Fiddling with your stop right after you place it

[Fairman]

Is moving the stop to break even early also a form of fiddling? I think it can be. Moving to break even after a few pips feels safe, but it often turns potential winners into scratch trades when price pulls back slightly before continuing. If your plan says to move to break even at a certain point, fine. If you do it early because you're nervous, that's the same pattern as other stop fiddling. Tracking break even exits separately in the journal shows how many of them would have reached the target.