You did say you would have shorted at the opening bell, which means 09:30, and the opening print I have is 2433.00. The lowest print of the day is 15 minutes later, and is 2428.25. Shorting anywhere within the first 5 minutes would have gotten you your 3 points. Perhaps you have a different definition of what you mean by shorting at the opening bell?
Lost -3710 GBP (-4800USD) today, current drawdown from high water mark is -11,000 GBP I have had 26 losing days so far this year, on average there around 48 losing days a year in the back test for this system. List of losing days for this year: -5530 -3130 -756 -4379 -265 -2732 -4187 -2058 -4974 -103 -2807 -2766 -3243 -4107 -3778 -5209 -3513 -8699 -4668 -4920 -1842 -1988 -3402 -7001 -3063 -3710
Over the last six months it was -3500 GBP. At my current position sizing, the average losing day is expected to be -5000 GBP. As the account grows and shrinks my position size changes, if i double my account from current levels then my averaging losing day will be -10000 GBP (based on the back test data). If i have a 50% drawdown from current levels the average losing day will be -2500GBP as my position sizing will be halved as well.
Winning days, which i dont mention as they are not the topic of this journal, are obviously much bigger (on average) than the losing days. Otherwise this would all be a waste of time.