📅 Market analysis for July 26, 2026 · data as of 14:00 UTC · powered by live Wealthville Scores
Ten Solana pools scored a perfect 100/100 for farmers — only three look worth touching.
What a 100/100 Farmer Score Means (and Doesn’t)
All ten pools in today’s cut share a 100/100 farmer score. That ties them on the headline metric. So the only way to sort signal from noise is to weigh fee APRs against turnover and risk: the dollars actually traded against the dollars parked in the pool, and the pool’s risk score (higher score here means higher risk).
Method, simple and strict: use the exact live numbers. TVL, 24h volume, fee APR, and stated risk. No vibes, no secondhand charts. If volume doesn’t show up against TVL, fees won’t either. If risk spikes and fees don’t, you’re holding the bag.
Opinion: Ignore daily APR prints. Volume against TVL is the only first-pass filter that keeps you out of trouble.
For deeper context while you read, keep your live tabs open: Best Solana pools and the free AI Signals feed. We’ll link directly to the specific pool pages below so you can verify turnover and ranges in real time.
Today’s Risk‑Adjusted Standings
Volume-backed earners (the only three that cleared the bar)
- SOL-$WAFFLES (raydium-amm): TVL $91K, 24h vol $807, fee APR 1.6%, risk 68/100. Actual trading against modest TVL and a non-zero fee rate. That combo tends to pay something, even if memecoin churn fades overnight.
- SOL-Luigi (raydium-amm): TVL $140K, 24h vol $907, fee APR 1.2%, risk 81/100. Highest dollar volume in the set. More risk, yes, but there’s at least real flow for fees to exist.
- SOL-omni (raydium-amm): TVL $51K, 24h vol $337, fee APR 0.1%, risk 38/100. Lower APR print but real turnover versus a small TVL. That’s often the sleeper that quietly accrues fees.
Headline APR that doesn’t cash flow
- SOL-PROJECT89 (raydium-amm): TVL $169K, 24h vol $70, fee APR 4.5%, risk 77/100. Big APR, tiny dollars traded. If only $70 moved across $169K, that 4.5% is a mirage at deposit scale.
- SOL-CDR (raydium-amm): TVL $191K, 24h vol $3, fee APR 0.5%, risk 80/100. The APR print looks fine on first glance. The $3 volume tells the truth.
- SOL-LESTER (raydium-amm): TVL $88K, 24h vol $14, fee APR 0.4%, risk 79/100. Same story. Not enough flow to monetize the rate.
Dead-fee or range-risk setups
- AVA-USDC (raydium-clmm): TVL $76K, 24h vol $13, fee APR 0.0%, risk 100/100. Concentrated liquidity + 0.0% fee APR + minimal flow + the highest risk score in the list. That’s not a mix you chase.
- WYNN-SOL (raydium-amm): TVL $76K, 24h vol $27, fee APR 0.3%, risk 37/100. Safer on paper than others, but fees need churn. $27 won’t do it.
- MIND-SOL (raydium-amm): TVL $76K, 24h vol $14, fee APR 0.0%, risk 30/100. No fees printing with today’s activity.
- SOL-BRISE (raydium-amm): TVL $60K, 24h vol $73, fee APR 0.1%, risk 32/100. Slightly better turnover than the dead set, still too thin to matter.
Pool‑by‑Pool Notes
All ten are 100/100 on farmer score. Here’s why some still don’t make the cut, stated in the simplest terms: dollars traded, pool size, fee rate, and risk.
- SOL-$WAFFLES (raydium-amm)
- TVL $91K; 24h volume $807; fee APR 1.6%; risk 68/100.
- Volume vs. size: real spins for a sub-$100K pool. If you must LP a meme, pick the ones people actually trade.
- Watchlist: verify activity holds into the next session on the live pool page before size-up.
- SOL-Luigi (raydium-amm)
- TVL $140K; 24h volume $907; fee APR 1.2%; risk 81/100.
- Highest raw volume in the set. Risk is elevated. You’re renting flow; be quick to mark stops or pull LP on liquidity drains.
- Anchor: the Luigi pool shows whether this churn is a burst or a trend.
- SOL-omni (raydium-amm)
- TVL $51K; 24h volume $337; fee APR 0.1%; risk 38/100.
- Smaller pool, honest turnover. Even at 0.1% fee APR, consistent trades can outpay the paper tigers above.
- Good candidate for small, tactical positions while you track fee accrual every few hours.
- SOL-PROJECT89 (raydium-amm)
- TVL $169K; 24h volume $70; fee APR 4.5%; risk 77/100.
- APR screams. Volume whispers. If only seventy dollars crossed this pair, that 4.5% doesn’t scale to your deposit.
- Use price alerts and keep capital mobile; treat this as a watch-only until turnover improves on the live pool.
- SOL-CDR (raydium-amm)
- TVL $191K; 24h volume $3; fee APR 0.5%; risk 80/100.
- Three dollars in trades against $191K is effectively zero. Fees won’t materialize without flow, period.
- If this is your bag, you’re betting on tomorrow’s volume, not today’s reality. The pool page should prove it before you deploy.
- AVA-USDC (raydium-clmm)
- TVL $76K; 24h volume $13; fee APR 0.0%; risk 100/100.
- Concentrated positions can earn well in the right tick band — but not with 0.0% fee APR and $13 in trades.
- If you insist on CLMM, reread how range selection and off-range risk work in Raydium’s docs (source) before you even think about adding liquidity here.
- SOL-LESTER (raydium-amm)
- TVL $88K; 24h volume $14; fee APR 0.4%; risk 79/100.
- Not enough turnover to make 0.4% mean anything across the pool size. Treat as a spectator sport for now.
- WYNN-SOL (raydium-amm)
- TVL $76K; 24h volume $27; fee APR 0.3%; risk 37/100.
- Lower risk print, yes. But volume is still tiny. You’re not paid to hold inventory without churn.
- MIND-SOL (raydium-amm)
- TVL $76K; 24h volume $14; fee APR 0.0%; risk 30/100.
- Zero fees + thin trades = no thesis. Skip unless flow appears.
- SOL-BRISE (raydium-amm)
- TVL $60K; 24h volume $73; fee APR 0.1%; risk 32/100.
- Better turnover than the dead-fee set, still too lean to matter at size. Watch, don’t buy inventory.
Why APR Without Turnover Isn’t Yield
AMMs pay you a cut of trading fees. No trading, no fees. Sounds obvious, yet the most common mistake I still see is aping into a pool because of a double-digit daily APR print that isn’t backed by dollars crossing the pool. You can’t annualize emptiness.
Here’s the sanity check you can run in under a minute: compare 24h volume to TVL. If daily volume isn’t meaningful versus what’s parked, you won’t collect much, even if the fee switch is set attractively. Today, the three pools with real activity were the only ones with a shot at paying you between now and tomorrow’s rebalance.
If you want a refresher on how fees route through Raydium’s AMM and the concentrated model, the official docs are the right reference (Raydium docs). And if you’re structuring CLMM ranges, our prior breakdown on ticks and impermanent loss mechanics lays out where fees actually come from and when they vanish off-range: Tick Ranges on Solana CLMMs: How Fees and IL Really Work.
Positioning Tactics Right Now
- Favor flow over prints. If your pool’s 24h volume reads two or three digits while TVL is five or six digits, you’re not getting paid. The three volume-backed pairs above were the only ones with real churn today: SOL-$WAFFLES, SOL-Luigi, and SOL-omni.
- Clip size, shorten holding windows. Memecoin churn can collapse in hours. If you LP memes, keep deposits small, harvest fees often, and stand ready to yank liquidity when turnover drops.
- Avoid CLMM unless you actively manage it. With a 0.0% fee APR and minimal volume, AVA-USDC is a textbook range-risk sink. Off-range, you earn nothing and hold inventory you didn’t want.
- Use live dashboards, not screenshots. The difference between a trap and a payer can be one big wallet sweep. Cross-check in Best Solana pools and set alerts via AI Signals so you’re not trading stale data.
- Respect the risk print. High risk scores with low flow create asymmetric downside. If risk is 80/100 and volume is $3, pass.
Method and Disclosures
All assessments here are from the supplied live dataset, unchanged: TVL, 24h volume, fee APR, farmer score, and risk score for each pool on Raydium AMM or CLMM. The risk score is treated as a higher-is-riskier indicator; it’s used as a tie-breaker after turnover and fee rate. Every pool’s farmer score is identical (100/100), so ranking by farmer score alone results in a ten-way tie; we break it by the factors that actually generate realized PnL for LPs: volume relative to TVL and whether a non-zero fee APR is being quoted alongside that flow.
If you prefer a more formal framework for thinking about risk-adjusted LP returns over hype APRs, our prior piece lays out the discipline and backtests: Stop Chasing APR: The Solana Pools That Win After Risk.
FAQ
Why do all pools show 100/100 on farmer score?
Farmer score often reflects deposit-side metrics or on-chain eligibility signals. It can max out for many pools simultaneously. When that happens, you need a second screen — turnover versus TVL and whether fees are actually accruing — to separate earners from traps.
How can a pool show a high fee APR but barely any volume?
APR is a rate, not a promise. If only tiny dollars cross the pool, your share of fees stays tiny too. The 4.5% print on SOL-PROJECT89 alongside just $70 in 24h volume on $169K TVL is the example of the day.
What’s a good rule of thumb for volume vs TVL?
No single line fits every market, but if 24h volume is negligible versus TVL, you’re unlikely to earn meaningful fees. Look for persistent, non-trivial dollar throughput relative to the pool size and re-check every session.
Are CLMM pools always worse for passive LPs?
Not always. Concentrated positions can outperform if you’re in-range during active trading. But with today’s numbers (e.g., AVA-USDC showing 0.0% fee APR and $13 in volume on $76K TVL), the setup doesn’t pay a passive LP.
How should I size LP positions in volatile meme pairs?
Smaller, time-bounded deposits with frequent fee harvests. Monitor volume on the live pool page and pull size when turnover fades. Volatility without flow just hands you inventory risk.
Where can I find the best current Solana pools?
Start with our live aggregator at Best Solana pools and set alerts via AI Signals. Verify each pool’s TVL, 24h volume, and fee rate before adding liquidity.
