Recently, I learned a lesson the hard way: stop-loss is really like a breakup. If you keep dragging it out without making it clear, in the end it isn’t the kind of sudden happy surprise you hope for—it’s a loss that looks even worse, and it also drains your emotions and time costs. Always “waiting for confirmation,” waiting for a pullback, waiting until you’ve finally figured it out… and the result is that you’re just working for your own luck.

Over the past couple of days, I’ve been seeing the complaints about restaking and the shared security setup—the one people call “matryoshka nesting”—and I can understand that feeling of insecurity, too: rewards stack on top of rewards, and it looks beautiful, but once something goes wrong at one layer, everything gets pulled into it. Put simply, it’s the same as refusing to cut losses—refusing to admit you’re wrong, and choosing to keep waiting instead.

My current, somewhat foolish approach is: before entering, write down “leave if you’re wrong,” and leave when the time comes—don’t spin stories to yourself. After all, one wrong step with a paper mountain, and it collapses. Recognize the loss sooner, and at least you still have some paper left.