Thanks very much for this excellent research as always Matt.  To your point about GDX not uptrending well using the Daily STS- as someone who has traded precious metals for a long time, it appears there are years when precious metals don't do anything and then there are years when it roars.  Who knows, maybe one day we can say the same about the SPY when it gets into a long term sideways range like the stock market did from 1966 to 1982.    I notice that there is a weekly tab for the KISS STS tables- wonder if the Daily stats would be better when longs are initiated only when the Weekly STS is long thus confirming a longer term bull.  But you have found sweet spots in the shorter term time frames like 195min and 78min that work regardless of the bull/bear trend and I guess that is the point of all this.  Would be fascinating to see if such timeframes work in things like the cannabis stocks (MSOS or MJ etf) for the past few years which have had a horrendous bear.  Thank you for reading.