One thing I've never been great at is teaching or explaining...

One thing I've never been great at is teaching or explaining myself (just ask the wife...) I dont trade every day unless I like what I see. I always start with a day chart and then work my way down to a 1 min chart.
I wait until the candle pushes past the outer edge of the standard deviation and it should invariably head back towards the centre and if strength is there push past it. Im probably not making much sense here, but it makes sense to me. My most successful trades is usually over two to three days, have a look at the 1 min chart below to see what i mean.