When launching new positions, I typically reserve around 1% allocation specifically to counter sniper bots—especially those exploiting MEV to frontrun entries. It's become essential strategy.

Just yesterday, I burned $500 and generated roughly $700 in buybacks directly from snipers attempting to game the system. The mechanics are straightforward: they extract value through flashbots and similar tools, but calculated counter-positioning can flip the advantage.

Let's be honest—in this space, it's open warfare between retail liquidity and automated extraction. That said, my real focus isn't winning against bots. It's insulating the actual community members who show up with genuine conviction.

When you know the game being played, you can design better defenses. Every dollar recovered from these tactics stays in the ecosystem, not in some MEV searcher's pocket.