Sometimes when a trade goes against you, you are glad just to get back to even. But in some cases that trade would have worked out. They just head fake you out.
Here is a chart of the IWM which is the russel 2000. I went long puts only to be rallied against me. Then I kept averaging down, and then it went in my way. Well I was glad to be back to even and then sold, but would have been raking in the money if I would have held.
You can see the charts we just broke down, and went through the 50. I might go long tomorrow for a scalp if we open down. Just to get a retest of the 50