I just looked at a failed order for half an hour, and it’s pretty awkward: it’s not that I was wrong about the direction, but I treated "slippage" as a talisman, lacked depth, and stubbornly pressed on, ending up stepping into the spread I created myself. To put it simply, my order timing was also poor; I saw the matching price jump and got itchy, wanting to grab that "faster" move, but it ended up being slower and more expensive.

Now I’ve learned to be smarter, first set alerts and limits: only act when the price hits, stop when the limit is reached. The mindset is quite subtle; at first, I felt restricted, like locking myself up; after a couple of days, I became calmer, watched the charts less, and stopped overthinking, so missing out is just missing out. Recently, everyone’s been earning testnet points and guessing whether the mainnet will issue tokens. I also get tempted, but then I think about that failed order… never mind, I’ll focus on executing well first, and not let emotions place my trades.