These days, I saw someone complaining about MEV again.

Basically, it means someone on the chain can "cut in line."
You think you've just clicked to execute a trade, but in reality, a bunch of bots are sorting through orders ahead of you...
Hedging and arbitrage traders understand the tricks.
For someone like me who places impulsive orders, the most direct impact is:
slippage increases, the execution price looks strange, and I stubbornly say "That's just how the market is,"
while honestly, I quickly stop-loss at the first sign of trouble.

Recently, reviewing perpetual contracts also gave me some thoughts:
Looking at open interest and large order footprints, sometimes there's that feeling of being "swept suddenly and then pulled back,"
and on the chain, it's similar.
When the order sequence isn't fair, the biggest losers are usually ordinary traders' liquidity.

My friend was talking yesterday about a certain region increasing taxes and tightening regulations,
causing deposit and withdrawal expectations to tighten suddenly.
Everyone becomes more eager to rush in and more afraid of getting stuck,
which only makes the chaos worse...
Anyway, there are only two things I can do now:
buy less at chasing prices,
and avoid the hype,
preferably entering the market more slowly.