When it comes to stablecoin arbitrage, I was once an impatient rookie. I would stare at the market all day, watching price differences fluctuate like an electrocardiogram, my fingers itching to poke a hole in the screen. Not making a move felt like I was going to lose big, but after a day of hustle, the tiny profits I earned didn't even cover the Gas fees.

Until an experienced trader gave me a wake-up call: "Bro, are you treating arbitrage like mining bricks? Think you get more just because you work harder? Actually, this thing is more like hunting."

I immediately got it. What do real hunters do? Most of the time, they crouch and observe the market rhythm, waiting. Waiting for that fattest deer to slowly walk into the perfect shot. The same logic applies to stablecoin arbitrage. The market creates small price differences every minute, but those are like rabbits and foxes—not worth wasting bullets (Gas fees). What you should really wait for are those sudden "big opportunities."

For example, a whale's lending position gets liquidated in the middle of the night, triggering a chain reaction of large liquidations, causing the entire market's borrowing rates to go haywire. Or a new liquidity mining project launches, quickly drawing a large amount of funds to borrow. At these moments, the price difference becomes big enough to make you feel that pulling the trigger is worth it.

Now my approach has changed. I have tools with alerts set up, and I focus on eating and sleeping normally. When there’s no alert, I treat it as if the opportunity doesn’t exist at all. When an alert sounds, I immediately switch to battle mode. The long-term impatience has been gradually worn down in this market. Honestly, patience here isn’t a virtue; it’s a resource. If you can’t stand the boredom and keep trading frequently, the market will just keep charging you tuition fees one by one.