Fact sheet · Solana
Photon: fees, features and official links
Browser-based Solana trading terminal for finding new tokens and trading them in one click, with Memescope, limit orders, DCA, multi-wallet trading and Smart-MEV protection.
Key facts
| Item | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Trading fee | 1% of the amount on every buy and sell, collected in SOL | Official docs |
| Other costs | Priority fee and Jito bribe you set per trade, plus Solana network fees | Official docs |
| Sign-in | Connect a Phantom wallet; Photon then generates a separate trading wallet | Official docs |
| Private key | Trading wallet key is revealed only once at setup and can be imported into Phantom | Official docs |
| Wallets | Up to 5 active trading wallets, with multi-wallet buys and sells | Official docs |
| MEV protection | Smart-MEV with Fast and Secure modes; bribes above 0.001 SOL (Fast) or 0.002 SOL (Secure) route via bloXroute, lower bribes go directly to Jito | Official docs |
| Orders | Buy dip, stop loss and take profit limit orders (expiry up to 72 hours) and DCA orders | Official docs |
| Mobile | Best used inside the Phantom wallet browser, per its docs | Official docs |
| Ethereum | Docs also include a separate Photon on ETH section | Official docs |
Good for
- Visual web terminal with charts and live new-pair feeds
- One-click quick buy from the pairs list
- Limit orders, DCA and multi-wallet trading built in
- Clear rules for how MEV protection routes trades
Watch out for
- 1% fee on every buy and sell, plus priority fee and bribe
- Look-alike Photon pages appear in search results
- Private key is shown only once at setup
- Memecoin trading is extremely high risk
Features
- Live new pairs feed
- Trending page (top 100 tokens)
- Memescope for Pump.fun and Moonshot tokens
- Quick buy and quick sell
- Limit orders: buy dip, stop loss, take profit
- DCA orders
- Multi-wallet trading
- Trading presets S1/S2/S3
- Token data and security checks
Photon guides
Official links
Only use these. Look-alike sites and bots are common.