Your position went up 41% and you still underperformed doing nothing. That gap has a formula, and it gets wider every time the two assets move apart.
You deposit $10,000 into an ETH/USDC pool at $2,000 per ETH β 2.5 ETH and $5,000. ETH doubles to $4,000, you withdraw, and the position is worth $14,142. Great trade β except if you had just held the 2.5 ETH and the cash, you would have $15,000. You are $858 behind, and you did nothing wrong.
β Educational, not financial advice.