These days, I’ve been watching a bunch of memes and celebrities calling out trades, moving back and forth. In the comments, people are still advising newcomers not to take the last step. That made me think of something even more “quiet but deadly”: oracle price feeds.

Others think that liquidation happens exactly when the price hits a certain line. In reality, the price you see on the chart and the price used in the contract may not be synchronized. If the feed is a few seconds slow, you’re still holding leverage on your side, while on-chain, the world has already changed… Especially during high volatility and when everyone is rushing in, a slight delay can make the liquidation threshold subtly shift as if someone is secretly moving it under your feet.

Now I mostly keep a light position and move slowly. If I do use leverage, I leave a bigger buffer. Anyway, I’d rather earn a little less than get caught out by a “feed lag” and get rekt.