Paid tuition again yesterday. I originally wanted to grab a move with a small position, but once slippage kicked in, the depth was so thin it might as well be paper—and I even made the mistake of chasing in with two separate orders… Put plainly, I was in a back-and-forth with my own impatience. When I review it afterward, there’s nothing particularly profound: don’t force the trade when liquidity is squeezed like a rush-hour subway entrance, and don’t be too confident when placing limit orders—being half a beat slower can actually save you from getting hit. Lately everyone’s been talking about AI Agent automated trading; the story is pretty hyped, but what I see as most missing is still “a sense of security”—the robot doesn’t take the blame, and the wallet is yours. Forget the explanation—I’ll just deal with it; if it’s random, it’s random. For now, I just need to get through the next time without slipping up again.