I’m not very good at this… I try to keep my hands steady when the market starts acting up, but last night I got it all wrong. The price difference looked like it wasn’t that big—yet the moment I entered, slippage immediately snapped me back to reality: the pool depth was actually very thin. And I even placed two separate orders, which effectively added time to getting “eaten up” myself. To put it plainly: when the depth isn’t enough, the more you try to squeeze out that slightly better price, the easier it is to be “taught a lesson” by the market in the very next second.

Later, when I reviewed everything, I drew a simple flow: first check the depth → then decide on an acceptable slippage → then determine whether to execute in one go or in batches. Batching isn’t wrong, but you have to consider the volatility and your own rhythm; otherwise, it’s basically “slowly sending yourself in.” Recently, cross-chain bridges have been stolen again, and oracles have also put out abnormal quoted prices. Everyone keeps shouting “wait for confirmation,” and I’m leaning more and more toward this now: I’d rather wait for one more block confirmation than force a move on uncertain quotes. That’s it for now—my loss isn’t huge, but it’s a long-lasting lesson.