Shorting Airdrops or Shorting the Market? The Ultimate Guide to Shorting Before Token Launch
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Shorting Airdrops or Shorting the Market? The Ultimate Guide to Shorting Before Token Launch
Short before release = Earn more!
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: The Smart Ape
Compiled by: TechFlow
I've made more money shorting pre-launch than from airdrops!
$ZRO, $ZK, $STRK airdrops = thousands of dollars.
Shorting pre-launch = even more profit!
Here’s the ultimate guide to shorting tokens before launch!
For months, there's been intense pre-market hype.
New protocols allow early access to tokens before their official launch.
But what many don't realize is that you can also short these tokens before they go live! And that’s exactly what you should be doing right now!
When a new token appears in the pre-market, people know little about its tokenomics and usually default to going long.
This has been the case with nearly every major recent launch: $STRK, $ZRO, $ZK, $W, etc.
Shorting $W would have yielded a 4x return at launch and a 9x return so far.
Let’s see how to short in the pre-market.
Here are platforms where you can short pre-launch:
Browse them to find the best prices—you’ll often find the highest bids on WhalesMarket.
How to Short:
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Go to the "Pre-Market" page
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Select your desired token
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Browse the "Sell" section
To short, you want to borrow at the highest possible price. So look for the highest bid—this is opposite to longs who seek the lowest buy price.
(See video here)
You'll see multiple offers—you can fully accept an offer (click "Sell") or partially accept it (click "Partial").
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Connect your wallet
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Deposit collateral
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Fill in the offer
Now you know how to short in the pre-market!
(See video here)
With this method, your collateral remains locked until launch.
To realize profits (assuming you shorted 50,000 $BLAST worth):
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After launch, buy back 50K $BLAST from the market
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Repay the loan to reclaim your profit and collateral
Shorting can be harder to grasp than going long.
Mechanics:
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Deposit collateral (usually $ETH)
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Borrow tokens to short and immediately sell them at market price
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Close the short position by buying back the tokens from the market, repay the loan, and retrieve your collateral
A few months ago, I shorted $BLAST at $4.60 on WhalesMarket. At launch, we knew very little about its tokenomics. Today it trades around $0.046—meaning I’ve made a 100x return so far!
Prices may drop further after launch.
When to Short?
The earlier, the better.
Prices typically start high and decline over time.
After launch, prices usually fall even more. The chart below clearly shows the significant difference between initial and final prices.
My strategy is to monitor upcoming pre-market listings, then estimate FDV based on similar launched projects.
The only missing piece is total supply. This isn’t always known upfront, but you can often get early clues on X.
Once you have these elements, calculate fair value: FDV / total supply.
If the pre-market price is above this level, short using the method above. You’ll rarely find pre-market prices below fair value—unless we’re near the end of a bull market.
This opportunity isn’t widely known yet—but as time goes on, more people will catch on, making it harder to profit.
Get ahead now—start with the next token launching in the pre-market.
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