The day before yesterday I wanted to buy a new project. I clicked in and the liquidity looked so shallow it was like a pond. In a moment of impulse, I market-bought, and the slippage basically wiped out several points of my profit.

After reviewing it, the core problems are really just two: **depth and timing**. When depth isn’t enough, a market order is basically digging a hole for yourself—just looking at the height of the order book on the “offline” side makes it feel painful. Later I calmed down, placed a limit order around the “buy” area, waited for that side to get filled, and then slowly moved upward with it. During this period, the testnet and points expectations have been trending hard; a lot of people rushed to get on board and grab positions. The result was that slippage became even easier to magnify. Honestly, I’d rather leave unstable things alone for now.

The other issue is setting alerts and limits. Before, I always thought that setting a limit order was just gambling with the sky. But after I actually set it up, my mindset changed—no need to constantly stare at the chart, and no need to be afraid of getting carried away at the wrong moment. Set a slippage tolerance within 0.5%; even if it doesn’t fill or only fills partially, it still feels better than getting hit by a big slippage. In plain terms: be patient, don’t fight battles you’re not sure about, and don’t always try to grab that one second.