Recently, I've been watching those "sandwich" "arbitrage" deals on the blockchain, and honestly, you think you've found an opportunity, but most of the time you're just paying someone else's transaction fee for their slippage. Especially when someone in the group says, "Stablecoins are about to be regulated," "Reserves are under audit again," or "Somebody is about to depeg," emotions flare up, and hands get itchy—making you the easiest target. When you chase the price, others move in front of you, steadily using you as liquidity.

Now I prefer to treat placing orders as practice: practicing resisting the urge to confirm immediately, practicing reducing slippage, practicing asking myself "Am I making money or paying tuition" when I see a needle. Anyway, the market isn't short of opportunities; what's missing is not sending yourself into someone else's matching machine. That's all for now.