I just did a pretty dumb move—I really want to rant. On a certain small pool protocol, I thought setting slippage to 1% should be enough, right? But when I actually entered, the executed price was off by nearly 5%. Later I checked the depth, and the liquidity was paper-thin—there was no way it could handle even my small amount.

As expected, I was just being greedy, trying to save on gas by getting a cheaper deal, and the market taught me a lesson. Next time, I really have to look at the depth chart first and place orders in batches—don’t just charge in all at once. Think about those chain-game economic crash recaps too; it’s basically similar. Once inflation comes in, the studios dump to the market, the depth gets sucked dry, and the coin price spirals downward.

Anyway, when it comes to order timing, slow is fast. Watch for a few minutes before you act—nothing beats that. Don’t learn from me, especially in small pools. It’s better to slowly eat through with limit orders than to force a hard buy with market orders.