I recently made a rule that if I am going to buy a pullback on the SPY 5 min chart, it must be within the context of a bullish pattern (ie... breakout, breakdown failure, etc..) on the SPY 30 min chart. Same goes for a trade on the SPY 1min chart. confirmation must be made on the 5 min chart. This obviously not a mechanical system I am trading. This new rule was instated after being thoroughly spanked on Monday. I didn't trade today or Wednesday, and both tuesday and thurs were profitable. Hopefully this trend can continue.