Everyone in the group is yelling “long,” so I’m going against the crowd. $SOL ’s ecosystem recently launched a new token, OnlyCats, with a contract address ending in pump. It’s quoted at 0.001411, with a market cap just over 1.4 million. At that size in the $SOL ecosystem, it’s basically a kitten just learning to walk: small market cap, thin liquidity, quick to pump when sentiment picks up and just as quick to drop when it fades. The louder the group gets, the less eager I am to go all in. With retail sentiment, a spike in social chatter is often a time to build a position gradually, not to ape in all at once.

My current approach is to split it into three parts: use the first only to test the waters, keeping the position to around 30% of my planned total, and first check the order book depth and how well it holds on a pullback. I’ll wait to see how sentiment cools and volume contracts before putting in the other two parts. For example, a similar small-cap token previously surged after its community spammed the chat for two straight hours, then pulled back by more than 30 points. Those who chased the top got trapped, while those who bought in gradually had room to maneuver.

I set my stop-loss close. I’ve been stopped out twice before: once when a wick dipped more than ten points and then bounced back, and once when it broke below the previous low and then accelerated downward. I’ve learned my lesson now: I’d rather make less than get taken out by a single wick. For a new token like this, I generally don’t set my stop-loss more than 20 points away. I’d rather place it below the previous low or a couple of points under key support, so I can at least stay in the game.

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