When a lending position is only three steps away from the liquidation line, I usually stop first and don’t add any drama—I go through every pending transaction: is there a nonce that’s stuck, failed ones that are still just occupying space, or a script still looping and sending over and over.

Then I do the two most “dumb” things: add a little margin + cut a little leverage—if I can pull the health back up, that’s enough. Don’t think about trying to buy the bottom and double it to turn things around and end up getting yourself wiped out… What I regret isn’t the outcome, but the fact that I clearly saw it turn red back then and still made the bot keep running.
Lately, the whole AI Agent and automated trading storyline has been pretty hot, but the truth is, nobody is there to backstop your safety. No matter how smart the script is, if the nonce gets messed up or the authorization hasn’t been fully tightened up, liquidation will still come in just as cleanly and decisively.
That’s it—I’m not messing around tonight.