Section 6 · Due diligence: the 6-step check

Due diligence: the 6-step check — step 6 of 6

Step 6 of 6

Do this in under five minutes before any buy. If you do not have five minutes, you do not have a trade — you have an impulse.

1. Contract checks

Hard fail

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2. Liquidity checks

Hard fail

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3. Holder analysis

Hard fail

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4. Dev & socials

Soft flag

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5. Chart & volume

Soft flag

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6. Size the bet (or pass)

RULE. Any hard FAIL at steps 1–3 ⇒ stop. Do not proceed to sizing. Soft flags at steps 4–5 reduce position size; they do not justify a bigger one.