Last night, I “botched” another trade. I clearly wanted to take the safer approach to arbitrage/“brick-laying,” but the moment the slippage flickered, it wiped out all my profit… to be blunt, it was just because I was too rushed. I stared at the K-line chart and my heart started pounding, so I impulsively hit a market order without checking the depth first. The order book was as thin as paper—liquidity was poor. The fills kept sliding upward all the way, and in the end I wound up “lifting myself” right into it.

After reviewing it: don’t force big amounts of orders—split it into a few smaller ones, move slower, and place limit orders and wait for it to come to you. It’s way more comfortable than chasing. And also, don’t try to be tough during those few minutes when volatility suddenly amplifies. If your order timing gets messy, it’s easy to end up “paying tuition.”

By the way, the community is still arguing about privacy coins, coin mixing, and the boundaries of compliance—it’s pretty divisive. I’m not taking sides. Anyway, I’ll first keep my own risk under control. Take a sip of cold-brew sparkling water to steady myself— I don’t need to be understood, but I do need to be responsible for my own account. That’s it for now.