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These days, I see everyone talking about staking unlocks, token unlock schedules, and I understand the anxiety and selling pressure, but what I fear more is another "invisible knife"—the oracle price feed being half a beat slow. You think you're still far from the liquidation line, but in reality, the on-chain price didn't keep up in time, or suddenly a "compensation update" was added, and your position gets crushed on the spot... To put it simply, liquidation isn't just about how much leverage you're using; it also depends on whether the quote at that moment was friendly to you.
Now, before opening a position, I casually check which oracle provider I'm using and roughly what the update frequency is. When there's high volatility, I don't stubbornly hold on; I prefer to reduce a bit in advance. Don't expect the system to "fairly" give you reaction time. Anyway, with my safety obsession, I'd rather earn a little less than gamble on luck with delays. Let's talk again next time.