I’ve been at this a very long time, and it’s not realistic to even contemplate any sort of BS notion about placing a Stop “where people can’t find it”. Let’s be generous and say that you are going to have the great fortune to have an intraday trading strategy with a 65% W/L ratio. Obviously...
First it would be paramount to learn about your trading timeframes in order to best answer your question.
Are you trading intraday or longer time frames ? Are you scalping or swing trading ? What data sampling rate are you using ? ( tic data, 1 minute, 5 minute, Daily, Weekly ... ? ) Are you...
Fake news plant. Oil from the Mid East is graded as “SOUR” - in other words, it has a high sulphur content, has a slower catylitic Crack throughput, and therefore trades at a discount to North American and North Sea Brent grades.
For those looking for some simplistic clarification: look at the short term US Treasury Note yields and compare them to the Ten Year Note yield. Short term paper with that kind of juice usually - but not always, augers towards recession.
Apparently the market at present doesn’t appear terribly concerned about Wave Counts and Fibonacci - it’s much more concerned with the broad equity markets and global demand.
Elder’s sizing plan is a very wise one. Getting from SPY to ES is the wrong mindset IMO - you’re asking the best route from Paris to Lisbon whilst ignoring your mode of transport.
Finding consistency is your only concern. And it’s a much bigger and more immediate challenge for you than...