Matt, the reversal trade today I think was the key. I was just looking at some of my systems - many of which were short on Friday (I was flat for the weekend) but had I been holding all, then reversed the trades on signals, would have still ended the day up overall better than 3%. This isn't bad. It's not great, but 3% gain beats losses of all levels. This market is tough and for those that are having a hard time with losses - my suggestion would be to avoid holding over weekends at a minimum. If you had taken profits on Friday, and market went down more today, you could have re-entered. More often than not, gaps up or down reverse in the first half hour or so at least a decent amount - if you want to get back short on Monday - then do it after the opening gap has reversed. This way you are still working on prior profits, and although you may have missed a few points, you are on the right side of the trade without losses. My personal tolerance combined with a news driven market, has kept me away from holding over weekends much of anything outside of gold or energy trades.