How to Find Tokens Before They Explode

You open Twitter. Someone just made 40x on a token you've never heard of.

You check the chart. The move already happened. You're too late — again.

This is the cycle most traders are stuck in. You find out about opportunities after they've played out. By the time you see it, the entry is gone and the risk is terrible.

The problem isn't that you're slow. It's that you're looking in the wrong place.

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The Real Edge Isn't Speed — It's Filtering

Here's what nobody tells you: there are hundreds of setups happening every day. Coins sitting at key support levels. Tokens about to break through resistance with volume building behind them. High-confidence zones where price has bounced five times before.

The setups are there. You just can't see them because they're buried under thousands of assets.

Scrolling through CoinGecko won't find them. Flipping through 50 charts on TradingView won't either — not unless you have 6 hours to spare.

What you need is a way to describe the trade you want and have something find it for you.

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Spot Buy & Sell Zones Before They Play Out

A trading zone is a price level where something is likely to happen. Maybe it's a support level that has held three times. Maybe it's a resistance zone where sellers consistently step in.

When a coin enters one of these zones, you have an edge. You know the level matters. You know the risk is defined. And you know before the crowd because they're waiting for confirmation — which means they're waiting until the move is halfway done.

Flicker's Signals page shows you every asset currently sitting in an active zone. But here's the part that matters: the filters.

• Only want buy zones? One click.
• Only care about high confidence setups? Set a minimum threshold.
• Trade on Binance only? Filter by exchange.
• Need a risk/reward above 3:1? Set the minimum R:R.
• Looking for bullish setups specifically? Filter by direction.

You can combine all of them. In two seconds you go from "all 200 assets" to "the 5 bullish buy zones on Binance with R:R above 3 and high confidence."

Those 5 assets are where you focus. That's your edge.

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Catch Breakouts Before They Run

Zones are great for planned entries. But some of the biggest moves in crypto come from breakouts — when price smashes through a level with momentum and doesn't look back.

The problem? By the time a breakout shows up on your Twitter timeline, it's already up 15%.

Flicker's Breakout Signals page catches these earlier. It scores every asset based on:

• Price action — Is price pressing against a key level?
• Volume surge — Is buying/selling pressure increasing?
• Zone strength — How significant is the level being tested?

The result is a breakout score. Higher score = higher probability of a sustained move.

And just like signals, you can filter breakouts:

• Min breakout score — Only show the highest-probability setups
• Max risk — Filter out anything too risky for your strategy
• Direction — Bullish breakouts, bearish breakdowns, or both
• Volume — Focus on liquid assets or find small-cap movers

Set "bullish, low risk, score above 70" and you get a shortlist of assets most likely to run — before they actually do.

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A Real Example

Here's what this looks like in practice:

1. You open Flicker's Signals page
2. You filter: Buy zones → High confidence → Bullish → Min R:R 2.5
3. Three assets show up. One is a token you already watch
4. You check its chart — price is sitting right at a support level that held twice before
5. Entry is tight. Stop loss is clear. Take profit targets are defined
6. You take the trade with a plan, not a gut feeling

No scrolling through hundreds of coins. No FOMO-chasing a green candle. Just a filtered, high-conviction setup that matches your criteria.

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Why Most Traders Miss These Opportunities

It's not about skill. It's about process.

Manual scanners rely on you checking charts one by one. You might find a good setup — after 2 hours.

Paid signal groups give you someone else's opinion with no context. "Buy XYZ at $0.50" — but why? What's the stop loss? What's the confidence?

Social media shows you trades that already worked. Survivorship bias on a timeline.

Flicker's approach is different: you set the criteria, the AI does the scanning, and you get a list of setups that match. Every signal comes with the full picture — entry zone, confidence score, risk/reward, direction, and priority.

You make the final call. But you start from a much better position.

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What's Coming Next

We're just getting started with this. Here's what's on the roadmap:

Filter-based notifications — Set your filters once, get a push notification every time a new asset matches. You won't even need to open the app.

Saved filter presets — Save combinations like "My scalp filters" or "Swing trade zones" and switch between them instantly.

More timeframes — 4h and daily signals are coming. Right now we cover 1h and 15m.

Historical performance — See how signals matching your exact filter criteria would have performed over the past weeks and months.

The idea is simple: your filters become your trading strategy. Flicker runs it 24/7 and tells you when something matches.

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Try It

Go to Assets > Signals in the sidebar. Play with the filters. See what shows up.

• Signals — Assets in active buy/sell zones
• Breakout Signals — Momentum and breakout detection

Basic filters are free. The full filter set — confidence, R:R, priority, breakout score — is available with Pro or free through a partner exchange promotion.

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Related: What is Flicker? — Full overview of everything Flicker offers.