Lately, I've been grinding on testnet points and it's feeling a bit off. It was supposed to be just practicing the process, but I secretly started calculating in my mind, "How much can I exchange with this amount..." When practice turns into expectations, it's easy to get hooked.

My stop-loss is pretty basic now: set a limit (how much time/fees/energy I can spend each day), and stop when I reach it, even if the group is shouting again "Someone's large transfer on the chain = smart money coming in," or if the exchange's hot and cold wallets move, which some interpret as signals. I just treat it as noise.
Honestly, the most expensive thing on testnet isn't gas, but attention.
My roommate also complained that I stare at the block explorer late at night like I'm checking someone's phone. Fine, I admit it kind of looks like that...
For now, that's it. I'll do a backtest again tomorrow.