When my hands get itchy and I want to chase a breakout, I usually pause for ten seconds and ask myself: Am I filling in information, or am I fueling emotion? If there really is something new, I’ll go on-chain/order book to look for evidence; if there’s no evidence, I’ll still add to my position—in plain terms, I’m treating “fear of missing out” as the excuse. That kind of impulse is both like ordering takeout in the middle of the night and like skipping the opening theme when binge-watching: it feels good for a moment, but the next day I’ll probably regret it.

Recently, someone has been talking again about a certain region raising taxes, with compliance getting tighter and then looser—once the expectations for deposits and withdrawals change, everyone’s mindset immediately starts to drift with it. Don’t get scared or hyped by macro news and start pressing buttons at random; especially when you see a bunch of weird front-running traces in the mempool, I’d rather eat less meat than let someone else’s tea talk and dinner chatter turn into my slippage. For now, that’s it—have a sip of tea and steady my hands.