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A Solana memecoin doesn't trade the same way on every DEX. A PumpFun bonding-curve token is still in price discovery, sub-graduation, with deployer-rugability still on the table. A PumpSwap token has graduated — liquidity has migrated to the constant-product AMM, the bonding curve is exited, and the trader profile shifts. A Raydium token has cleared two venues. An Orca Whirlpool token is usually a more "established" memecoin or a DeFi asset entirely.
If your scanner treats all of these the same, your filters will be wrong for at least three of the four venues at any moment. The primary_dex filter on /api/v1/tokens lets you scan one venue at a time, with the filter set tuned to that venue's mechanics.
This post walks through the six DEX values, what each one tells you about a token's lifecycle stage, and the scanner pattern that uses the filter to build venue-specific entry signals.
The six allowed values
The primary_dex filter accepts one of:
| Value | What it means |
|---|
pumpfun | Token is on the PumpFun bonding curve. Pre-graduation. |
pumpswap | Graduated from PumpFun to PumpSwap (the PumpFun-native AMM). |
raydium | Primary pool is a Raydium AMM v4 (constant-product). |
raydium_clmm | Primary pool is Raydium CLMM (concentrated liquidity). |
orca | Primary pool is Orca Whirlpool. |
meteora | Primary pool is one of Meteora's products (DBC, DAMM, DLMM, or CPAMM). |
Each value maps to the primary_dex column in the token_prices table — set by mc-tracker when it identifies the most-liquid pool for a given mint. A token can trade across multiple venues simultaneously (a PumpSwap-primary token might also have a small Raydium pool); the filter targets where the primary liquidity is.
What each venue actually tells you
pumpfun — pre-graduation tokens
PumpFun bonding curves are price-discovery curves. The token is technically tradeable but the deployer still has special rights (until graduation), liquidity is on the curve (~85 SOL needed to graduate), and the lifecycle is very fast — most tokens either graduate within hours or die within minutes.
Scanner use:
- Snipe-focused workflows where you want pre-graduation entries.
- Pair with deployer-hunter
/v1/deployer-hunter/alerts for "elite-tier deployer just launched on PumpFun" signal.
- High false-positive rate by nature — 95%+ of PumpFun tokens never graduate.
pumpswap — graduated tokens
PumpSwap is PumpFun's own AMM. When a bonding curve fills, liquidity migrates here automatically. A token on PumpSwap has cleared the first lifecycle hurdle — it raised enough demand to graduate.
This is typically the most interesting venue to scan for momentum. Tokens here have:
- Real liquidity (the graduation event seeds at least ~85 SOL of pool depth).
- Deployer rights resolved (no more "deployer rugs the curve" risk).
- A trader population larger than the pre-graduation cohort.
Scanner use:
- Momentum-pump scanners. Most of the "trending memecoin" tape is PumpSwap-primary.
- Pair with KOL coordination — most coordination clusters fire on PumpSwap tokens.
raydium — Raydium AMM v4
The OG constant-product AMM on Solana. Memecoins that go to Raydium typically have either:
- Pre-PumpFun origin (deployer chose Raydium directly).
- Post-PumpSwap migration (some larger memecoins move primary liquidity to Raydium for the deeper trader population).
The raydium value is constant-product. For concentrated-liquidity Raydium (CLMM), use raydium_clmm. The venue a token settles on also affects what you pay to trade it — our Solana DEX fee comparison of Jupiter, Raydium, and Orca breaks down the per-venue cost differences.
Scanner use:
- "Established memecoin" scans where you want past the pure-launch frenzy.
- DeFi / yield-adjacent tokens that aren't really memecoins.
CLMM (Raydium's Uniswap-V3-style product). Predominantly used for larger / more-stable tokens — major memecoins (BONK, WIF), wrapped assets, LSTs. Concentrated liquidity is hostile to small-cap launches because providers have to actively manage ranges.
Scanner use:
- Major-token momentum scans. Rare for pure micro-cap memecoin alpha.
- Often paired with
is_blacklisted=false to drop the LST and wrapped-asset noise.
orca — Orca Whirlpool
Orca's CLMM. Similar profile to raydium_clmm — established tokens, LSTs, some DeFi assets. Less memecoin-heavy than the Raydium constant-product venue.
Scanner use:
- DeFi memecoin overlap (tokens with utility plus speculation).
- "What's interesting on Orca right now" — narrower universe.
meteora — Meteora products
Meteora ships multiple AMM products: Dynamic Bonding Curve (DBC), Dynamic AMM (DAMM), DLMM (their bin-based CLMM), and CPAMM (DAMM v2). All four roll up into the meteora filter today.
Scanner use:
- Meteora-specific launch patterns. DBC pools, in particular, are a growing alternative to PumpFun for early-stage tokens.
- DLMM-paired tokens often have unusual range-trading behavior.
