Some people use a 5pt stop. So a 4pt dip can easily take someone out depending on where they entered. You're welcome to show your trades if you're doing much better than the ideas I suggest.
That sounds like a personal preference for stop size, rather than what market is telling. As for your suggestion(s), I have no idea what you are talking about. You posted a chart and a question. I offered you my analysis AND a suggestion!! You didn't agree with it or just didn't like it. Clearly, MY trades would be of no value to you. Do the work Noah.
Look at that....One week ago everyone was scratching their heads wondering why the markets shot up on hot job numbers.....One week later a nice pullback and a move up on the VIX on no new news events. It was due, but was it merely a coincidence that it occurred on October Friday the 13th? I think not.
??? Did you mean perhaps mean 41% 18-Year cumulative return. Not very good! If that's what you meant. For comparison, Here is Citidel's Performance for 2020- 2023 for example: Citadel Advisors Performance History Performance Metric 3-Year Annualized Return and 3-Year Cumulative Return Top 20 Holdings Weighted 13.33% 45.56% Top 20 Holdings Unweighted 10.61% 35.33% Top 50 Holdings Weighted 13.41% 45.87% Top 50 Holdings Unweighted 12.86% 43.75%