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Lately I've been thinking again about grid/DCA versus a single shot—who's better for sleep... Basically, it's whether you can accept "making a wrong call and still having to bear it." For someone like me who draws paths until dawn, I'm actually more afraid of that one shot that keeps you staring at the screen until your eyes dry out, even when there's nothing major happening on the chain, yet you still scare yourself awake. Grid/DCA is like installing a shock absorber for your emotions; whether you make money or not, at least you don't have to treat every candlestick as Judgment Day.
Of course, it's not that grid is invincible; when faced with a one-sided trend, you still get educated, especially now with the NFT royalty drama—fighting over it, secondary liquidity suddenly acting up, and emotional contagion spreading quickly to other markets... Anyway, I'm now more concerned about "whether I can get up normally tomorrow," keeping positions smaller, and having a simpler strategy is okay.
I still believe: slow down a bit, it's not shameful.