Review of NQ short: I was correct about the direction. I simply couldn't hold the trade. The thing is, when you base the trade on the D1 chart but enter on the H1, sometimes you just have to really hold it even though it feels uncomfortable. If the trade is based on the D1 it makes no sense to manage it on the H1 really. The H1 price action was also quite classic, the slow grind lower into bought up into continue grinding lower.
EDIT: to clarify reasoning, the W1 chart was looking very bearish to me at the beginning of this week. The way it put in a nice candle body up and then doji'd it in an overall downtrend made me very bearish. then there are obvious equal lows for stops too. that's the main reasoning for wanting to hold for lower. to supplement that the dxy was looking bullish and obv we have been risk off for a while now.
EDIT: to clarify reasoning, the W1 chart was looking very bearish to me at the beginning of this week. The way it put in a nice candle body up and then doji'd it in an overall downtrend made me very bearish. then there are obvious equal lows for stops too. that's the main reasoning for wanting to hold for lower. to supplement that the dxy was looking bullish and obv we have been risk off for a while now.
The market is just people buying and selling. Don't sweat it