seems like the answer to my problems from the last two days is mainly sticking with the trend and only doing countertrades when there's a confluence of factors in your favour, and even then being nimble on those. Also being diligent on drawing trendlines and having patience waiting for the right setups (the latter not always being my forte). Pretty much what yoohoo summed up allready, but sometimes you got to experience it yourself to really understand it ...