I just got dumb again: I made a small swap thinking I could just click around and it would be over. But the slippage turned out to be way too large, the pool depth wasn’t enough, and I was hesitating for a few seconds before hitting confirm… Then I pulled up the trading route—there was clearly just one step left—and in the end, someone else cut in line and took it, leaving me with a “completed but very unprofitable” consolation prize. Plain and simple, it’s a rhythm issue: when the market moves, you’re half a beat late—basically handing the meat to someone faster.

Later, I just adjusted my goal downward. I didn’t chase that “need to fill it all in one go” feeling anymore: do it in several smaller steps, keep the amounts a bit lower, and tighten the slippage. I’d rather not execute than have my mindset blow up. Paradoxically, this makes it easier to keep doing post-trade reviews. You’re less likely to double down just to try to recover after a loss.

Watching those chain games’ economy collapse feels similar… once inflation opens the floodgates, studios run faster than anyone, coin prices spiral, and retail investors—no matter how hard they try—end up looking like they’re chasing a bus. For now, that’s it: be cautious. It’s better than staring blankly at transaction hashes in confusion after everything’s already done.