If you have been sidelined and reluctant to trade every day of this move then you must not be a daytrader as every day the market presents loads of opportunities. If I am wrong then you need a basic education on how day trading works.
Trading is about trading trends in whatever time frame you chose. Trading pullbacks is more advanced so if you can't distinguish a trend from a pullback then you are in for a hard time.
You need some way to identify market structure regardless of time frame. A simple way is to learn swing trading - search ET or get a book on it. Combine this with nazzdack's suggestion of a Ross technique.
Also I recommend you learn something about Fibonacci Trading and some basic Elliot. Even the Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns combined with the use of Trend Lines and price projections is helpful. Learn these so you can develop a style that suits your personality.
The nature of your question suggests the basics are not in place. Going into more advanced techniques without a proper foundation is a bad endeavor as in time you will trade into one of the gaps in your education.