From $3,060 to $2 Million: How a Trader Hit a 652x Return on the BNB Chain

A crypto trader on the BNB Chain recently pulled off a monumental feat, turning a modest $3,060 investment into nearly $2 million in less than a week, thanks to a perfectly timed entry into a new meme coin called 4 ($4).

The on-chain data for wallet 0x872a...e6b8 reveals a strategy that leverages automation tools to capture explosive gains before the broader market took notice.

This phenomenal return - a staggering 652x - underscores the high-risk, fast-moving nature of early liquidity trading in the meme coin space.

The Viral Catalyst

The $4 token emerged from a viral incident in late September, when a hacker stole about $4,000 from a wallet of the BNB Chain. The event quickly became an online meme and the community launched "4" ($4) as a joking tribute within hours.

The token's popularity skyrocketed when BNB founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) shared posts about the original hack, unintentionally fuelling massive interest. Liquidity on PancakeSwap jumped from less than $100,000 to over $2.6 million, making $4 one of the BNB Chain's most traded meme assets of the week.

The successful trader's first purchase was recorded at 04:23 UTC on 1 October, minutes after the deployment of the token. The trader used the Telegram Maestro trading bot, a tool that provides a millisecond advantage by automatically 'sniping' tokens when liquidity is added.

This automation allowed him to buy before most retail traders could react.

The trader's initial entry involved two quick buys: 11.58 million $4 tokens for 2 BNB ($2,052), followed by another 5.28 million $4 tokens for 1 BNB ($1,026).

This brought its total entry to 16.86 million $4 tokens for 3 BNB, at an extremely low average price close to $0.00000018 per token.

The Execution of the 2 million token

The wallet began to accumulate heavily throughout the first week of October, executing over 90 exchange transactions between 1 and 6 October, spending a total of 58.65 BNB (about $60.000) to lower the average cost and increase exposure.

When prices rose later on 1 October, the trader began selling small transactions to lock in profits. Six key transactions between 17:33 and 17:52 UTC involved the sale of 5.12 million $4 tokens for about 28.5 BNB ($30,000).

Over the next few hours, he gradually sold a total of 110 BNBs, locking in about $118,000 and effectively recouping the entire initial cost.

By 6 October, the price of the coin had increased by more than 500× from its entry point. Despite substantial selling, the trader still held 11.75 million $4 tokens, valued at about $1.88 million at a market price of $0.160.

His total haul is approaching $2 million, a masterclass in entry timing and disciplined profit-taking.

Although this success story - a combination of speed, low cost, viral catalyst and discipline - may make the strategy seem replicable using tools such as Maestro or BananaGun, experts warn that for every successful trade like this, there are hundreds that end in a total loss due to risks such as rug pulls, high slippage and liquidity traps.