Distribution breakdown (how many wallets hold X% of supply)
What to look for:
- If the top 10 holders own 80%+ of supply, the token is heavily concentrated and vulnerable to dumps
- A steadily growing holder count suggests organic adoption
- Sudden drops in holder count can indicate sell-offs or wallet consolidation
Liquidity Tab
Displays all liquidity pools for this token:
- Pool platform (Raydium, Orca, Meteora, etc.)
- Total liquidity in the pool
- 24h volume per pool
- Fee tier
- Pool creation date
How to use it: More liquidity = safer trading. Check that there's enough liquidity to support your position size. If total liquidity is $50K and you're trying to trade $10K, slippage will be brutal.
Trending and Discovery
Trending Tokens
Birdeye's trending page shows tokens gaining the most attention:
- Sorted by volume, price change, or transaction count
- Filterable by time period (1h, 6h, 24h)
- Filterable by market cap range
How to use it: The 1h trending list catches tokens early in a move. By the time something hits the 24h trending list, the initial pump has often already happened. Check the 1h list every few hours for early signals.
New Pairs
Shows newly created liquidity pools:
- Token name and pair
- Initial liquidity
- Time since creation
- Early transaction count
How to use it: This is where new tokens appear first. Filter by minimum liquidity (>$5K) to avoid dust tokens and scams. Cross-reference with MadeOnSol's Deployer Hunter to check if the deployer has a track record.
Gainers and Losers
Simple but effective: tokens sorted by price change percentage.
- Gainers: Tokens with the biggest price increases in the selected time period
- Losers: Tokens that have dropped the most
How to use it: Look for tokens in the gainers list that still have room to run (not yet on major trending lists, reasonable market cap). Losers can be interesting for contrarian plays if the sell-off is overdone — but be careful with low-cap losers, which often keep losing.
Portfolio Tracking
After connecting your wallet, Birdeye's portfolio section shows:
Holdings
- Every token in your wallet with current value
- Current price and 24h change
- Your position size and USD value
- Unrealized PnL per token
Transaction History
- Complete swap history from your wallet
- Buy/sell direction, amounts, prices
- Platform used for each trade
- Running PnL per trade
PnL Dashboard
- Total portfolio value over time
- Net PnL (realized + unrealized)
- Best and worst performing holdings
- Daily/weekly/monthly PnL breakdown
Tip: Compare your portfolio performance to SOL's price. If SOL is up 50% this month and your portfolio is up 30%, you'd have been better off just holding SOL. This "benchmark comparison" is crucial for honest self-assessment.
Watchlists
Birdeye's watchlist feature lets you track tokens without holding them:
- Click the star icon on any token page to add it to your watchlist
- Access your watchlist from the left sidebar
- See price changes, volume, and market cap for all watched tokens at a glance
Pro tip: Create multiple mental categories in your watchlist:
- "Monitoring" — tokens you're researching but haven't bought
- "Past holdings" — tokens you sold but want to track for re-entry
- "Sector leaders" — top tokens in categories you follow (DEXes, LSTs, memecoins)
Advanced Features
Multi-Chain Support
Birdeye supports multiple chains beyond Solana. Switch between chains using the dropdown in the top bar. This is useful if you trade across Solana and Ethereum/Base — you can use the same interface and tools.
API Access
Birdeye offers an API for developers and power users:
- Token data (price, volume, metadata)
- OHLCV candlestick data
- Wallet portfolio data
- Transaction history
- Top traders per token
Use cases: Build custom dashboards, feed Birdeye data into trading bots, create alerts based on on-chain metrics, or integrate token data into your own applications.
Price Alerts
Set up notifications for price movements:
- Open a token page
- Click the bell/alert icon
- Set your target price (above or below current)
- Choose notification method (browser, email)
Tip: Set alerts at key support and resistance levels identified from chart analysis. This way you don't have to watch charts constantly — the alert tells you when to pay attention.
DexScreener is Birdeye's main competitor. Here's how they compare:
| Feature | Birdeye | DexScreener |
|---|
| Chart Quality | TradingView (full) | TradingView (basic) |
| Technical Indicators | Full library | Limited |
| Holder Analysis | Detailed | Basic |
| Top Traders | Yes (with PnL) | Yes (basic) |
| Portfolio Tracking | Yes | No |
| API | Comprehensive | Limited |
| Speed | Fast | Very fast |
| New Token Discovery | Good | Better (faster indexing) |
| Multi-Chain | Yes | Yes |
| Free Tier | Generous | Fully free |
| UI Complexity | More features, steeper learning curve | Simpler, quicker to use |
Bottom line: Use Birdeye for deep analysis, chart work, and portfolio tracking. Use DexScreener for quick price checks and new token discovery. Most serious traders use both.
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Birdeye
1. Use the Search Bar for Everything
Paste a token address directly into the search bar for instant results. Faster than browsing or searching by name (which can return multiple results for tokens with similar names).
2. Bookmark Your Most-Traded Tokens
Instead of searching every time, bookmark Birdeye URLs for tokens you trade frequently. The URL format is predictable: birdeye.so/token/[mint_address].
3. Check Top Traders Before Buying
Before entering any position, check the Top Traders tab. If the most profitable traders are all selling, that's a red flag. If they're accumulating, it's a positive signal.
4. Use 4h Candles for Entry/Exit Decisions
For tokens you're swing-trading, 4h candles filter out intraday noise while showing meaningful trend changes. Combine with RSI and moving averages for clearer signals.
5. Monitor Liquidity Changes
Sudden liquidity removal (rug pull signal) or additions (project adding depth) show up in the Liquidity tab. Set this as a regular check for any token you hold.
6. Cross-Reference with MadeOnSol
Use MadeOnSol's Wallet X-Ray to deep-dive into wallets you find on Birdeye's Top Traders list. Birdeye shows you who is profitable; Wallet X-Ray shows you how they trade and whether they're worth following.
7. Don't Ignore the Volume Profile
High price with declining volume = unsustainable. Rising price with rising volume = strong trend. Divergence between price and volume is one of the most reliable signals in technical analysis.
Getting Started Checklist
If you're new to Birdeye, here's a quick setup routine:
- Connect your Phantom wallet
- Check your portfolio — see all your holdings and current PnL
- Add 5-10 tokens you're interested in to your watchlist
- Open a token you're considering buying:
- Check the chart on 4h timeframe
- Look at the Top Traders tab
- Review holder distribution
- Verify liquidity is sufficient for your trade size
- Set price alerts for key levels on tokens you're watching
- Check the 1h trending list once or twice a day for new opportunities
Birdeye is one of the most powerful free tools available to Solana traders. The difference between using it casually and using it thoroughly can be the difference between trading blind and trading informed.
Explore more Solana analytics tools on MadeOnSol.
Disclaimer: This guide is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Always do your own research before making trading decisions. Token prices are volatile and you may lose your entire investment. MadeOnSol is not affiliated with Birdeye.
