more on types of days

Today we got a day with a nice trending run up, then the rest of the day it traded in a 10 to 15 point range
it i extremely hard to trade 10 point moves, we all wait for confirmation ( 3 points lost), then execute the trade (1 more point), then when it reverses and comes back 5 points, no profit.
I took the rest of the day off when I saw this. They call this a sideways day I call it chop.