I only monitor the chart every hour once I check it has come to my area and I have a v formation. Until price has come to my area I will only check the charts a few times a day.
When we have our v formation we need price to fail again on our 1hr/30min, with a big exhaustion candle or a prolonged period of stagnation where price appears horizontal. Like on the GBPCHF USDJPY trades.
Now price has pushed down again I will be looking for another v formation upwards before I think about buying this one.
You are 100% correct. Not only was there no v formation we also had retraced very deep.
Oh well 30pips lost not so bad. There will be more than enough trades in the future to make up for it