I didn't sleep again last night, staring at the mempool and watching my order queue up, feeling like waiting for a number at a night market: first it's "pending," then someone with higher gas jumps the line, occasionally it gets packaged but rolls back, or it gets stuck so I want to cancel but have to pay again... Honestly, during congestion, you think you're placing an order, but you're actually participating in an auction—if your bid isn't high enough, you're just standing there.

Recently, some people have been complaining that on-chain data tools and label systems are quite laggy and easily manipulated, and I agree. When I see the "smart money label" rushing in, I actually get more anxious: is it really someone coming in, or is the label just updating slowly?

Now I trust my instincts a little more... The reason is simple: data tells me what’s happening, but at the moment I place an order, what I need to know is "can I withstand this." Anyway, I stick to my old rules—keep the risk cap tight, set tight stop-losses, and don't hard fight the congestion.