This system has very bad entry and exit. Mostly entered when the big moves were made and usually late to the party. It tries to catch a bigger move. In the real world, price mostly retrace so a huge loss of $1k plus is rather normal. As for exit, the system allowed a trade that was up 2k to dwindle all the way to almost zero before making exit. Stops are useless as they are set very far from the entry. You will be hit badly if there happen to be a significant market move.