# Getting Started with Axiom - Beginner Guides & Tutorials | Axiompedia

> Learn how to trade on Axiom from scratch. Sign up, fund your Turnkey-secured wallet, and place your first trade on Pulse. No KYC required.

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# Your First Steps on Axiom

From signing up to placing your first trade, no KYC required. Follow our step-by-step guides and learn [how to place your first trade on Axiom](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/getting-started) in just a few minutes. Visit the [Axiompedia homepage](https://lighterpedia.com/) for a full platform overview.

## How do I create an Axiom account?

Sign up at axiom.trade with an email, a Google account, or a Phantom wallet. Axiom then generates a Turnkey-secured wallet for you automatically, with a 12-word seed phrase you can export at any time. The whole process takes a couple of minutes, and there is no password to remember beyond your login method.

Axiom supports three signup paths (email, Google, or connecting an existing Phantom wallet), and account creation takes about two minutes. You visit [axiom.trade](https://axiom.trade), choose a signup method, and Axiom provisions a non-custodial wallet secured by Turnkey's AWS Nitro Enclave infrastructure. You receive a 12-word seed phrase during setup, retrievable any time from settings, which you can export into Phantom, Rabby, or Solflare so you keep access to your funds under any circumstances. There is no KYC step at any point in signup. For background on the platform itself, our [guide to how trading on Axiom works](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/getting-started) covers Pulse, the discovery feed, and why signing up does not require giving up custody.

## Does Axiom require KYC?

No. Axiom is a non-custodial terminal, so there is no identity check and no document upload required to trade. You sign up and you trade. Fiat on-ramping through Coinbase allows up to $500 per week with no KYC as well. Access is governed entirely by your wallet and login method.

## How long does a SOL deposit on Axiom take?

Deposits usually credit within moments under normal Solana network conditions, since Axiom does not charge its own fee or add processing time on top of the underlying transaction. You just need enough SOL in your Axiom wallet to cover the size of the trade you want to make plus network and priority fees. There is no published minimum deposit.

Per [Axiom's official documentation](https://docs.axiom.trade), you fund your Axiom wallet by sending SOL to it from an exchange or another wallet, or by using the built-in Coinbase on-ramp for up to $500 per week with no KYC. Axiom charges no trading fee on the deposit itself. Spot swaps carry a 1% fee only when you actually trade, reduced by your cashback tier. Deposits typically credit within moments under normal conditions since it is a standard Solana transfer. If terms or steps are unclear, our [full how-to-trade walkthrough](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/getting-started) covers the signup-fund-trade flow end to end.

## How do I place my first trade on Axiom Pulse?

Open Pulse, Axiom's discovery feed, and pick a token from one of its three columns: New Pairs, Final Stretch, or Migrated to Raydium. Use the 16 filters to narrow by age, holder concentration, liquidity, volume, or other risk signals, then hit the lightning-bolt Quick Buy to execute instantly. Instant Trade adds hotkeys: `Space` plus a key to buy a preset SOL amount or sell a percentage of your position, for traders who need speed over precision.

Once funded, your first trade typically starts on Pulse rather than a search bar. The [official Axiom documentation](https://docs.axiom.trade) describes three Pulse columns (New Pairs, Final Stretch for tokens nearing bonding-curve completion, and Migrated to Raydium), filterable by 16 signals including top-10 holder percentage, dev holding, snipers, and liquidity. Quick Buy executes a preset SOL amount in one click from the feed itself. If you already know the token you want, Explore Tokens or pasting the contract address into Market works the same way. Axiom also ships [limit orders](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/trading) set by slider or by dragging price lines directly on the chart, for traders who want an exact entry instead of a market fill. To go deeper on filters and order types, see our [trading features guide](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/trading).

## What does it cost to get started on Axiom?

A 1% gross fee on your first swap, reduced to as low as 0.95% net at the base Wood cashback tier. Axiom is not zero-fee. On top of that, a default 0.001 SOL priority fee and 0.001 SOL Jito tip apply per transaction, both adjustable. Signing up through a referral link adds an automatic 10% discount on trading fees for you as the referred user.

Axiom charges a 1% gross fee on spot swaps, so a typical first trade is not free. It is reduced by a seven-tier SOL cashback program that starts at 0.95% net and can reach 0.75% net at the top Champion tier as you trade more. Priority fee and Jito tip both default to 0.001 SOL per transaction and are adjustable before you confirm. From day one, activity also accrues points in Axiom's ongoing points program with a leaderboard, though no point values or conversion rates are published and there is no confirmed token or airdrop tied to it. Treat any farming thesis as speculation, not a plan. Signing up through a referral link gives you an automatic 10% discount on trading fees. Always verify current terms in the [Axiom docs](https://docs.axiom.trade) and app. See our [full fees breakdown](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/fees) for the complete picture.

## What happens if I lose access to my wallet?

You lose the funds. There is no password reset, because Axiom is non-custodial and your Turnkey wallet is the account. Store the 12-word seed phrase offline, export it into Phantom, Rabby, or Solflare as a backup, and keep a dedicated trading wallet separate from long-term holdings. Axiom cannot recover a lost seed phrase.

Self-custody on Axiom means the wallet is the account. Losing the seed phrase means losing the funds, and there is no support path to recover it. Standard wallet hygiene applies: store the seed phrase offline (hardware wallet or steel backup, never a screenshot or cloud notes), export it into Phantom, Rabby, or Solflare so you retain access under any circumstances, and consider a dedicated trading wallet separate from long-term holdings. Axiom's support is Discord-ticket only and explicitly warns it never DMs first. Treat any unsolicited support message as phishing. There is also no official native mobile app; Axiom is a browser-based PWA you can add to your phone's home screen, and any app-store listing claiming to be Axiom should be treated as a scam. See our [security and custody guide](https://lighterpedia.com/security) for the full picture, including the February 2026 incident and how to avoid phishing.

## What should I learn next?

Keep Pulse open in a second tab for your first few trades, then move on to migration sniping, limit orders, and MEV protection settings. The fastest way to learn the mechanics is one small position opened and closed in full, with MEV protection set to Secure.

If terms like slippage, priority fee, Jito tip, or MEV protection are new, keep our [trading features guide](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/trading) open in a second tab during your first few trades. It covers Pulse filters, migration sniping, and order types step by step. The fastest learning path is to make a small first trade to walk through the full buy-and-sell flow live, with [MEV protection](https://lighterpedia.com/security) set to Secure rather than Off. Once you're comfortable with the basics, the trading hub at [/guides/trading](https://lighterpedia.com/guides/trading) covers Pulse, wallet and X tracking, and Hyperliquid-backed perps. Curious how Axiom stacks up against the competition? Read our [Axiom terminal comparisons](https://lighterpedia.com/compare).

Getting Started

New to Axiom?

Setup time~2 min

Trading fee1% → 0.75%

Fund withSOL

KYC requiredNo

Wallet securityTurnkey

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