Stop-loss really is like a breakup… If you keep dragging it out without making things clear, it will only look worse in the end—and you’ll also have to pay “interest”: emotions, opportunity cost, gas, and slippage are all counted in. Especially for someone like me who’s orders on DEX get deformed the instant I place them—knowing full well the pool is thin and the route detours through two layers, yet still forcing it—only to end up losing even more money. Lately, those new L1/L2 projects have been throwing incentives to boost TVL, and old users are cursing “mining, selling,” and I can totally relate: you think it’s long-term companionship, but they treat it as short-term brick-and-mortar work.

For me, “long-term” isn’t some big quarterly narrative; I just算 it by the cycle I can keep an eye on: from a week to a month. If it goes beyond that, I automatically assume I’ll get tempted and make messy, unforced moves… So set a stop-loss line—if it triggers, leave—don’t tell yourself stories. In any case, admitting you’re wrong about the loss isn’t embarrassing; stubbornly holding on is what’s really the trouble.