The way you are approaching risk management(stops) is forcing you to be damn near perfect on your 1 contract entries. Think about it- If you are trading properly and you enter your trade to get 10 or 20 pts but you are a little early, the second contract improves your basis... Even if your calculated risk reward is not perfect- you still stand a chance 50/50 chance of the trade working to its full potential, more than you expected or something less than you expected- that's 3 positive outcomes out of 4. How can one quantify their context and trading bias into ticks or points and reduce the "risk" of the trade accordingly- you cant! By saying "I am wrong on this trade because the market moved 3 pts" is Bullshit. By accepting that being wrong by 3 pts or 5pts or much worse even fewer points is what will hold you back. Measuring risk this way is wrong. That's the stuff book authors who can't trade a lick and broker dealers who get paid per transaction want you to believe because it appeals to your psychological "safety" and their pocket.
The market will tell you when you are wrong. The internals will disagree and price action will follow and you will know- selecting an arbitrary point value or swing hi/low is not the key to managing risk.
One last thing- your focus should be on making returns and managing risk-not vice versa. It's all in the state of mind.. -Walter D. Wintle