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Right now on Solana
Loading live KOL Cluster alerts…
Screen: market cap at least $20.0K, at least 100 holders, top-10 wallets holding at most 40 %. Charts open on GMGN.
What a KOL Cluster alert means
A KOL Cluster alert means several KOLs posted the same token close together.
Flippa’s Journal treats every KOL call as a public claim with a timestamp. The KOL Cluster channel records the claim; the desk records what the token did next.
For Flippa’s Journal, a KOL call brings attention, and attention brings volume. It also brings exits. Flippa’s Journal follows KOL Cluster on Solana to see which calls hold up after the first wave.
Quick test: Watch holder count in the hour after the call; attention that does not turn into holders fades. Check how the KOL's last ten calls did one day later, not one hour later.
Past alerts, dated
| Token | Chain | First alert cap | Tracked cap | Multiple | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNET | SOL | $42K | $846K | 20x | 2026-09-10 |
| LOOKSMAX | SOL | $30K | $2400K | 77x | 2026-08-16 |
| S3 | SOL | $87K | $6000K | 70x | 2026-09-08 |
| XYZ | SOL | $25K | $418K | 17x | 2026-08-23 |
Selected dated examples from XTRACK reports: multiple = tracked market cap at the report date divided by the market cap at first alert. These are not typical results and not realised profits.
Checks before any trade
Flippa’s Journal runs these checks on each KOL Cluster alert.
- Confirm on the chart which pool the price comes from and how deep it is.
- Try a small sell early; some tokens restrict selling.
- Check holder concentration after excluding pool and burn wallets.
- Work from the contract address; tickers repeat across chains and copies.
- Search the contract in the Empire Telegram network to see other alerts on it.
- Set volume against pool depth and new holders over the same window.
The filter
Filters are a choice, not a truth. This is the choice Flippa’s Journal made for KOL Cluster alerts:
- market cap at least $20.0K
- at least 100 holders
- top-10 wallets holding at most 40 %
At build time the lane held 43 recent alerts covering about 12 hours; 28 of them cleared the screen. Median values for the passing alerts: cap $459.5K, liquidity $64.5K, holders 1434. 6 of the 43 lane alerts had liquidity below a tenth of their market cap, which makes exits expensive. Median concentration in the lane: 33 % of supply in the top ten wallets.
Values measured on 2026-09-24 from the Empire feed. The screen is a filter, not a recommendation.
Recorded alerts
Recorded on 2026-09-24 from the Empire feed. Flippa’s Journal keeps a short log so the page shows real alerts even without scripts.
- At 03:41 UTC the feed caught Jotchua: cap $1.70M, liquidity $223.1K, 12,978 holders, top 10 holding 21 %.
- GP (03:33 UTC) — $26.90M cap against $2.28M liquidity, top 10 holding 27 %.
- BOBO alerted at 23:59 UTC. Market cap $48.4K, liquidity $8.4K, 323 holders.
- WOW (23:47 UTC) — $1.70M cap against $216.7K liquidity, top 10 holding 29 %.
- TOWN alerted at 21:32 UTC. Market cap $119.4K, liquidity $23.8K, 162 holders.
- baton alerted at 17:42 UTC. Market cap $1.30M, liquidity $341.9K, 10,801 holders.
- pill alerted at 17:16 UTC. Market cap $1.40M, liquidity $188.0K, 3,273 holders.
Recorded values, not live prices. Charts open on GMGN with the publisher's referral code.
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Measured outcomes
68 %dead in 24 h
26 %2x in 24 h
47tokens measured
4 %5x in 24 h
Measured window: 7 days, 47 tokens. 2x within a day: 26 %. 5x within a day: 4 %. Dead within a day: 68 %, usually after about 0.4 h. All Solana topics together: 24 % reached 2x. Statistically the lane is not yet different from the rest of Solana.
Source: Blackhat alert scoreboard, 7-day window of mature alerts (older than 24 h), updated 2026-09-24. Full scoreboard.
FAQ
What is Flippa’s Journal?
It is one of the Empire's public desks. It watches KOL Cluster alerts on Solana, prints them live and explains how to check each one.
Is Flippa’s Journal financial advice?
No. The desk shows data and a checking method. It does not recommend buying or selling anything.
What does 'dead' mean on the scoreboard?
A token counts as dead when its market cap falls 80 % or more from the first alert, drops under $5K, or its pool loses its liquidity.
How do I get these alerts on my phone?
Join the @gmgnxsolkolcluster channel on Telegram. It posts every KOL Cluster alert as it happens.