Testing too early?

My boyfriend and i had unprotected sex when i was ovulating but he pulled out, but i’m late to my period. I’ve read somewhere that pregnancy tests don’t detect anything until HCG levels are elevated at the 4 week mark. I tested on the first day of my missed period because i’ve been having some weird symptoms for the past two weeks and it came back negative. Should i wait longer and test again? Or should i trust the test? I spotted (which i never do, which made it weird) a few days after having sex and i thought maybe i was starting but i put a pad on and didn’t bleed after that. My over thinking self is thinking implantation bleeding. But the test was negative! It also doesn’t help that i took it in the middle of the day and not the first pee of the morning. I’ve been nauseated in the mornings and throughout the day randomly as well.