John without actually knowing any details....here's what I think is happening.....you don't have an exit point before you enter and you are just hoping the market will continue going in the direction you hoped....for scalper intraday trades you gotta be in and out....take your 50 or pts (or whatever) and get out no matter what....do not change your exits. Also set realistic targets....for intraday scalps set a target of R 500 per 100 000 of capital....which means if you wanna earn 20 K per month you need 200K capital and dont need to trade every day...maybe 2 or 3 days a week...some days you make 500 some days you make R5000 but when you make your target for the week you stop.....