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Last night, I made a bad trade, and after reviewing it, it wasn't a wrong judgment, I just moved too quickly... Watching the market fluctuate with green and red jumps, I thought "Hurry up and get in," but when I placed the order, I found the transaction price was quite different from my expectation, a typical slippage that ate up the full amount. Basically, I was only watching the price and not the depth; when the pool was thin, I still forced the trade, which is like throwing punches at empty air.
Later, I thought about it—my order timing really needs to be half a beat slower: first try a small amount to test the waters, wait for the volatility to breathe before adding more, otherwise the price gets more expensive the more anxious I get. Recently, the hype around that "yield stacking" staking method has been intense, and I’ve got a bit of PTSD—on the surface, it looks lively layer after layer, but underneath, where the pressure points are, if you don’t see clearly, you end up paying tuition with real money. That’s it for now, I won’t be itchy to trade tonight.