This month seems an absolute lost case. I generally increase my stop-loss measure when a stock is experiencing very strong abrupt reversals. Currently, Idea is going through the same and is causing whipsaws.Exited the position, for taking a pause, but need to rework the Stop loss for this scrip. The other side is Colpal and Nifty which whipsaw in my SL knocking it on either side. Reduced the Stops on these scrips to 1/4th of my normal calculation and entered them. Need a strong review of this month and fine tune the stops.
When your scrip hits the distance 3 times your stop loss and you reverse and it hits stop loss immediately on the other side, it just means you need to increase your stop loss size. This happened with Idea today.
Profit or loss is not more important than risk. If stop loss is increasing, then risk is increasing. To mitigate this then lots should be reduced.
I started trading BDL and exited quickly in 2 days. BDL behaves just like Delhivery described above. The only way this can be traded is by increasing SL or by changing TF to 1 hour. Otherwise this can put one's account into a hole.
Once a scrip is identified, it paid me better to study recent charts for a couple of months before committing money for the trade. Testing recent moves with different stop losses and different time frames helped. Also observing extreme fast movements and behavior at day open.