Last night, I made a reckless trade. I clearly wanted to test with a small position, but I got educated by slippage: the quote looked pretty good, but the moment I confirmed, the depth was as thin as paper, and the trade immediately shot up. When I looked back, I realized I was chasing and adding in two separate attempts, messing up the rhythm. To put it simply, shallow liquidity + my rushing to place the order, the more impatient I was, the more I lost. For this kind of liquidity, I’ll first use a smaller amount to test the waters, set slippage limits tightly, and prefer not to execute; if I really want in, I’ll place orders in batches, not rush in all at once with the candlestick. Recently, new L1/L2 incentives to boost TVL have caused old users to complain “mining, selling,” and I now understand: it’s not that they have a bad mentality, but liquidity and exit costs really bite. Anyway, I’ll just stay cautious for now.