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Four signals measuring whether a token's market signals are coherent and directional, or just noise.

MemeTokenContext
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|  velocity_signal      35%   price momentum |
|  resonance_signal     30%   volume spike   |
|  depth_signal         20%   holder growth  |
|  coherence_signal     15%   organic ratio  |
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NarrativeScore (0-100)  >  Phase  >  Insight

Why velocity gets 35%

Price velocity is the most immediate expression of narrative. When a token moves fast — up or down — attention is flowing toward it right now. Volume can lag. Holder count updates slowly. But a sharp 1h price change means someone is paying the cost of attention with real capital.

01

Velocity Signal

weight: 35%

Price velocity is the most immediate expression of narrative. When a token moves fast — up or down — attention is flowing toward it right now. The signal uses absolute value because direction doesn't determine narrative intensity. A 35% dump and a 35% pump are equally loud.

trigger: |1h price change| >= 15%
Formula
|1h price change| >= 15% triggers
score = min(abs(change) x 2, 100)

Fast moves in either direction carry narrative weight.
A dump is a narrative event too.
02

Resonance Signal

weight: 30%

Volume above baseline means the market is processing this token as signal — not background noise. When 1h volume exceeds 2.5x the hourly average, something is happening.

trigger: 1h volume >= 2.5x baseline
Formula
1h volume >= 2.5x hourly baseline triggers
baseline = volume_24h / 24
score = min(ratio x (100/2.5), 100)

Volume above baseline = market is paying attention.
03

Depth Signal

weight: 20%

Narratives that spread past early adopters have structural depth. Holder growth is context window expansion — on-chain. If holders grew >= 4% vs previous snapshot, the narrative is spreading.

trigger: holder growth >= 4%
Formula
holder count grew >= 4% vs previous snapshot triggers
score = min(growth_pct x 5, 100)

Holder growth = narrative spreading beyond early adopters.
04

Coherence Signal

weight: 15%

Community-to-value alignment. Many holders per dollar of mcap means distributed attention — the definition of organic traction. This is a structural quality signal, not a momentum trigger.

trigger: holders per $1k mcap >= 8
Formula
holders / (market_cap_usd / 1000) >= 8 triggers
score = min(ratio x (100/8), 100)

High ratio = distributed attention = organic traction.

Why coherence is only 15%

Holder-to-mcap ratio is a structural quality signal, not a momentum trigger. A token can have excellent organic traction and still sit in NOISE phase if it hasn't caught a wave yet. Coherence tells you what kind of token it is — not whether the narrative is moving. That's why it gets the smallest weight.

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