Just took a look at the options data on Gate, and it suddenly hit me: position management is really just one sentence—don’t put all your breakfast money on pancakes.

Lately, Layer 2s have been comparing TPS and fees, like people at a noodle shop arguing about who has the bigger bowl—watching the back-and-forth trash talk has been downright entertaining. But honestly, once volatility rises, if you can’t hold your spot positions and your contracts “blow up” and liquidate, at the core it’s all the same idea: believing you can call the next second’s market move correctly.

I’ve got a down-to-earth “low-tech” method: if you don’t understand it, don’t move. Not long ago, some L2 ecosystem subsidy was rolling out like it was basically free—I almost FOMO’d in. Then I thought, though: I can’t even say whether it’ll still be around a year from now. So I’d rather treat the principal I have like a slice of toast—flip it when the timing’s about right; if you can’t flip it, then don’t.

Anyway, slow climbs and sudden drops are the norm—don’t keep trying to cram the whole loaf of bread into the oven.