Today I paid myself tuition again: watching the price jump so happily, my hand slipped and I rushed in at market price—then the slippage directly snapped me awake… To put it plainly, it’s that I squeezed in when the depth wasn’t enough; my limit orders couldn’t get fully filled, and the fills pushed the price up step by step. The more I chased, the more uncomfortable it got. After reviewing it, I realized the order-placing cadence is what really matters: even though I could have split it into a few parts—try the water first and see how the order book reacts—I still insisted on “going all in” to save trouble.

Also, I ended up thinking about that recent pile of NFT royalty disputes. Everyone wants creators to earn more, but when secondary liquidity tightens up, trading becomes even more slippery and harder to execute, and the overall experience gets worse. In any case, I’m more like the person watching the show next to me and buying an experience ticket, not someone who goes all-in every day to chase the rankings.

That’s it for now—going back, I’ll slow my hand speed down.