You did not understand what was suggested to you: buy a put for each put you sell, so that you limit the loss if any.
my crystal ball shows the following.......... op will get lucky a few months and think he's a pro. op then borrows from his credit card and family. op will leverage more and more. op blows up.
I am not a big fan of bull put spreads. The "insurance" leg doesn't seem to offer much protection. For example, let's look at a recent trade: an ATM put from Thursday close going into Friday of last week. The ATM put was sold for $14.00, and an OTM put was bought for $7.00. The ATM put closed on Friday at $30.00, and the OTM put closed at $16.00. In one day, this spread widened and lost about $7.00 per spread. If the "insurance leg is closer to the ATM put's strike, then it tracks better. Yes, the insurance provides a stop loss, but still at a high price.
Let me see if I got this straight. ATM put was sold for $14.00 on Thursday close versus the Put spread sold for $7.00. ON the close of Friday, according to your numbers, the ATM put closed at $30 for an unrealized loss of $16.00. On the close of Friday, according to your numbers, the Put Spread has an unrealized loss of $7.00. So you prefer the one day loss of $16.00 over the hedged position which losses only $7.00 for the same move. It is fine if you do but I am not sure you realized what you said.
Just noticed this thread & pulled up a chart. No real comment on your original premise. However, you should consider some additional chart work for your entries. At the time you entered the trade, there were a number of short-term bearish signals - which you either didn't see or decided to ignore. Doesn't seem like a good idea to start your trade from a hole .... R