Just had another bad trade, and after reviewing it, it’s really not “bad luck,” it’s that I lost my rhythm: I saw the pool depth looked okay and went in with a market order, but I set the slippage too wide, got caught by the sandwich, and the execution price was completely different from what I had in mind... To put it simply, the depth is a static snapshot; the real battlefield is those few seconds on the chain.

My current honest approach: don’t be greedy with slippage for convenience, prefer to split into two slower trades, try one first and add later; and also, don’t squeeze in during busy times when news is just released, the more urgent you are, the easier it is to be seen as trying to “warm the market.” I envy those who can always dodge it gracefully, but the truth is: less impulsive, wait until the tea cools down. Recently, everyone’s talking about rate cut expectations, the dollar index, and risk assets rising and falling together. When sentiment heats up, on-chain “traffic jams” happen more easily, so I’ll just hold back a bit.