it seems that I am making way more money with $850 to $1,000 increments than I was making with smaller increments,
I would suggest that your touchy-feely analysis is just plain wrong.
you seem to be pointing out that you have been taking some breaks from trading
Yes. The 'breaks' are motivated not by time matters, but rather that in a bull market any such trading will tend to make you fiat-rich and crypto-poor. Accordingly, I trade only when I want fiat. Of course, this last two weeks being a rather large episode, I need to plan a way to gracefully wind it down.
when my increments are larger, I seem to end up leaving less money on the table when the price out runs me
You've not seen much of my sell side. Price does
not outrun me.