# Tracking progress

Campaign states, the progress bar, and how to read what is happening while a window runs.

Every campaign is visible in your campaign list from the moment it is
created until long after it closes.

## Campaign states

| State | Meaning |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Scheduled | Created with a future start time. Nothing is running yet. |
| Running | The window is open and activity is building on the pair. |
| Completed | The paid hours have elapsed and the placement has ended. |
| Cancelled | Stopped before it ran. Rare, and always explained. |

## Reading the progress bar

The bar shows how much of the paid window has elapsed, not how well the campaign is performing. A
campaign 40% through a 24-hour package has used roughly 9.5 hours of it.

Alongside it you get the exact start and end times in UTC, and a live countdown of how much of the
window is left. The figures update while the page is open and recalculate on every load, so they are
correct even after leaving the tab open overnight.

Progress is time elapsed. Position on the board is a separate thing entirely, and it moves
continuously — check Dexscreener itself for that.

## Watching the actual board

The place to watch your ranking is Dexscreener. Each campaign card links straight to your pair, and
the trending board for your chain shows where it currently sits.

Expect movement. A pair that sits at 4 in a quiet hour may be at 12 during a market-wide rally with
identical activity behind it, because the ranking is relative to everything else trading.
This is why we commit to presence rather than rank.

## The first half hour

There is a gap between the window opening and the pair appearing on the list. The board reads
activity over a rolling period, so it takes time for new volume to register.

Typical entry runs from about 11 minutes on the quietest boards to
27 on Solana. Full per-network figures. If the pair has not appeared
well past the figure for its chain, that is worth a ticket.

## Following it from code

Everything on the campaign page is available from the campaigns endpoint,
including state, progress percentage and seconds remaining, so you can wire it into your own dashboard
or alerting.

## Questions

**What does the progress percentage mean?**

How much of the paid window has elapsed, not how well the campaign is doing. At 50% on a 24-hour package, twelve hours have passed.

**Where do I see my actual trending position?**

On Dexscreener itself. The campaign card links directly to your pair. Position moves continuously, so it is a live figure rather than something we can report once.

**My campaign is running but the pair is not on the list yet.**

That is normal for the first stretch of the window. Entry runs from about 11 minutes on the quietest boards to 27 on Solana. If it is well past that figure, open a ticket.

**Does the progress keep updating if I close the page?**

Yes. It is recalculated from the start and end times on every load, so it is always correct when you come back.