I tend to hold onto spot positions poorly, and futures are even worse; a slight shake of my hand and I end up paying tuition to the market... Later, I translated position management into a simple phrase: don’t let any single trade break your mindset. Only positions you can sleep soundly with are true positions; otherwise, it’s gambling.

Now, when I feel impulsive to place an order, I force myself to do three small things: first, close the order screen and go drink some water (really); second, input my expected loss and look at whether I can accept the worst-case scenario; finally, only then do I place the order, and I default to half the size, adding more if it actually works out. Anyway, missing that one trade won’t kill me.

Recently, there’s been a debate about miner/validator income, MEV, and whether the ordering is fair or not. Honestly, the bigger your position, the easier it is to get slippage and front-running education; so I’d rather take less than become their income source... that’s it for now.