Last night after yoga, I felt a bit itchy and decided to chase a small fluctuation—and ended up getting taught a lesson by myself… It was clearly a small position, but I set the slippage too loose. When I ran into a pool with slightly thinner depth, the execution price just drifted away. Then the more I watched, the more anxious I got. Instead of doing it right, I made up for it with two additional orders, which only messed up the rhythm. To put it simply: that “I need it to execute right now” impulse kicked in.

Looking back: before placing an order, take another look at the depth. Don’t let your emotions get on board from just one candlestick. Taking it slower and placing in batches isn’t embarrassing either. Lately, what I’ve been seeing in chain games—those “economic collapse” moments—also feels pretty similar: once inflation hits and studios get involved, the coin price spirals, and everyone wants to run ahead first; the more they rush, the slipperier it gets… Anyway, today I’m setting the default slippage back to conservative. There are plenty of tutorials, but I actually prefer the ones that talk about “why you shouldn’t place an order.”