Parlay everything that you learned into massive gains. The rest of this year will have incredible volatility... don't forget that there's an election in November! I'm personally impressed at how hard you fought, and that you went for it. You came out with a black eye; far better than riding pine during this historic event. More important is that you have the brains to study the lessons that the market gave you. That's the key: never lose the lesson in any trade.
Why? Some interesting statistics regarding cheetah hunting: If you trade like a cheetah hunting, you don't need high win rate to make a good living.
Perhaps cheetah hunting correspond to ULL/HFT trading? Highest speed, right? They see an opportunity, and seize their prey with an incredible burst of speed--faster than any other on earth.
And also a rabbit duckling into safety at first sign of trouble.. tightened up trailing stops to look in profits now in TVIX SDOW FAZ TZA SRTY etc
I made a living with a 37% win rate. (2.5 to 1 reward to risk) risking 1% of my capital per trade. Couple of trades a week.
The graveyard of failed/failing 3x ETF's over the past few months is remarkable. Look no further than the JNUG/NUGT for a great example of how daily rebalancing in extreme volatility can kill both bull and bear side of these things, regardless of where the underlying eventually ends up. And yes, SOX or QQQ or other leading indicies, similar story, but a drip, drip, drip effect. That said, the "compress and explode" patterns on them are what I try to look for.
I sold most of my swing trading inverses today starting premkt to lock in gains from last Thursday & Friday entries I'd held over the weekend. I'm trying to take action on lessons learned, great to see it paid off. Here's today's trades