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I am increasingly feeling that the biggest difference between grid/DCA and a single shot is not the profit, but whether you can sleep well at night.
I understand the thrill of a single shot, that moment feels like winning, but every minute afterward you're watching the market, your heartbeat syncing with the candlesticks, Gas fees adding to the chaos, losing not just money but your life.
Grid/DCA is like putting a "stop doing stupid things" lock on yourself, taking it slow, calculating the costs clearly, so that even if it drops, you won't be trembling so much that you blow up your position.
Recently, there's been talk again about miners/validators taking a cut, MEV front-running, and the fairness of transaction ordering—frankly, retail investors are always a step behind.
The more you want to decisively win or lose, the easier it is to be used as liquidity.
Anyway, I’d rather earn slowly and at least sleep well… what about you?