Bluetacktwo, Sorry for the late answer, but I was busy with work too. 1st off, I have to be honest regarding tuesday's trading day: I went into the day thinking that the market looked very strong after monday's move up, but not extended enough to go with a full short bias. When this happensI try to limit myself to 2 or 3 VERY clear trades....I ended up with 6 trades. I over traded badly per my plan. One trader even asked me if I was "revenge trading" FAZ, and I replied "very possible". As for the FAZ trades: 14:03 FAZ BUY 18.90 -I went into the day tues thinking that we would get a range bound day, some up moves and some down moves, but nothing too major in either direction. So when FAZ broke down and became extended to the low side from mon into tues I started to watch it for some higher lows on the 5 min charts. From 1:20 to 1:30 (3 bars) FAZ broke the LOD. The 1:35 bar erases the whole sell off in on bar(showing me a sign of strength). I continue to watch FAZ to see if it can put in a higher low , preferably in the top 50% of the 1:35 bar. The 1:50 bar sets the highr low and I look to buy over that(18.89)...since my clock is st to ET time it is posted at 14:03. I place my stop below the last pivot of 18.58(stop is 18.50) and look for a 2.0 return (19.70), I check to see if this is attainable on the charts(a pivot high at 12:10 of 19.67) , then enter the trade. 14:46 FAZ BUY 19.13 After FAZ breaks back down and puts in a double bottom at 2:10 it rallies and puts in a double top at 2:40 showing me a sign of at least SOME strength....I start to watch it now for a higher low, would like to see it in the top 50% of the last move up. The 2:45 bar high is 19:12, I put an order in OVER that price (19.13) and a stop below the pivot (18.82- stop 18.78) and look for a target of 19.85(which looks attainable if we get to the pivot of the 10:50 selloff) So, a very long answer to your question...I usually try to stick to some bias I enter the day with and that bias comes from the daily charts. Second I try to stay on the same side of the market, I wouldn't buy FAZ if the indexes were showing me buy set ups too. I do not use any other indicators to trade, just volume bars, 20 and 40 SMA's. I hope this helps..let me know if you have any other questions regarding entries. Mine are pretty simple.-G