Entry Gates · Trenchers Docs

A token must pass every gate that is on before your bot buys it. Each gate on the Entry Gates tab can be switched off.

When a number is not known yet, most gates skip instead of blocking. Min fees paid is the exception: it waits for a real value.

Valuation window

On the Buy zone card. One full range is required before a bot can start.

Gate	Buys only when
Curve progress	The bonding curve is inside your range. Launch bots only.
Market cap	Its USD market cap is inside your range.

Migration bots show their migration window here instead. See Launch vs Migration.

Gate	Buys only when
Min holders	At least this many wallets hold it.
Min unique wallets	At least this many different wallets traded it.
Max top-10 holders %	The top 10 wallets hold no more than this.
Max dev holding %	The creator holds no more than this.
Max sniper held %, Max bundle supply %, Max insider-held %	Snipers, launch bundles or insiders hold no more than this.

Gate	Buys only when
Min buy trades	It has had at least this many buys.
Min buy / sell ratio	Buys outnumber sells by at least this much.
Min 5-minute move %, Min 1-hour move %	The price change over that time is at least this.
Max fade from ATH at entry %	It is no further than this below its peak.
Min liquidity (USD)	The pool holds at least this much.
Min volume, Min SOL in curve	Traded SOL and the curve's real SOL each reach your floor.
Min fees paid	Traders paid this much SOL in fees on it.
Max price impact	Your own buy moves the price no more than this.

Gate	Buys only when
Min token age, Max token age	The token's age is inside your limits.
Require a social link	It lists a website, X or Telegram.
Require DEX Paid	Its team paid for a DexScreener profile.
Min Twitter followers	It has a linked X account. Follower counts rarely arrive.
Dev hasn't sold, Min dev wallet age, Max dev buy	The creator has sold nothing, has an old enough wallet, and bought no more than this.

These look for one operator faking demand in the first trades.

Gate	Skips the token when
Single-wallet dominance	One wallet made too many of the trades.
Min buy time-spread	The first buys landed within seconds of each other.
Min buy-size variety	Buys come in too few different sizes.
Min recent-buy ratio	Too few of the latest trades are buys.
Max first-window volume	Most trading happened in the first seconds.