Another question that needs to be addressed:
What happens if an entry is hit, but then the price retraces during the same 5 mins to beyond the high / low of the bar? For example, picture this scenario - a new hour opens at 1.2540, the price goes a little higher to 1.2543 and then drops down through what would be the entry line at 1.2525. So far the stop should be at 1.2545 (2 pips beyond the high of the bar)...but what if after entry and during the same 5 mins the price retraces to beyond 1.2545?
I ask the question because looking at a 5 min chart in retrospect, the bar is closed and the high or low of the bar is known.
My suggestion would be to place an initial stop just beyond the line that's in the opposite direction to the entry, and then if that's not hit, to move it down to 2 pips beyond the 5 min bar as soon as it closes. Whilst watching it live on Friday, I didn't see this scenario happening, but that doesn't mean to say it won't happen, there's nothing to stop the entry being hit, and then to retrace beyond the bar and then to turn again in the right direction all in the same bar. But what can be seen clearly in the charts, that except for the 3 unprofitable trades at 2pm, 6pm & 7pm, the line in the opposite direction was never crossed before the targets were hit.
Also if you look closely at the unprofitable trades, by moving the stop to beyond the 5 min entry bar after it closes, this limits the size of the loss because it can be seen that none of the entry bars actually crosses the line in the opposite direction.
I'm sorry if I'm rambling a bit too much, but if you look at the chart in the above post, and look at the entries and what happens after bar by bar, what I say should become clear...if not feel free to ask 😉
Bunny