Last night I took a loss; after reviewing, it’s not that the direction was wrong, but that I was too "arbitrary" in my order placement. Watching the market surge in an instant, I quickly entered at market price, but the slippage was much larger than expected, the depth was ridiculously thin, and the trades were sliced into several parts, causing the average price to tank. Basically, I didn’t watch the order wall, didn’t split the orders, and didn’t leave myself an exit.

Thinking back now, recently everyone in the group has been talking about rate cut expectations, the US dollar index, risk assets rallying and falling together, and when emotions run high, it’s easier to get shaky hands. From now on, I plan to honestly layer my orders, use limit orders + small trades to slowly execute, preferring to eat less and not trade "speed" for "cost." Just want to survive first.