Red Flags
The Red Flags section is the dossier's list of concrete problems. If it appears, read every entry; these are the things most likely to lose you money. A red number badge shows how many were found.
Each flag has a type (in red capitals) and a plain-English detail explaining what was detected and when.
The flag types
| Flag | What it means |
|---|---|
| Market rug | Liquidity was pulled / the token is effectively dead. The worst outcome. |
| Rug warning | Early signs of a rug (liquidity draining, market cap collapsing). A pre-emptive alert; it may still recover, or it may confirm next cycle. |
| Price dump | A large, sudden price drop, often insiders selling. |
| Volume death | Trading suddenly stopped; the token may be abandoned. |
| Wash trading | The volume is faked by bots (see Volume Authenticity). |
| Contract anomaly | The contract has a non-standard, risky power (see Contract Audit). |
| Serial deployer | The wallet that launched it has launched many tokens before, a churn/scam pattern. |
| Negative reputation | The team's public accounts have a poor track record (see Credibility). |
Other, more specific flags can appear too; they're always written in readable words.
Severity, in practice
Not all flags are equal:
- Market rug and Rug warning are about the money; they mean the token is dying or dead. Treat as immediate exits.
- Contract anomaly, Serial deployer, and Negative reputation are about intent and capability; they mean the setup is dangerous even if nothing has happened yet.
- Wash trading, Price dump, Volume death describe what the market is doing right now.
How to use Red Flags
- Zero flags is the baseline, not a guarantee. A clean report means "no obvious traps found," not "safe."
- A single hard flag can be disqualifying. Market rug or Negative reputation alone is usually enough to walk away.
- Combine with the Stalker Score. Several flags plus an interesting or risk tier is a very loud "no."
- Read the detail text. It tells you when and why the flag fired: a rug-warning from an hour ago is different from a confirmed rug last week.
Rug warnings can become rugs fast
A Rug warning means the mechanism for a rug is in motion. If you hold the token, this is the moment to make a decision, not after it becomes a Market rug.