The biggest feeling from watching the charts these past two days isn’t the up or down—it’s that kind of “no liquidity” emptiness. When the posted orders thin out, it’s easy to get kicked through with a single shot. To put it bluntly: in times like this, don’t rush to buy the dip. First, just keep yourself alive—shrink your position, don’t use leverage, don’t stubbornly force a stop-loss to hold at all costs, and keep a bit of cash so you won’t feel panicked.

The group has also been complaining about miners/validators’ income, and how MEV makes it feel like “whoever queues up gets to decide.” Retail traders take the slippage in full and still end up carrying the blame… I don’t have any great tricks either. I can only lower my expectations: if you can avoid chasing, then don’t chase—better to miss out.

Let’s talk about “picking up cheap” only when liquidity comes back. Otherwise, you might think you’re buying the dip, but really you’re just providing liquidity for someone else. That line about “staying alive”—I’ll keep it in mind for now.