Find the right wallet
The dev wallet is the one that created the token: on pump.fun, the creator in the launch itself; elsewhere, the fee payer of the token's very first transaction. Some tools guess it from other signals and get it wrong; Trenchie reads it from the launch.
What they hold
A dev holding a large share is an overhang, the same as a bundle. A dev holding nothing isn't automatically good either: they may have sold already.
What they sold, and what they moved
Trenchie sorts the dev's outgoing tokens three ways: sold (SOL came back), moved (tokens sent to a person's wallet with nothing back, a common way to sell later from a wallet nobody's watching), and sent to a program with no visible payout. Moved tokens get a caution.
Their past coins
The strongest signal is history. For pump.fun creators, Trenchie lists their other launches: how many, how many graduated, and how many ran past $30K and then collapsed 90%. Five or more other coins with none graduated is a red; two to four is a caution; a creator whose past runners mostly collapsed gets a red too.
Creator rewards
pump.fun pays creators a share of trading fees. Trenchie shows what the creator has earned and claimed. A creator steadily claiming fees while the community buys is normal; it's context, not a flag.
Selling right now
When a report is open, Trenchie streams the coin's trades live and names the wallets: if the dev or insiders sell in the last 15 minutes, a red flag appears and the page re-checks.
Questions people ask
How do I see what other coins a dev launched?
Open the coin on Trenchie: the Dev panel lists the creator's other pump.fun launches with how many graduated and how many collapsed after running.
Can I buy a dev's next coin automatically?
Yes. Trenchie's launch sniper buys a fixed amount the moment a wallet you choose creates a coin on pump.fun. See pump.fun sniper.