I just looked back at a failed trade, mainly because I was reckless myself. Seeing the candlestick shake, I chased in, but once the slippage opened up, the depth was ridiculously thin, the orders looked like paper, and halfway through, the price shot away, leaving only a small amount of execution that directly inflated my costs. To put it simply, it’s not a “market trap,” but my order timing was chaotic: whether to split the orders or not, whether to wait for a pullback or rush in, I didn’t even glance at how much volume was in the pool.

Recently, everyone has been talking about testnet incentives, point expectations, and guessing whether the mainnet will issue tokens… In such times, the chain is more prone to being overwhelmed, and a sudden shallow depth is normal, but I still shouldn’t gamble with market orders. Next time, I’d rather go slower, place limit orders, split small orders, and if it doesn’t fill, so be it, I’ll wait and see. That’s it for now.