Last night I was stupid again: I wanted to quickly get in and out during the fast-moving volatility, but I placed a single order and it just slid all the way to the horizon… In plain terms, I didn’t look at the depth. I was itching to trade just staring at the candlestick chart, so I clicked to place a market order. That small pool of volume couldn’t absorb my move at all—the fills kept crawling upward in chunks. In the end, my cost ended up much higher than I expected, and my mindset completely fell apart.

After reviewing it, there are only two things: first, don’t just look at the slippage settings—before that, you should take a quick look at how thin the order book/pool really is; second, don’t force the timing of your orders—split them into smaller orders and wait for a pullback instead, which is actually more stable. Lately, everyone has been refreshing staking unlocks and the unlock calendar. I’m worried about sell pressure, and I’m worried about it—but what I fear even more is messing up by randomly clicking buttons due to anxiety.

What I fear most isn’t missing opportunities, but turning a normal fluctuation into a hard-earned lesson through my own mistakes. That’s it for now—tomorrow I’ll draw another chart to remind myself not to move too fast with my hands.