Recently, I keep seeing people arguing about MEV, ordering, and fairness.

Basically, you think you're just clicking "execute" on the chain, but someone is inserting themselves ahead or in the middle of your transaction, clearly eating up your slippage, fees, and emotions.
The most hurt aren't the institutional giants or gods, but rather those small-position traders chasing hot topics, getting itchy whenever they see a candlestick move:
You think the market is teaching you a lesson, but it might just be that the ordering process has turned you into liquidity that can be snatched.
On the macro side, they're talking about rate cut expectations and the dollar index, with risk assets sometimes rising together and sometimes falling together.
The more anxious everyone gets, the more they want to "get in quickly," which makes it easier to be front-run.
Anyway, when I hear confessional-style trading now, the first question is always:
How big is your position, and can you accept the cost of being front-run?
That's all for now.