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Telegram trading bots explained: Trojan, BONKbot, Bloom and Maestro

Updated 3 October 2026 · by AtroX · Belphor Research · the data behind this guide

A Telegram trading bot is a wallet the bot generates plus a chat that signs trades from it. As of October 2026, Trojan, BONKbot, Bloom and Maestro each charge 1% per trade, according to their own documentation, and each holds the key to the wallet it trades from: Trojan and Maestro say the keys are encrypted, BONKbot says its keys sit in a secure execution environment no one can read, and Bloom does not say.

Key takeaways

What a Telegram bot is

A Telegram trading bot is two things: a Solana wallet the bot generates for the user, and a chat that signs trades from that wallet on command. Paste a contract address, pick a size, confirm, and the bot builds, signs and sends the transaction. The four bots on this page each document that flow, plus settings that make it faster: Trojan and Bloom can buy the moment a contract is pasted, Maestro through its pasted-contract signal, and BONKbot with its auto-buy setting. The general anatomy of any bot, signal, rules and execution, is in how crypto trading bots work.

What a bot sees that a chart does not

A chart shows what the market did. A bot reads the token at the moment of the trade, and some of them print what they read. Maestro's token report lists price, market cap and liquidity; its documentation marks the tax field as exclusive to EVM-compatible chains, and its warnings flag a honeypot, blacklist risk or liquidity under 1% of supply. BONKbot's Telemetry web app shows a bundled launch, the top 10 holders' share, the developer's holding, and whether mint and freeze are disabled and the LP burned. Trojan's documentation explains the price impact of each trade, and Bloom lists the launchpads it trades on, pump.fun and PumpSwap among them. None of this replaces the checks in how to research a memecoin, but it arrives before the buy, not after.

Bots also see the transaction layer. Each lets the user set a priority fee or a tip to validators, and each offers MEV protection that sends the transaction through protected routes so it is harder to sandwich. Trojan documents priority-fee settings and MEV controls; the cited Maestro pages do not establish a routing-provider list; BONKbot's Secure mode protects every transaction even when that is slower.

Four Telegram bots on Solana, from their own documentation, as of October 2026
TrojanBONKbotBloomMaestro
Fee per trade1%, with 20% cashback1% per successful swap; a separate Telemetry cashback page lists 5% to 25% by tier, without establishing that schedule for Telegram-bot swaps1%; 0.9% with a referral1%; Premium at $200 a month
Order types documentedLimit, trailing stop, DCA, copy trading, snipers, auto-buy on pasteBuy breakout, buy dip, take profit, stop loss, trailing stop loss, DCA, auto-buyLimit orders with trailing stop, copy trading, sniper, auto-buy on pasteTake profit, stop loss, trailing stop loss, buy limits, copy trading, auto snipe
How the key is keptEncrypted with industry-standard encryptionGenerated, encrypted and sealed in a secure execution environment no one, BONKbot included, can readStorage architecture not described on the cited page; it explains how to view or copy the private keyMaestro states AES encryption; the original key message must be saved because the FAQ says it cannot be retrieved after deletion
Protection for export and withdrawalA security password that cannot be reset2FA for seed phrase exports and withdrawals; optional 2FA per transactionWithdrawal address lock with a 24-hour cooldown on changesTelegram's own two-step verification, which its documentation advises
Beyond TelegramA web terminalTelemetry, on web and mobileA web manager, mobile web and a browser extensionMaestro Scraper, a desktop app that forwards contract addresses from Telegram channels

Sources for each cell are listed at the end of this page.

What a bot holds

A bot that trades without asking the user to sign each transaction has to be able to sign itself, so it holds the key to the wallet it trades from. The four document that differently. BONKbot's documentation says the key is sealed in a secure execution environment that no one, BONKbot included, can view or extract; Trojan and Maestro say their keys are encrypted; Bloom's documentation does not describe its storage. All four let a user export or copy the key: behind a password (Trojan) or 2FA (BONKbot); Bloom explains how to view or copy it, and Maestro's FAQ says its original key message must be saved because it cannot be retrieved after deletion. Lookalike bots exist, and BONKbot's documentation warns of fake bots that ask for a deposit. The practical rule is the one in Solana wallet safety for traders: a bot wallet is a trading float, funded with what the trader can lose.

What a bot costs

Each of the four states 1% per trade, so a buy and a sell cost 2% of the position before anything else. On pump.fun's bonding curve the venue's own 1.25% comes on top of the bot's fee each way, and so do the priority fee and any tip, which on a small position can outweigh the percentages. Cashback lowers the bot's share: Trojan's bot returns 20% of fees, and BONKbot's Telemetry cashback page lists 5% to 25% by tier, without establishing that schedule for Telegram-bot swaps. The full stack, with a worked example in SOL, is in every fee a pump.fun trade pays.

What a bot does not decide

A bot executes. Which coin to buy, how much, and when to sell remain the user's rules, and a fast fill on a coin that collapses is still a loss. Belphor is a signal and discipline layer rather than a Telegram trading bot: it detects pump.fun takeovers on-chain, scores each one 0 to 100 and publishes measured outcomes with their sample sizes, windows and missing readings. As of 3 October 2026, 53% of the 352 pump.fun takeovers Belphor detected in the previous 90 days reached +50% at some point after detection. Its own Reflex Bot is coming soon and is not part of the subscription.

Belphor data

How often do pump.fun community takeovers succeed? and what happens to pump.fun coins after they migrate? Measured on every signal Belphor recorded, recomputed daily. In the Academy: how crypto trading bots work and GMGN alternatives.

Frequently asked

How much do Telegram trading bots charge?

As of October 2026, Trojan, BONKbot, Bloom and Maestro each state 1% per trade. Trojan's bot returns 20% of fees as cashback, BONKbot's Telemetry product lists tiered cashback, Bloom charges 0.9% to referred users and Maestro sells a Premium plan at $200 a month. pump.fun's own fee and the network's fees come on top.

Do Telegram trading bots hold my private key?

Each generates the wallet it trades from. Trojan and Maestro say the keys they hold are encrypted, BONKbot says its keys are sealed in a secure execution environment no one can read, and Bloom's documentation does not describe how keys are stored. All four let a user export or copy the key.

What does a trading bot show that a chart does not?

Risk flags at the moment of the buy. Maestro's token report prints liquidity and warnings such as honeypot and blacklist risk when a contract is pasted, with taxes on EVM chains only, and BONKbot's Telemetry web app shows whether mint and freeze are disabled, the top 10 share and the developer's holding. A price chart shows none of these.

Sources

Every statement about a named company on this page was checked against that company's own page on the date shown. Fees and features change; the page is the authority, this guide is a dated reading of it. Belphor is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any company named here.

The signal, and what it did next

Belphor records pump.fun takeovers on-chain, scores each signal 0 to 100 and publishes measured outcomes with their sample sizes, windows and missing readings. Reflex Bot is coming soon and priced separately. It is a signal and discipline layer with a published record, not a trading terminal.

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