I was going through my notes from before and came across a recap of a time I got trapped after rushing into a newly launched coin.

That day, I didn’t allocate the timing properly. The moment the pool went live, I market-entered right away. The liquidity was horribly thin, and the execution price wiped out two to three layers of my expected profit. In plain terms, it was pure impatience plus not checking the depth.

Later I learned the lesson. I do it in three orders now, watch the gaps between the candles, and then place the trade—keeping slippage within 0.3% or less. These days, MEV front-running is getting more aggressive. When the on-chain price spread is large, you really can’t just blindly go all in.

Complexity is my enemy. If I can simplify “how to place this trade” to the point where I don’t need to look at depth, don’t chase the first wave, and don’t try to eat everything in one go, that’s already enough.