Just paid my tuition again... I originally wanted to shift some positions during a small fluctuation, but a single market order + confidence slippage directly taught me a thin lesson: when the price jumps, half the order gets stuck, and the remaining half gets more expensive the more I try to fill it. In the end, I paid even more in fees. Basically, I fed my own liquidity.

Looking back, there are only three things: don’t treat slippage lightly, don’t just look at the top two levels of depth, and don’t rush the order placement. Especially during phases when everyone is watching staking unlocks and token unlock schedules, and shouting about selling pressure, the order book becomes more fragile when panic sets in. I’d rather split the orders slowly than go all-in at once, betting on “someone will take it.”

There are many tutorials, but right now I only pay attention to those that take failed orders, break them down frame by frame, and explain why they got caught or slipped. Don’t keep throwing terminology at me... that’s all for now.