I’ve noticed that a lot of people can’t hold their spot positions, and with contracts they end up getting liquidated. Plainly put, it’s not that you’ve looked the direction wrong—it’s that your position is too big. When your emotions wobble, the only way you can react is to handle it in the worst possible way. Here’s my simple human-language version: the position that lets you sleep is what you call a position. If you can’t sleep, that’s gambling.

For spot, cut it smaller and scale in—don’t go all in at once. For contracts, it’s even simpler: treat leverage as if it doesn’t exist, use spot-style price swings to calculate how many times you can withstand a reversal, and then decide whether to open the trade. Recently, the L2 side has been arguing again about TPS, fees, and subsidies. On-chain, though, it’s pretty straightforward: once the subsidies roll in, the mempool is full of all kinds of weird arbitrage and front-running vibes. That’s exactly why I’d rather keep my position size smaller, keep a bit of ammunition, and don’t let the “excitement” pressure you into adding more.

For now, that’s it—survival first.