my struggle is in a case like today the nq made a lower high around 9cst. I shorted and used 4127 as my stop. Moved 12 points in my favor only to retrace all of it and not sure when the trade becomes in valid
That's not true because my target could be hit and move more in my favor and reverse and I would then move my stop to my original target. I find it hard to understand how you can criticize my method when you know nothing about it
Actually both contracts wouldn't run to the full stop if my target is hit 1st. And like I said earlier i won't let my stop be hit if price action says I should get out.