learn · How does ApeCheck calculate the risk score?
How the 0-100 risk score works
Every token starts at 100 and loses points for each structural risk: active authorities, unlocked liquidity, concentrated holders, thin liquidity, a bad dev record, and on EVM chains honeypot and tax findings.
The bands
80-100 low risk, 60-79 moderate, 40-59 high risk, 0-39 extreme. A honeypot or a token flagged as already rugged scores 0 regardless.
Biggest deductions
Mint authority active (-25), freeze authority active (-20), a serial-risk deployer (-20), LP under 50% locked (-15), top 10 over 50% (-15), liquidity under $5k (-15). Every deduction is listed on the report.
What it is not
It is not a price prediction and not a verdict on the team. It measures whether the structure allows a rug, not whether one is planned. Low risk tokens still go to zero from plain selling.
Unknowns
Missing data is penalised lightly rather than treated as safe. 'Unknown' on the report means exactly that.
where to find it on a report
The gauge, and 'Why N/100' under it