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Recently, I've seen people watching whale addresses and wanting to follow their trades. To be honest, first figure out whether they are building a position or hedging… The same large swap could be reversed in perpetuals the next second, and the net exposure actually doesn't change. If you follow in, you become part of their liquidity. Later, I found that the most stable method is to set up routing and slippage protection first. If possible, avoid public queues for private trades, at least to prevent being easily sandwich attacked. Airdrop season is also pretty crazy; task platforms are doing anti-witchcraft measures plus point systems, making the grab-and-go traders compete like clocking in at work. I now prefer to do less rather than chase whales and get sandwiched—it's just too mentally exhausting.