Was this a sin?
We all "know" that news trading is folly, but would you advise against the trade I just took?
Knowing the NFP was about to be released I saw the resistance lines and round number we can all see. So I placed a buy stop order at 1.4917 (just above my horizontal resistance and major channel line).
5 seconds later I'm out with 21 pips, after spread and 3 requotes.
What I'm saying is that although the trade was "only a scalp", it was valid based on a 4hr resistance breakout. Also anticipating the spike I adjusted my expectation accordingly and liquidated the whole position straight away.