Honestly, now farming testnet points is no longer just about "practicing feel," as someone in the group hints every day about what they might exchange for later, making every swap feel like placing an order.

My self-imposed stop-loss is pretty simple: first set a budget (the maximum loss in gas/bridge fees/time), and stop once I hit the limit; then set a number of interactions (a project at most N times), and if I exceed that, I treat it as a bottomless pit; finally, watch network congestion and routing, if slippage spikes or MEV signals get strong, I withdraw and don’t compete with bots.
I’m not sure if this is the optimal approach, but at least it helps keep my "expectation" in check and turn it back into "practice."
Recently, rumors about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging have gone wild again, and when emotions run high, it’s easy to increase the stakes to farm more points…
Anyway, whenever I see words like "last day," I first close the page and take a sip of water before deciding what to do.