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When the lending position is just three steps away from the liquidation line, I usually stop first and don't think about adding leverage to turn it around... Frankly, every operation at this point is a race against time. First, check two things: whether the collateral's volatility is high, and whether the interest on the borrowed side has suddenly spiked (sometimes it's not the price killing you, but the interest gradually eroding the health). If you can add margin, do it in two steps, don't put it all in at once; if you don't want to add margin, repay a small portion of the debt first to push the liquidation price further away, and also confirm the authorization/router. Don't wait until the chain is congested and find that the slippage is too small, making the transaction impossible to go through. Another small habit: think clearly about whether you can accept being liquidated. If you can't accept it, don't stubbornly hold on.
Recently, the disputes over NFT royalties are quite similar; everyone wants higher income or better liquidity, but when mechanisms change, risks shift from the obvious to the hidden. Lending is the same—small parameter adjustments ultimately lead to liquidation orders settling. Anyway, I prefer to slowly push the red line further away and sleep more peacefully.