# Solana (SOL) Price: Live Chart & How to Buy on Photon | PhotonGuides > Live Solana (SOL) price, 24h change, volume and pool liquidity on Solana. How to buy SOL on Photon: flat 1% fee, self-custody wallet, no KYC. Updated every 30 Source: https://photonguides.com/markets/sol # Solana Price · SOL Live **SOL** price from its deepest Solana pool, plus how to buy it on [Photon](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211): spot only, flat 1% fee, and the token lands in a wallet you hold the key to. [Buy SOL on Photon →](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211)[How to buy SOL](#how-to) Solana · SOL · Live … 1h Change — 24h Volume — Pool Liquidity — FDV — 24h Buys / Sells — Photon Fee 1% flat, on buys and sells Solana price 15M1H4H1D Loading Solana chart… Live on-chain SOL candles via GeckoTerminal, taken from the deepest Solana pool, so they can differ slightly from your fill. Trade on [Photon](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211). ## About Solana (SOL) SOL is the native asset of Solana and the currency every Photon trade is priced and paid in. You hold it to cover swaps, priority fees and Jito tips, and the SOL/USDC pool below is the deepest quote on the chain. ## Trading Solana on Photon Paste the SOL mint into Photon's search and the terminal opens the token with a chart, the pool it routes through and a buy panel already primed with your preset. Photon takes [a flat 1% of the transaction](https://photonguides.com/guides/fees) on the buy and again on the sell, the same rate whether you trade once or a thousand times. Everything else you pay goes to the network: the Solana base fee, the priority fee that decides your place in the block, and an optional Jito tip. [Limit and DCA orders](https://photonguides.com/guides/trading) work on SOL the same as on anything else Photon lists, so you do not have to sit at the screen to get an entry. SOL is a special case on Photon: it is both a tradeable asset and the gas you spend to trade anything else. Keep a working balance back rather than converting all of it, or a later sell will fail for want of a fraction of a cent in fees. Our [troubleshooting guide](https://photonguides.com/troubleshooting) covers the insufficient-SOL error, which is the most common way a trade dies. ## How is buying SOL on Photon different from a centralized exchange? Buying SOL on a centralized exchange means the exchange holds the token and shows you a balance, and you get it out by passing a withdrawal check. Buying it on Photon means the swap happens on a Solana DEX pool and the token lands in a wallet whose private key only you hold, seconds later and with no account to approve it. The trade-off runs both ways. A centralized order book gives you a single price and a fee often measured in basis points, while Photon charges a flat 1% and your real cost also includes slippage against pool depth plus whatever priority fee you set to get included. In exchange you are not asking anyone for permission, you can trade SOL at any hour, and nothing sits between you and the token except the network itself. ## What should you check before buying SOL? The number that decides your fill is pool liquidity, not the headline price. SOL quotes here come from the pool shown in the specs table below, and a buy large relative to that pool moves the price against you before it fills, which is slippage rather than a fee. Photon's 1% is charged on both the buy and the sell, so a round trip costs 2% before the market has moved at all. On top of that you pay the Solana base fee and whatever priority fee or Jito tip you set, which is what actually decides whether your transaction lands in a busy block. Set slippage tolerance deliberately: too tight and the trade fails and you pay the network fee anyway, too loose and a sandwich bot has room to work. Check the FDV against the circulating market cap too, since a wide gap means tokens are still unlocking into the same pool you are buying from. Key Takeaway SOL on Photon is a spot buy at a flat 1%, settled on Solana into a wallet you control, with no leverage and nothing to liquidate. Your real cost is that 1% plus slippage against the pool and the priority fee you set. ## How to Buy Solana on Photon in 4 Steps - 1**Open Photon and save your key.** Go to [photon-sol.tinyastro.io](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211), connect or let Photon generate a wallet, and write down the private key it shows you once. See [getting started](https://photonguides.com/guides/getting-started). - 2**Fund it with SOL.** Send SOL to the wallet address. It is both what you buy SOL with and what pays network and priority fees, so leave a little spare. - 3**Search the SOL mint.** Paste So1111…111112 rather than the ticker. Tickers are not unique on Solana; mint addresses are. - 4**Set slippage, then buy.** Pick a preset (S1/S2/S3), check the slippage tolerance and priority fee against how deep the pool is, and send it. Photon takes 1% on the way in and 1% on the way out. [Open SOL on Photon →](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211) ## Solana Market Details | Ticker | SOL (spot) | Network | Solana | Mint address | So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 | Quoted pool | Czfq3xZZDmsdGdUyrNLtRhGc47cXcZtLG4crryfu44zE | Photon fee | 1% on buys, 1% on sells | Network costs | Solana base fee + priority fee + optional Jito tip | Leverage | None. Spot only | Order types | Market, limit, DCA | Custody | Self-custody. Private key revealed once at signup | KYC | None | Price source | On-chain pool via GeckoTerminal, 30-second refresh ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does it cost to buy Solana on Photon? Photon charges a flat 1% of the transaction on the buy and another 1% on the sell, with no volume tiers. Solana's base fee, your priority fee and any Jito tip are separate and go to validators rather than to Photon, so a small trade in a busy block can pay more in fees than in Photon's cut. ### Can I use leverage on SOL through Photon? No. Photon is a spot terminal, so a SOL buy is the token itself sitting in your wallet. There is no margin, no funding rate and no liquidation price. The most you can lose is what you put in, and the token is yours to hold or move out at any time. ### Where does the SOL price on this page come from? From the on-chain Solana pool listed in the specs table, read through GeckoTerminal's public API and refreshed every 30 seconds. That is a real pool price rather than a survey of exchanges, so it can differ slightly from an aggregator's number and from the fill you get on a large order. ### Do I need KYC to buy Solana on Photon? No. Photon generates a Solana wallet for you and reveals the private key once, so it is self-custody from the first trade and there is no identity check. Save that key somewhere safe before you fund the wallet, because nobody can recover it for you. FLAT 1% One rate on every buy and sell, no tiers to unlock. Trade SOL spot on Photon. [Open Photon](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211) ### Related Guides [Getting Started on PhotonWallet, private key, first trade](https://photonguides.com/guides/getting-started)[Photon Fees ExplainedThe flat 1%, priority fees, Jito tips](https://photonguides.com/guides/fees)[Security & CustodyKey handling and fake-Photon sites](https://photonguides.com/security)[Terminal ComparisonsPhoton vs Axiom, GMGN and others](https://photonguides.com/compare) ## Explore All Photon Markets Established Solana tokens with a dedicated Photon guide. Each page carries live on-chain pricing from the deepest pool that token trades in. ### Layer 1 - SolanaSOL ### Solana DeFi - [JupiterJUP](https://photonguides.com/markets/jup) - [RaydiumRAY](https://photonguides.com/markets/ray) - [OrcaORCA](https://photonguides.com/markets/orca) - [JitoJTO](https://photonguides.com/markets/jto) - [Pyth NetworkPYTH](https://photonguides.com/markets/pyth) ### Memecoins - [BonkBONK](https://photonguides.com/markets/bonk) - [dogwifhatWIF](https://photonguides.com/markets/wif) - [Pudgy PenguinsPENGU](https://photonguides.com/markets/pengu) - [Official TrumpTRUMP](https://photonguides.com/markets/trump) - [PopcatPOPCAT](https://photonguides.com/markets/popcat) - [FartcoinFARTCOIN](https://photonguides.com/markets/fartcoin) - [cat in a dogs worldMEW](https://photonguides.com/markets/mew) - [Peanut the SquirrelPNUT](https://photonguides.com/markets/pnut) - [Moo DengMOODENG](https://photonguides.com/markets/moodeng) - [BOOK OF MEMEBOME](https://photonguides.com/markets/bome) ### Ready to buy Solana? Photon generates a Solana wallet for you, so you can be holding SOL a minute after you land. Flat 1% on the buy and the sell, self-custody from the first trade, and no identity check. [Buy SOL on Photon](https://photon-sol.tinyastro.io/@Concept211)