Lately, checking the mempool feels just like scrolling through social media—full of memes and various narratives being passed along. The excitement is real, but what I fear most is being dragged along by my emotions. To put it simply, my stop-loss for memes will be a bit more "emotionless": before entering, I think clearly about how much loss I can accept (like treating it as the cost of a ticket), then I exit when the price hits my line—no storytelling involved; I don’t get caught up in the narrative. When I see a bunch of transactions chasing pack trades or rushing to accelerate on-chain, I become even more cautious. The more people rush in, the easier it is to get caught when liquidity suddenly dries up.

Recently, everyone has been repeatedly anxious about staking unlocks and token unlock schedules, and I’m not pretending to stay calm anymore… I now treat “a few days before and after unlocks” as volatility amplifiers, cutting my position in half. I’d rather miss out on some gains than get caught off guard. Next time, I might set my stop-loss more mechanically, or even just place limit orders without watching the charts. How would you set the upper limit for this “hype tax”?