Last night I lectured myself again: chasing a token swap on-chain and placing an order, I didn’t carefully check the slippage, and I was too lazy to open the depth chart. As a result, the transaction price was a mess… Honestly, that moment felt very much like staying up all night arguing over a protocol fork years ago, only to realize I was just a background player. Looking back now, it’s not really the market being bad, but my order placement rhythm being too rushed: seeing green and wanting to “jump in quickly,” without waiting for the orders to fill, and without trying in batches, I just went all in. Later I realized the pool only has that much liquidity—if you don’t get hit, someone else will. These days, the group has been talking about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging rumors. When everyone’s emotions run high, it’s easier to slip up… I’m also not sure what counts as “optimal,” but from now on I’ll first lower the slippage, check the depth, and if it doesn’t look good, slow down—don’t fight myself. That’s it for now.