Last night I was foolish again—thinking, “I’ll just top up the position,” I slammed in a whole market order in one go. The depth was so thin it might as well have been paper, and the slippage directly slapped me back to reality. To put it plainly, it wasn’t the market that dug the trap for me—it was my order-placing rhythm, like I was rushing to catch the subway. The more I rushed, the easier it was to miss the mark. Only later, when I reviewed everything, did I realize I could have split it into several orders to let them sit and fill, or waited for liquidity to come back before hitting it—but I still chose to trust that little bit of “decisiveness” in myself.

I’ll admit I’m a little jealous of those who post their gains, especially recently with that “compound yield” re-staking setup getting all the buzz. Watching others stack it like nesting dolls and make it look effortless, while I can’t even take a bit of slippage… Anyway, going forward: I won’t go head-to-head with thin order books, I won’t treat emotions as signals, and the funding rate and human nature are enough to teach me a lesson.