I don't have one. I'll be the first here to admit it. Sure, I look at charts, draw some lines, identify some patterns, read market sentiment and do a little fundamental analysis before every trade. But any time I win in a trade, I consider myself lucky. Afterall I can't see the future nor control an outcome of the future. So when a trade works in my favor, I am lucky. I try to get by being lucky more times than I am unlucky. I also can't time markets to perfection on an intraday nano-second basis. Yeah, no wonder I am not a billionnaire.
I guess you can't be too rhetorical or sarcastic here. Ok, I'll be straight up. Its called humility. I am a little person in a massive market with market forces that can overwhelm me. Im but a drop in the ocean.
If you're referring to the earlier discussion of the NQ, it's not a stop. The trade is scratched if price doesn't do what's expected. If two successive trades are scratched, then it is highly likely that one is entering chop, so he backs off and does nothing until price starts trending again. Monday and Tuesday, for example, were particulary bleak. But Wednesday and today more than made up for the earlier bench-sitting. That's to be expected.