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I tried once, just three steps away from liquidation, with alert lights like in a sci-fi movie flashing constantly in my mind... But honestly, at that moment, don’t think about “waiting for a rebound.” I did three very basic things: first, took a screenshot of my health status (to prevent myself from making up numbers later); immediately reduced leverage to cut off some risk; then split my available funds into two parts, one to add margin and push the red line outward, the other to keep in reserve in case the chain gets stuck. Finally, I turned on all possible automation features, ran through stop-loss/alerts/repayment paths first, so I wouldn’t be caught off guard when things get hectic.
Recently, cross-chain bridges have had issues, or oracles report errors, and everyone is just “waiting for confirmation,” so I’m even less willing to bet that the system will stay normal. Better to earn a little less than to entrust my life to a single abnormal quote. Anyway, after surviving that time, my biggest takeaway is: execution is more reliable than faith, so I’ll stick with that for now.