The Truth About Memecoin Charts: They’re Almost Always Manipulated

After trading memecoins for a while, I realized something that changed the way I look at early projects:
charts are the last thing you should trust.

In the early hours of a new token, charts don’t show you the truth.
They show you whatever someone wants you to see.
It’s extremely easy to fake volume, spoof candles, hide wallets, or create “perfect” chart structures that look bullish but are completely manipulated. I’ve seen coins with gorgeous charts rug instantly, and I’ve seen ugly charts explode simply because hype was building somewhere else.

That’s why I stopped using charts as my main signal.
Instead, I focus on hype velocity — how fast people are talking about a coin and where that hype is coming from.
Call groups on Telegram are almost always the first place where momentum begins, long before X reacts. Tools like Outlight fun make it easy to see how many groups mentioned a token and how fast that number grows, and honestly that tells me way more than any early chart ever could.

Charts follow hype — not the other way around.
Once you understand that, memecoins start to make a lot more sense.