The absolute last thing in this profession you want to be is someone else' liquidity. Everyone buying today's high-volume downtrend was on the wrong side, and they literally transferred money out of their accounts into the accounts of traders who were selling into a high-volume decline.
Post-It note for everyone's computer screen:
"I will buy rising tapes and sell falling tapes with confidence. I will cut losses short and I will let profits run"
Get good at that, and the ES (or any other market) will become your own personal ATM machine.
Too bad nobody rings a bell to let us know when 6% range days are unfolding... only visible in hindsight. I covered ES shorts at 1755 before noon. My first trade was long and stopped out for -1.5 points but from then on, the short side was the only side to be on.