# Crypto Momentum Detector (`0xgollum/crypto-momentum-detector`) Actor

Catch crypto tokens early: new launches + tokens whose volume and price are accelerating, with a built-in anti-rug quality filter. Powered by DexScreener and CoinGecko.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/0xgollum/crypto-momentum-detector.md
- **Developed by:** [0xGollum](https://apify.com/0xgollum) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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# README

## Crypto Momentum Detector 🚀

**Catch crypto tokens early — new launches and accelerating movers — before the crowd, with a built-in anti-rug filter.**

Most crypto scrapers dump raw market data on you. This actor does the filtering that matters: it surfaces (1) **freshly launched tokens** and (2) **tokens whose volume and price are accelerating right now**, and it throws out the obvious rugs and wash-traded junk before you ever see them.

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### Two signals

| `signal` | What it means |
|----------|---------------|
| `new_launch` | A token launched recently (default: < 72h), with real liquidity and volume |
| `momentum` | A token trading **hotter than its own 24h pace** — accelerating volume + rising price |

Every result is ranked by a single **`momentum_score`** so the strongest signals come first.

### Built-in anti-rug quality gate

Tokens are dropped before scoring if they look like traps:

- **Low liquidity** (below your threshold, default $10k)
- **Negligible volume** (below your threshold, default $25k/24h)
- **Suspicious volume** — 24h volume wildly out of proportion to liquidity (classic wash trading)
- **Illiquid activity** — near-zero volume against the pool

You control every threshold from the input.

***

### Sources (all public, no API key)

- **DexScreener** — new token launches + live per-pair metrics (price, volume, liquidity, multi-timeframe change) across every chain
- **CoinGecko** — established coins with 1h / 24h / 7d momentum

### Use cases

- **Degens / memecoin traders** — programmatic early alerts on fresh launches that already have liquidity
- **Momentum traders** — a shortlist of tokens accelerating *now*, not after the pump
- **Bots & automations** — feed clean, filtered signals into your own trading/alerting pipeline (Make, Zapier, n8n, custom)
- **Analysts** — track what's moving across chains without babysitting ten dashboards

### Input (all optional)

| Field | Default | Description |
|-------|---------|-------------|
| `include_new_launches` | `true` | Detect fresh token launches |
| `include_dex_momentum` | `true` | Detect accelerating DEX tokens |
| `include_coingecko` | `true` | Include established coins' momentum |
| `chains` | all | Limit to chains, e.g. `["solana","base","ethereum"]` |
| `min_liquidity_usd` | `10000` | Anti-rug: minimum liquidity |
| `min_volume_usd` | `25000` | Minimum 24h volume |
| `max_new_token_age_hours` | `72` | Max age to count as a "new launch" |
| `min_volume_acceleration` | `2.0` | Momentum: last hour ≥ N× the 24h hourly pace |
| `min_price_change_1h` | `3.0` | Momentum: minimum 1h price gain (%) |
| `max_results` | `100` | Cap on signals returned |

#### Example

```json
{
  "chains": ["solana", "base"],
  "min_liquidity_usd": 20000,
  "min_price_change_1h": 5
}
```

### Output

Each item is one token signal:

```json
{
  "signal": "new_launch",
  "symbol": "WIFOUT",
  "chain": "solana",
  "address": "…",
  "price_usd": 0.0024,
  "price_change_h1": 211.0,
  "price_change_h24": 472.0,
  "volume_h24": 420225,
  "liquidity_usd": 37162,
  "age_hours": 2.1,
  "momentum_score": 265.17,
  "quality_flags": [],
  "url": "https://dexscreener.com/…"
}
```

### Pricing

**Pay per result:** **$0.002 per token signal** returned. Most runs cost a few cents. No subscription — you pay only per item.

### Tips

- **Schedule it** (every 15–60 min) to keep catching launches and movers as they happen — the actor remembers which tokens it already reported, so a launch is flagged only once.
- Tighten `min_liquidity_usd` / `min_price_change_1h` for higher-conviction signals; loosen them to cast a wider net.
- Use `chains` to focus on where you actually trade (e.g. Solana for memecoins).

***

*⚠️ Not financial advice. Crypto is high-risk; this actor surfaces data, it does not tell you what to buy. Always do your own research. All data from public sources.*

# Actor input Schema

## `include_new_launches` (type: `boolean`):

Surface freshly launched tokens (via DexScreener), gated by quality filters.

## `include_dex_momentum` (type: `boolean`):

Surface actively traded DEX tokens whose volume/price is accelerating.

## `include_coingecko` (type: `boolean`):

Include top coins by volume with 1h/24h/7d momentum.

## `chains` (type: `array`):

Limit to specific chains (e.g. 'solana', 'ethereum', 'base', 'bsc'). Empty = all chains.

## `min_liquidity_usd` (type: `integer`):

Anti-rug gate: drop tokens with shallow liquidity.

## `min_volume_usd` (type: `integer`):

Drop tokens with negligible 24h trading volume.

## `max_new_token_age_hours` (type: `integer`):

A token counts as a new launch only if younger than this.

## `min_volume_acceleration` (type: `number`):

Momentum gate: last-hour volume must run at least this many times the 24h average hourly pace.

## `min_price_change_1h` (type: `number`):

Momentum gate: minimum positive 1h price move (%).

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Cap on the number of token signals returned per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "include_new_launches": true,
  "include_dex_momentum": true,
  "include_coingecko": true,
  "chains": [],
  "min_liquidity_usd": 10000,
  "min_volume_usd": 25000,
  "max_new_token_age_hours": 72,
  "min_volume_acceleration": 2,
  "min_price_change_1h": 3,
  "max_results": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("0xgollum/crypto-momentum-detector").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("0xgollum/crypto-momentum-detector").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call 0xgollum/crypto-momentum-detector --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=0xgollum/crypto-momentum-detector",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/24cs0XP0eFtsx81ei/builds/0jTKCaUlacHnkTxlv/openapi.json