These past two days, farming in DEX pools has really been a bit mentally exhausting. Once liquidity gets thin, slippage is basically just messing around. I even let out a quiet chuckle when my orders don’t get hit. To put it plainly: when liquidity dries up, survive first—then talk about bottom fishing. I’d rather miss out on a little meat than take a big gulp and get myself sent to the other side. Set your stop-losses properly, shrink your position size, and save yourself a bit of “power” for your mindset.

If back then I’d been stubborn and insisted on bottom fishing that “looks so cheap” drop, I probably would’ve just been popped right through again like getting pierced by a needle—then, of course, I’d turn around and blame the market for tricking me… Anyway, now I care more about whether I can smoothly get in and out, not about shouting that it’s the bottom.

And there’s the recent controversy around restaking, shared security, and the whole “yield stacking” setup—the so-called nested “Russian doll” approach. The more I look at it, the more cautious I get. By the time you stack everything up, no one can say for sure whether it’s all upside or whether the risks get packed to the brim. For now, that’s it—staying alive is what gives you another chance to place an order.