These Solana Pools Score 100 — Most Still Pay You Nothing

📅 Market analysis for September 27, 2026 · data as of 14:00 UTC · powered by live Wealthville Scores

Every pool here scores 100, yet three did $0 of volume and the biggest moved $89.

The method: risk-adjusted first, score second

When everything shows a perfect farmer score, you stop asking “Is this allowed?” and start asking “Does this actually pay?” That means reweighting the list by three simple drivers you can check in seconds:

• Depth: TVL should be large enough to take size without slip, but not so bloated that it dilutes scarce fees.
• Flow: 24h volume relative to TVL is the best real-time signal for fee capture, period.
• Fee persistence: A nonzero fee APR means something traded recently. Zero means your IL is going unpaid for now.

Farmer scores get you in the door. Flow pays the rent.

Here’s the contrarian stance for the day: treat a 100/100 score as an allowlist, not a yield signal. With fee APRs pinned at 0.0% on most pairs and single-day volumes in the tens of dollars, your upside is hypothetical while IL is immediate.

If you want a living reference for current fee density versus capital, keep a tab on Best Solana pools (live) and our AI Signals (free). They update faster than narratives do.

The 100/100 ranking that actually earns

All ten pools show a 100/100 farmer score. So we’re ranking them by who’s most likely to pay fees today, using the exact TVL, 24h volume, fee APR, and risk numbers below. Nonzero fee APRs and any sign of flow go to the top. Dead flow or 0.0% fees sinks you.

• CHATOSHI-USDC (raydium-clmm) — TVL $112K, 24h vol $52, fee APR 1.1%, risk 80/100. Why it sits first: the only pool today with a 1-handle fee APR and real trades. Yes, the volume is tiny versus TVL, and the risk score is high, but at least fees printed. It’s a CLMM, so range choice decides whether you touch those trades.
• XIN-BTC (raydium-clmm) — TVL $131K, vol $45, fee APR 0.6%, risk 78/100. Not glamorous, but it paid. BTC legs can attract grinder flow on chop days. Position narrow if you’re active; widen if you’re babysitting less (and accept lower capture).
• SOL-GNON (raydium-amm) — TVL $153K, vol $13, fee APR 0.3%, risk 87/100. AMM, so you’re auto-rebalancing into moves, and the fee line is at least above zero. That said, $13 on $153K tells you fee density is thin; pair risk is high.
• SOL-? (raydium-amm) — TVL $252K, vol $89, fee APR 0.0%, risk 71/100. Deepest book in this set with the day’s highest flow in absolute dollars. But the platform reports 0.0% fees. If that holds, you’re just taking IL while someone else saves on trading. Pass until the fee readout flips.
• PENG-SOL (raydium-amm) — TVL $134K, vol $79, fee APR 0.0%, risk 88/100. Respectable day’s flow for its size, but fee APR shows zero and risk is the highest here. That’s two strikes; the third is IL if the meme bleeds while you rebalance into it.
• SOL-SSE (raydium-amm) — TVL $94K, vol $10, fee APR 0.0%, risk 80/100. Some trades happened, not many. With 0.0% fees reported and a high risk tag, this is a capital parking lot, not a farm.
• SOL-WLFI (raydium-amm) — TVL $103K, vol $1, fee APR 0.0%, risk 78/100. Basically flatlined. You’re not getting paid for rebalancing here today.
• STONK-FLYWHEEL (raydium-clmm) — TVL $124K, vol $0, fee APR 0.2%, risk 82/100. APR says 0.2%. Prints say $0 volume. Treat that banner as stale until the tape moves.
• VIBE-USDC (meteora-damm-v2) — TVL $93K, vol $0, fee APR 0.1%, risk 67/100. Lower risk score helps, but again: $0 flow. On dynamic AMMs like Meteora, fees can spin up quickly when price wobbles, but you need an actual wobble.
• BOOP-USDC (orca-whirlpool) — TVL $189K, vol $0, fee APR 0.0%, risk 39/100. Safest risk tag in the set can’t rescue zero flow and zero fees. On Whirlpools, narrow-range magic only works when trades happen inside your ticks.

That ordering reflects one thing: fees actually accrued in the last 24h matter more than any pristine score or comfortingly low risk tag. If the scoreboard stays quiet, so should your capital.

Why a perfect score can still fail you

Let’s translate the three drivers into today’s tape:

• TVL depth: The largest book is SOL-? at $252K. Great for slip. Terrible for fee density when only $89 traded. Deep liquidity without flow just dilutes your take rate.
• Volume relative to TVL: Across this set, 24h flow is microscopic. Even the “busy” pairs — PENG-SOL at $79 and SOL-? at $89 — won’t generate meaningful daily fees for passive AMM LPs at these depths.
• Fee sustainability: Four pairs show nonzero fee APR prints today: 1.1% on CHATOSHI-USDC, 0.6% on XIN-BTC, 0.3% on SOL-GNON, 0.2% on STONK-FLYWHEEL, and 0.1% on VIBE-USDC. Two of those five also show $0 volume. That’s your red flag — either fees were earned earlier and annualized, or the read is stale. Don’t LP off yesterday’s weather report.

If you haven’t already, keep this playbook close: Solana Tick Ranges: The Width That Decides Your Fees and IL. It explains how nonzero APRs can hide behind zero capture when your CLMM range sits off-market.

The traps to avoid right now

• Headline APR with dead tape: STONK-FLYWHEEL (0.2% APR, $0 vol) and VIBE-USDC (0.1% APR, $0 vol). If no one traded, you didn’t earn today. Treat these as watchlist, not instant deploys.
• AMMs showing 0.0% fees with some flow: SOL-? and PENG-SOL recorded $89 and $79 in flow, respectively, yet show 0.0% fee APR. That combination rarely pays the IL bill on AMMs. The fee line needs to lift before the IL risk is acceptable.
• High risk tags without compensating flow: PENG-SOL (risk 88/100) and SOL-GNON (risk 87/100). When risk is high, you want fat, frequent fees to compensate. Today’s flow doesn’t deliver that.

If you insist on punting a trap (we’ve all done it), treat it as a tactical range trade: small size, tight stop, and a timer. Otherwise, you’re subsidizing someone else’s exit.

What to actually farm: sizing and range choice

If you want a shot at fees today

• CLMM-first: CHATOSHI-USDC and XIN-BTC are the only ones with nonzero fees and nonzero flow. Run a narrow-to-moderate range that hugs the current price; widen only if you can actively rebalance.
• AMMs only if fees wake up: SOL-GNON at least shows 0.3% fee APR. For SOL-? and PENG-SOL, wait for a nonzero fee print before adding size.

Position sizing and risk

• Match size to flow, not TVL: A $252K pool that turned $89 shouldn’t tempt big tickets. Keep test positions tiny until turnover improves.
• Respect the risk tags: 80–88/100 isn’t a death sentence, but it is a demand for compensation. Fees or nothing. If nothing, pass.
• Don’t confuse green banners with live edges: We’ve seen this movie. APRs drift up during a brief burst, then the tape stops. If today’s 24h vol is $0, assume your next 24h fees are $0 unless something changes.

For CLMM specifics, Orca’s Whirlpools docs are a quick refresher on how ticks gate your fee capture: docs.orca.so/whirlpools. For Raydium AMM and CLMM mechanics, start at raydium.gitbook.io/raydium.

How to track the turn and rotate

Quiet days happen. Your edge is being the first to notice when quiet turns into churn. A practical checklist:

• Set a turnover threshold: When 24h volume consistently clears a few percent of TVL for your pool, the fee math starts working. Below that, you’re mostly warehousing IL.
• Favor pairs with price catalysts: BTC and SOL legs perk up when the majors move or when funding dislocates. Meme pairs need social momentum; no posts, no trades.
• Use curated lists, then verify flow: Start with Top Solana pools by TVL and Best Solana pools (live). Then check current 24h volume and fee APR on the pool page before you click “Supply.”
• Automate pings: Our Opportunities feed and AI Signals flag new flow and changing APRs. Let bots tap you on the shoulder; you can’t stare at charts all day (and shouldn’t).
• Pre-build exits: Fee droughts happen fast. Keep a standing rule for when to pull LPs back to base assets. This saves more than it costs.

If you’d like context on when fee prints vanish and where they reappear, skim our recent notes: Where Solana LP Fees Actually Hit This Week (And One Trap) and Raydium AMM Right Now: SOL Majors Win, Most Memes Don't.

Pool-by-pool notes (plain English)

• SOL-? — TVL $252K, 24h vol $89, fee APR 0.0%, risk 71/100. Deep, but sleepy. Without fees, the AMM’s constant rebalancing puts you long the weaker side over time. Wait for fees to print.
• BOOP-USDC — TVL $189K, vol $0, fee APR 0.0%, risk 39/100. Low risk score is comforting, but zero trades means zero revenue. On a Whirlpool, your ticks can be perfect and still earn nothing without flow.
• SOL-GNON — TVL $153K, vol $13, fee APR 0.3%, risk 87/100. Nonzero fees help. The risk tag implies bigger drawdowns on adverse moves; make sure the fee line compensates you for holding inventory.
• PENG-SOL — TVL $134K, vol $79, fee APR 0.0%, risk 88/100. A busy-ish tape for the day but no fees reported. High risk means you should demand more than “busy-ish.”
• XIN-BTC — TVL $131K, vol $45, fee APR 0.6%, risk 78/100. Fees are alive. The BTC leg can carry you through choppy sessions; still, $45 of volume at this depth won’t enrich passive ranges.
• STONK-FLYWHEEL — TVL $124K, vol $0, fee APR 0.2%, risk 82/100. APR likely reflects prior prints. Today’s tape isn’t paying you.
• CHATOSHI-USDC — TVL $112K, vol $52, fee APR 1.1%, risk 80/100. The only standout on fees. Expect churny, punctuated flow; set alerts and be ready to widen if price runs.
• SOL-WLFI — TVL $103K, vol $1, fee APR 0.0%, risk 78/100. Almost nothing happened. Keep it on the watchlist only.
• SOL-SSE — TVL $94K, vol $10, fee APR 0.0%, risk 80/100. A few trades, no pay. Not worth the IL.
• VIBE-USDC — TVL $93K, vol $0, fee APR 0.1%, risk 67/100. Safer tag, stale APR. No action, no yield.

If you want a single page to refresh before rotating capital, add Cross-chain yield reference to your stack. Then pair it with WealthVille Learn if you’re teaching a junior how CLMM ranges actually collect fees versus IL bleed.

FAQ

Why does a pool show 0.0% fee APR even when there’s some volume?

Two common reasons: either the fees were too small to register at the display precision given the TVL, or the trades didn’t route through the exact tick range (for CLMMs) or pool your UI is showing. In quiet tapes, both happen a lot. Always pair APR reads with the actual 24h volume print.

How much 24h volume is “enough” for LPs to care?

As a rule of thumb, when daily volume is a few percent of TVL, fee density starts compensating typical IL and inventory risk. Today’s list shows volumes in tens of dollars on five- and six-figure TVLs — far below that threshold.

Are CLMMs better than AMMs on quiet days?

CLMMs can be, because tight ranges concentrate liquidity where trades happen, raising your take rate. But if price sits outside your range or no one trades, you earn nothing. AMMs auto-rebalance and collect whenever trades cross, but on dead flow days, both models suffer.

What does the risk score mean for my position size?

Higher risk scores suggest more price variance, smart contract or asset-specific uncertainty. Size smaller and demand clear fee prints to compensate. Low risk with zero flow is still a no; you’re just not getting paid.

How should I rotate when fee prints wake up?

Start small into the first hour of renewed volume, prefer pairs showing nonzero fees and rising turnover, and reassess ranges every few hours on CLMMs. If flow fades back to near-zero, exit back to base assets and wait.