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# Liquidity Analysis — DEX Depth Assessment for Solana Tokens Liquidity analysis answers three critical questions before every trade: **Can I get in at a reasonable price?** **Can I get out when I need to?** and **Is this pool safe?** Without it, you risk excessive slippage, failed exits, and rug pulls. ## Why Liquidity Analysis Matters **Position sizing**: Maximum position size is bounded by available liquidity. A $10K position in a pool with $20K TVL will move the price significantly. Rule of thumb: keep trade size under 2% of pool depth to limit slippage below 1%. **Execution cost**: Slippage is a direct cost. On a 5 SOL buy, the difference between 0.3% and 3% slippage is real money lost on every entry and exit. **Rug risk detection**: Thin liquidity, single pools, unlocked LP tokens, and newly created pools are warning signs. Liquidity analysis catches these before you enter. **Exit planning**: Entry liquidity may differ from exit liquidity. If LP is unlocked and owned by one wallet, it can be pulled at any time. ## Key Concepts ### Total Value Locked (TVL) Total value of assets deposited in a pool. For a SOL/TOKEN pool with 100 SOL and 1M TOKEN at $0.01 each, TVL = 100 * SOL_price + 1M * $0.01. TVL alone is insufficient — you need depth at the current price range. ### Liquidity Depth How much can be traded before moving the price X%. In constant-product AMMs, depth is uniform. In concentrated liquidity (CLMM), depth varies by price range — thick near the curre