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# PnL Data Integrity

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.

## 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.

## Price Integrity Safeguards

Manipulated prices are a common attack vector. We validate pricing at multiple levels:

| Safeguard                     | Implementation                                                   |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Liquidity thresholds          | Reject prices with under 1K or over 1B USD liquidity             |
| Price ratio outlier detection | Flag if ratio exceeds 10x or falls below 0.1x between swap sides |
| Quote token preference        | When prices conflict, prefer stablecoin side                     |
| 5-minute quantization         | Price windows prevent manipulation via timing                    |

## Leaderboard Eligibility

Appearing on a leaderboard requires meeting multiple criteria. High PnL alone isn't enough.

| Requirement             | Value                                   |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Recent trading activity | 3+ swaps in last 7 days                 |
| Minimum trade value     | 500+ USD each                           |
| Recent swap comment     | Within 30 days (for commenters section) |
| Not blocked             | Address not flagged by moderation       |

These gates ensure leaderboards reflect active, legitimate traders rather than one-time lucky trades or inactive accounts with historical gains.

## Token & User Moderation

### 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.

### 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

## Summary

| Layer             | What It Protects Against                            |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Data exclusion    | Airdrops, sends, dust, non-trade transactions       |
| Price validation  | Manipulated prices, illiquid tokens, timing attacks |
| Eligibility gates | Inactive accounts, one-time outliers                |
| Manual curation   | Novel 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.