Today I screwed up again myself... Last night I wanted to take advantage of the blockchain being relatively "quiet" to make a trade, but I got impatient and went in at market price directly, setting the slippage too wide, the pool depth was average, and the execution price was quite off from my expectation. To put it simply, it’s not the market trapping me, it’s my chaotic order timing: I could have split it into two or three trades, waited for better matching, but I insisted on rushing all at once, and the extra "hidden cost" I paid at the end hurt even more than the trading fee.

Looking back, there are only two points: don’t blindly trust the quote at that moment, if the depth isn’t enough, don’t force it; and when you get itchy to trade, pause for ten seconds first, even if it means switching to a limit order and slowly grinding it out. Recently, hardware wallets are out of stock, phishing links are everywhere, and everyone’s security awareness has improved. But I’ve been messing up on “trade detail security”... I’m tired but still here, so I’ll just fix my slippage and order habits first.