I f your 3 pip stop worked on that entry , ,you would made 80 pips at $1,000 a pip today $80,000, pity noob sandwiches await!
How fast do you think the market turns? Do the computer programs turn on a dime or do they wait on retail traders with AE's to pile in and help the move? Is 1 pip a big reversal for the algos? How far would they let price go against them? 1 pip? 2/10ths of 1 pip? If you watch the move on a 15m chart when is the "smart" time to act? Tell me when I should get in and where I should place my stop so I am smart... like you?
Both me and Xspurt know one trader, who normally times his entries with mental stops of like 2-3 ticks in futures, regularly turning such trades into gains of 7 figures each... Only what limits you is your beliefs.