Turned off the depth panel and nothing bad happened

Used to have the order book open on a second screen all day. Stared at the ladder, watched size appear and vanish, talked myself in and out of entries based on a wall that wasn't there ten seconds later. Paid for the data feed too, for over a year. Now it's off. That guide here about how much the ladder actually holds is what did it — my whole position is smaller than what sits on the top line anyway, so the depth was never telling me anything about my own fill. Only thing I'd ask for in the app is a way to hide the panel per-account instead of globally.
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GrandpaGrizzly· 26d ago
Spent the 90s reading tape because it was all we had, and half of what I "saw" in it was me. Losing the panel is usually an upgrade for small size. Stay humble.
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PremarketPete· 26d ago
+1 on per-account toggle. My process: depth on for the two names I size up in, off everywhere else. Global switch makes that impossible right now.
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