Ahhh, I see you were joking now Concinnity. Understood. But I was not judging you. Glad you went long when you did, I timed it pretty well also, was buying pretty much the whole way down. I got scared and didn't buy more after I think that last big down day, wish I had. But still good! Congratulations to you!
You left out a few geopolitical events. But when has the Fed NOT artificially propped up the markets...
%% ACTUALLY\ a downtrend is much more likely than a crash, SPY,QQQ , IWM are mostly downtrending all year. SPXL 2020 low is almost 89% from $140/150 high this year. QLD is still upticking today but that's counter trend.
How is the ES even tradeable? It's so choppy it is like catching 20 knives in a row in order to get anything. Only higher time frames?
%% BUY one Sell2 nickname does it well; with big drawdowns + some shorter trades. Another hint \CME designed it to trade. Much better to trade a downtrend than try to be a bottom picker\cotton picker.