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Just now, my phone pop-up flashed "Position health declining," and I thought I accidentally opened it with a shaky hand. When I clicked in, I realized the price hadn't moved much… Basically, it's the oracle's fixed price feeding being a half beat slow. Once you're near the liquidation line in lending, delayed price feeds = others see the "should be liquidated" signal first, while you're still waiting for an update. By the time you react, you might already be packed up and taken away.
I'm now very cautious with small funds farming: keep a thicker position, don't treat health as just a passing grade; avoid messing around during on-chain congestion or when the project just updates the price feed. Recently, there's been a lot of testnet activity earning points, everyone guessing whether the mainnet will issue tokens. I also like to join in the fun… but if you bring that "just try it out" mindset from testnets into mainnet leverage, liquidation can be ruthless. Anyway, I prefer earning a little less than getting caught off guard by delayed quotes and being liquidated on the spot.