I ended up laughing at myself again… Last night, I wanted to catch a small pullback with a swap. But while waiting for the confirmation, I fumbled and adjusted the slippage with shaky hands. The depth was honestly just that thin, yet I stubbornly insisted on finishing the whole thing. In the end, I pushed the price up myself and then watched it slide back down—so it turned into buying at the high while paying the fee. To be blunt, it wasn’t a market trap; it was my own order timing that was too greedy: when it should’ve been split into two parts, I swallowed it in one go. Seeing the pool was thin, I acted like everything was fine.

From now on, I’ll just follow through properly: first check the depth, don’t randomly crank the slippage, and I’d rather wait for the pullback than race to steal the trade from myself… Of course, I also know that next time FOMO shows up, I might forget again.

By the way, the recent community argument about privacy coins/mixing coins and compliance has been pretty divisive—everyone is waiting for clear boundaries, but on-chain, things don’t wait. Let’s leave it at that for now.