I just reviewed a dog trade from last Monday. Slippage wiped out a third of my expected profit 😅. I clearly knew the pool depth wasn’t great, yet I still hurried to place a market order. In the end, the execution price was off from my mental target by several “levels.” Later, when I calmed down, I realized that waiting a few seconds for the order thinness to get absorbed, and then placing limit orders in batches, would work out much better—it was just my being too quick that ended up hurting me.

Lately, the funding rate has been extremely out of hand. People in the group are discussing whether it’s a reversal signal or if the bubble will keep getting squeezed. Either way, I’m worried about a buy-high, sell-low kind of trade. I’d rather sit and wait than chase.

Honestly, after I scaled down my goals, I ended up lasting longer instead. Before, I always wanted to double on a single trade, which made me cut my losses too often. Now I take 3–5% profit on each trade and leave—slower, but at least the account doesn’t shrink. If you miss out, you miss out. After all, I’ve already paid plenty of tuition.