Ugh, I got burned by slippage again the other day. I’m really done for. I wanted to go into a small coin with a bit of a narrative—thought the pool looked decent. But once I dumped in with a single go, the price slid by nearly 2% right away. Then when I looked back, the depth was thin as paper, and I basically smashed my own way into a big hole. Thinking about it afterward, where was the problem? It was me—I was too impatient. When I saw the line moving, I rushed to place the order without first posting a small test order to probe the liquidity. Now that I look back, if I’d just waited a few minutes, let the order book stabilize, and then entered at a suitable limit price, my costs would have been much lower.

By the way, lately when I look on-chain, it feels like those MEV robots are getting even more aggressive. People have been complaining a lot about the fairness of transaction ordering—at least that’s what I’ve been seeing. Honestly, I feel pretty helpless too. My approach now is: no matter how bullish I am, before placing any order, I close the trading interface, pick up my phone and scroll for a bit—just to calm myself down for ten minutes. It’s slower, sure, but it really saves a lot of wasted money.