Wouldn't several small gains, using a compound interest system to grow your stack exponentially work better and ultimately quicker than waiting for the big ones?
Like below, if you make 5 trades in a day at 1% after each trade.  Especially if you've got a smaller stack to begin with?

Start = .025 BTC
1% after fees profit each trade.
.0252500
.0255025
.0257573
.0260151
.0262751

Is about 5.1% for the day. Also assume that any loss on a trade is limited to 1%.

How many times do bigger swing trades take place and for what percent?