KAIA PULSE
Calculation transparency

Methodology

How KAIA Pulse calculates target portfolio value, estimated profit or loss, hypothetical market cap and estimated rank.

Core formulas

Estimated holdings
Total investment ÷ average purchase price
Target portfolio value
Estimated holdings × target price
Estimated profit or loss
Target portfolio value − total investment
Estimated return
((Target price ÷ average purchase price) − 1) × 100
Hypothetical market cap
Target price × current circulating supply
Hypothetical FDV
Target price × current total supply

Calculations use arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic. Trading fees, tax, slippage and later exchange-rate changes are not included.

Estimated market-cap rank

The selected coin is removed from the comparison set. We count coins whose current market cap is strictly greater than the hypothetical market cap and add one. Equal values do not rank ahead.

The default comparison depth is the current top 250. If the hypothetical market cap is below the final value in that snapshot, the result is shown as ‘estimated outside the top 250’ instead of an invented exact rank.

Supply and FDV

Provider-reported circulating supply takes priority. If it is unavailable but the same market snapshot includes price and market cap, supply is estimated by dividing market cap by price and labelled as estimated. Manual supply is offered only when neither method is available.

FDV is hidden when total supply is unavailable. Portfolio value and profit or loss can still be calculated without supply, but hypothetical market cap and rank cannot.

Snapshot and limitations

Price, market cap, supply and the ranking set are fixed to the data used when the calculation is submitted. Data up to 45 minutes old is current, data from 45 minutes to 24 hours old is marked as stored, and rank is hidden after 24 hours.

This is a mathematical comparison that assumes circulating supply and every other coin’s market cap remain unchanged. It does not forecast a future price or rank.