Token Risk Analysis
Token Risk Analysis: What the Risk Score Measures
Last updated 27 August 2026
Risk analysis answers a different question from research quality. Instead of asking how well documented and how liquid an asset is, it asks how exposed a holder is to structural problems such as thin liquidity, concentrated ownership, mutable contract permissions or extreme volatility.
Key points
- Liquidity risk: shallow order books and low volume relative to market cap amplify price impact.
- Concentration risk: a small number of addresses controlling a large share of supply.
- Contract risk: verified indicators such as ownership retention, mint or freeze capability.
- Volatility risk: the amplitude of recent price movement across available periods.
- Data risk: fewer verified inputs means lower confidence, which is displayed rather than hidden.
Data and sources
- Market and volatility inputs: CoinGecko.
- Contract and ownership indicators: configured token security provider, when available.
- Signals with no verified source are shown as No Verified Signal or Data Unavailable.
Methodology
Risk bands are fixed: 0–25 Lower Relative Risk, 26–50 Moderate, 51–75 High, 76–100 Very High.
The score is deterministic — the same inputs always produce the same output, and the weights are published on the research page.
A low risk score does not mean an asset is safe, and a high one does not predict a decline.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Risk Score the same as the Security Signals section?
- No. Security Signals reports individual verified contract indicators. The Risk Score is a broader composite that also includes liquidity, concentration and volatility.
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