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Accurate PnL isn’t just about calculation methodology - it’s about what data you allow into the system in the first place. Clicker’s approach is to discard data we don’t trust and apply multiple layers of validation before any metric appears in a feed or leaderboard. This page explains the safeguards that make our PnL data resistant to gaming and manipulation.

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Our Approach

Clicker’s philosophy is to exclude data we don’t trust rather than try to correct it after the fact. At a high level:
  • Sends and receives aren’t trades - moving tokens between wallets doesn’t create phantom gains
  • Unknown or extreme prices are rejected rather than estimated
  • Anomalous traders and tokens are blocked from leaderboards
The sections below explain each layer in detail.

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Price Integrity Safeguards

Manipulated prices are a common attack vector. We validate pricing at multiple levels:
SafeguardImplementation
Liquidity thresholdsReject prices with under 1K or over 1B USD liquidity
Price ratio outlier detectionFlag if ratio exceeds 10x or falls below 0.1x between swap sides
Quote token preferenceWhen prices conflict, prefer stablecoin side
5-minute quantizationPrice windows prevent manipulation via timing

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Leaderboard Eligibility

Appearing on a leaderboard requires meeting multiple criteria. High PnL alone isn’t enough.
RequirementValue
Recent trading activity3+ swaps in last 7 days
Minimum trade value500+ USD each
Recent swap commentWithin 30 days (for commenters section)
Not blockedAddress not flagged by moderation
These gates ensure leaderboards reflect active, legitimate traders rather than one-time lucky trades or inactive accounts with historical gains.

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Token & User Moderation

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Global Blocklists

When we identify a manipulated token or bad actor:
  • Token blocklist: Admin-curated list of suspicious tokens. When a token is blocked, all affected user metrics are recalculated from scratch.
  • Leaderboard-specific blocks: Profiles can be hidden from leaderboards while remaining visible in other contexts.

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Manual Curation

Our moderation team:
  • Reviews PnL leaderboards daily
  • Blocks tokens that inappropriately impact PnL across users
  • Investigates and removes accounts that appear to be gaming
  • Searches for new addresses of known traders across public sources
What moderators don’t do:
  • Manually adjust PnL values - all PnLs are calculated
  • Remove traders without documented reason
  • Discriminate against legitimate trading activity

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Summary

LayerWhat It Protects Against
Data exclusionAirdrops, sends, dust, non-trade transactions
Price validationManipulated prices, illiquid tokens, timing attacks
Eligibility gatesInactive accounts, one-time outliers
Manual curationNovel manipulation, edge cases, bad actors
The result is defense-in-depth: no single safeguard is sufficient, but together they make gaming the system significantly harder than building a legitimate track record.