I exited PARA at $14.30 earlier. Didn't see your post but our thinking is/was very much the same.
I'm staying away from SQQQ because I don't have the wisdom (GUTS?!!!) to mess with it much these days. I'm sticking mostly with TQQQ ... waiting for decent drops then taking sure profits: rinse and repeat.
Persuaded Yellen and crew has been told by Biden's cronies NOT to get 401K'ers all up in a fearful dither (as much as possible, anyway) the months leading up to the election. Hence I believe the PPT is more on my side up until election than betting short on the Indexes.
Now should the Trumpster get elected, I could see going into 2025 as the year to be playing SQQQ a great deal.
(By the way -- you the gentleman who lives in Hawaii?)