📅 Market analysis for August 31, 2026 · data as of 14:00 UTC · powered by live Wealthville Scores
One pool printed a 500.0% fee APR — and it might still be the worst place to park size.
What “100/100” means — and how we break ties
Every pool in today’s set carries a farmer score of 100/100. That ties the field. To rank usefully, you need to ask two questions: does the pair actually generate fees relative to its TVL, and how fragile is that fee stream given risk?
For each pool below, we focus on three live datapoints that matter when you’re allocating capital:
- Depth: TVL in dollars. Bigger isn’t always better; it just sets capacity.
- Fee sustainability: today’s fee APR and whether 24h volume supports it.
- Turnover: 24h volume divided by TVL (to 1 decimal). More turnover usually means more fees — and more price risk.
All stats quoted are the exact live numbers provided for this roundup. Where we cite turnover, it’s computed directly from those numbers and rounded to 1 decimal.
If you want a running list of fee-paying pools beyond this snapshot, bookmark Best Solana pools and the Opportunities feed. For method details on concentrated AMMs, skim Whirlpools docs and Meteora’s DLMM.
Fee winners right now (risk-adjusted)
These are the only pairs showing meaningful fee flow relative to their TVL today. That doesn’t mean risk-free; it means the inputs justify the headline APR — for now.
- SKR-SOL (meteora-dlmm) — TVL $212K, 24h vol $5.02M, fee APR 500.0%, risk 96/100.
Turnover: 23.7x. That’s the story. Massive volume on modest TVL can support triple-digit fee APRs on DLMM (yes, on $212K TVL). The flip side is obvious: a 96/100 risk read implies extreme price variance and potential inventory losses if SKR mean-reverts. Treat this like a trade with tight risk, not a farm to park in. - SOL-SHRUB (raydium-amm) — TVL $66K, 24h vol $48K, fee APR 13.5%, risk 71/100.
Turnover: 0.7x. Healthy for a Raydium AMM pool this size. A 13.5% fee APR on $66K TVL with that much flow looks real enough to farm for days, not minutes. You still have 71/100 risk; spread widens on fast moves, so size appropriately and check ranges if you’re hopping to a CLMM alternative. - SOL-HUAHUA (raydium-amm) — TVL $66K, 24h vol $5K, fee APR 1.6%, risk 63/100.
Turnover: 0.1x. Modest but real. If you insist on a smaller-cap SOL pair with some flow and mid-60s risk, this is the only other one today that isn’t functionally idle. Consider this a fee drip, not a gusher.
Opinion: headline APRs mean nothing if volume disappears. If turnover isn’t there, round the fee APR down to zero for sizing. We’ve written this before — see Fee APR Is the Only Yield That Lasts.
Big TVL, no fees: capital parking vs farming
Deep pools can look safe, but low flow kills fee yield. If you want to farm rather than just hold inventory, these do not pay today.
- STA-ST (orca-whirlpool) — TVL $544K, 24h vol $7, fee APR 0.0%, risk 36/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. This is the deepest pool in the set by a wide margin, but with $7 traded in 24h, there’s no fee flow. Low 36/100 risk suggests a boring, likely correlated pair, which is fine for stability — just not for income. Unless you have a reason to provide inventory here (strategy, routing incentives), capital is dead on arrival from a fee standpoint. - BOOP-USDC (orca-whirlpool) — TVL $209K, 24h vol $40, fee APR 0.0%, risk 39/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. Another quiet Whirlpool. Similar profile to STA-ST, just thinner. With $40 of 24h volume and a 0.0% fee APR, this pool reads like a parking lot, not a farm. - VIBE-USDC (meteora-damm-v2) — TVL $97K, 24h vol $5, fee APR 1.0%, risk 58/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. A printed 1.0% fee APR against $5 in 24h volume tells you the APR read is fragile. If you must farm it, keep size tiny and use fill data to confirm that trades are actually happening.
If you run strategies that favor low variance and near-peg assets, you might still place capital here with tight ranges and harvest routing scraps. But don’t underwrite these as income until volume shows up in your fills. For a live feed of pairs where fees are turning back on, check AI Signals.
LST pairs: safe-ish price, scarce fees
Liquid staking token pairs often make sense for risk, not revenue. They track SOL closely, so you avoid the worst inventory swings — at the cost of fewer trades.
- JSOL-SOL (meteora-dlmm) — TVL $84K, 24h vol $106, fee APR 0.0%, risk 57/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. With just $106 in daily flow, the 0.0% fee APR makes sense. As an LP, you’re taking modest depeg and basis risk with a 57/100 risk read. If you want fee income, there isn’t any today. If you want to hold JSOL/SOL exposure in a range and pick up occasional trades, that’s a different thesis entirely — but size as if fees are zero.
High-APR head fakes: proceed as a trade, not a farm
These pools advertise headline APRs that aren’t supported by today’s flow, or they carry risk so high that inventory swings will dominate any fees you collect.
- SKR-SOL (meteora-dlmm) — again: 500.0% fee APR with 23.7x turnover and 96/100 risk.
Great for nimble LPs who set narrow ranges and actively rebalance. A trap for passive capital. Expect IL to dwarf fees if SKR mean-reverts fast. - HOT-SOL (meteora-damm-v2) — TVL $80K, 24h vol $0, fee APR 15.6%, risk 69/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. A 15.6% fee APR print against $0 traded in 24h means the quote is using a window that didn’t include today’s silence, or it’s stale. Either way, with no trades today, fee income is functionally zero. - SOL-ICM (raydium-amm) — TVL $66K, 24h vol $513, fee APR 0.1%, risk 94/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. The worst combo: high risk with negligible fee flow. That’s a hard pass unless you’re specifically trading ICM volatility and monitoring fills intra-day. - SOL-UBC (raydium-amm) — TVL $60K, 24h vol $1, fee APR 0.1%, risk 66/100.
Turnover: 0.0x. Essentially no market. The 0.1% fee APR is noise at this flow level.
If you’re new to DLMM, read the DLMM docs first. The model shines when you can hold a narrow price band and harvest flow; it bites when price teleports outside your bins.
Today’s tiers: all 100/100 farmer score, sorted by what matters
Because every pool scored 100/100 for farmers, today’s practical ranking is a tier list based on fee flow and risk:
- Tier A — Fee-paying now: SKR-SOL (500.0% fee APR, 23.7x turnover, 96/100 risk), SOL-SHRUB (13.5%, 0.7x, 71/100), SOL-HUAHUA (1.6%, 0.1x, 63/100).
- Tier B — Deep or stable, but fee-dry: STA-ST (0.0% on $544K with $7 vol, 36/100 risk), BOOP-USDC (0.0% on $209K with $40 vol, 39/100), JSOL-SOL (0.0% on $84K with $106 vol, 57/100), VIBE-USDC (1.0% on $97K with $5 vol, 58/100).
- Tier C — Head fakes / avoid parking: HOT-SOL (15.6% with $0 vol, 69/100), SOL-ICM (0.1% with $513 vol, 94/100), SOL-UBC (0.1% with $1 vol, 66/100).
Notice the pattern: when turnover is 0.0x, fees are either zero or unstable. When turnover approaches 1.0x or higher, fees can be real — but so is IL. Your job is to align size and time horizon with which side of that trade-off you can stomach.
How to position size and manage exits
Here’s a practical way to turn today’s data into action:
- Treat SKR-SOL like a trade. Use a narrow bin on DLMM, small notional, and a hard exit plan. With 96/100 risk, assume the 500.0% print won’t last long. If turnover drops below 5.0x in your fills, re-check your thesis.
- Harvest SOL-SHRUB while spreads are lively. At 0.7x turnover and 13.5% fee APR, this is farmable, but thin enough that a single large order can move your inventory. Rebalance on fills, not time.
- Ignore 0.0% fee APR pools unless you need inventory there. STA-ST and BOOP-USDC are fine for stability; they are not income positions today. If flow restarts, they’ll show up on the Best Solana pools page quickly.
- Be suspicious of fee prints without flow. HOT-SOL at 15.6% with $0 volume is not a farm. It’s a backtest on a quiet tape.
- Right-size LST pairs to your fee expectation. With JSOL-SOL at 0.0% fee APR on tiny flow, think of it as basis exposure with occasional fills, not a yield engine.
FAQ
All these pools show 100/100 farmer score. How are you ranking them?
We group them by real fee flow and risk. Farmer score ties the field; turnover (24h volume/TVL) and fee APR tell you whether today’s activity can actually pay you. Low-risk, fee-paying pools rank ahead of low-risk, fee-dry pools; high-risk fee gushers are trades, not parking spots.
Is a 500.0% fee APR on SKR-SOL sustainable?
Only while turnover stays extreme. Today’s 23.7x turnover can support it; a slower tape will not. With a 96/100 risk read, inventory swings can erase fees fast. Size small, use narrow bins, and plan an exit.
Why does HOT-SOL show 15.6% fee APR if 24h volume is $0?
Fee APR quotes often use trailing windows that don’t align with the most recent 24 hours, or they can lag updates. With $0 traded in 24h, treat fee income as zero until you see fills in your own logs.
Should I LP into STA-ST since the risk score is a low 36/100?
If you’re seeking fees, no — not today. TVL is $544K and 24h volume is $7, for 0.0x turnover and 0.0% fee APR. Low risk just means price is quiet and correlated; it doesn’t create income without trades.
What’s a safe turnover target for “real” fee farming?
There isn’t a single number, but pairs paying today generally show 0.5x–1.0x turnover or more on AMMs, and much higher on volatile DLMM pairs. Below 0.1x, fee prints are usually unstable or irrelevant for sizing.
Where can I monitor fee-paying pools beyond this daily snapshot?
Use the live lists on Best Solana pools and the real-time Opportunities feed. Those pages upgrade as soon as turnover and fee APRs shift.
