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Right now, looking at options buyers/sellers, I feel the core is just one sentence: time value is slowly eating away at those who "want to take a gamble." Buyers are betting on opportunity and emotion; if the market doesn't move at the speed you expect, even if you're right about the direction, a delay could still erode your gains over time. Sellers are more like collecting rent, earning from everyone's impatience and the anxiety of wanting immediate results, but when a big wave hits, they have to accept defeat.
Recently, new L1/L2 incentives boosted TVL, and old users complain about "mining, then selling." I actually empathize quite a bit: short-term excitement is really just time pricing, anyone impatient pays the price. As for why I stay calm... it's just a small habit: before placing an order, I write my position plan in a memo, wait 10 minutes, then review it. Many impulsive trades just dissolve on their own; anyway, I’d rather miss out than be taught by time.