Hesitancy cost me 12.5% instead of 5%

I bought a CFD on Keppel Corp a few days ago which netted me roughly 5% over 3 days. Expecting a retraction, I sold off the first CFD at $11.48 and placed an order for Keppel at $11.40 again, which was filled about 20 mins before the market closed yesterday.

Looking at Keppel Corp's chart, it recently broke out of a multi week consolidation phase, and I bought the first CFD during this breakout. Sold off yesterday (4/11/10) at 5% profit over 3 days from 31/12 to 4/11.

From the chart, the Stochastic (which after analysing a few charts, incl. Wilmar and Sembcorp Marine, seems to be the most accurate indicator predicting the pullbacks and breakouts, crossed over yesterday, and I vowed to myself that I would sell it off immediately today. Unfortunately, Kep Corp opened at 11.42/11.44 today, which I was hesitant to sell off at, preferring to wait for a tick or two up. As you can see from the chart, Kep Corp dropped all the way and it triggered my stop loss at $11.30 (so important for CFD's) and I sustained a 12.5% loss of capital.

It could have been worse as Keppel Corp dropped further to $11.24/$11.26 soon after.

Well that's too bad for me and a lesson learnt.

I will still be monitoring Keppel Corp and taking a position once the uptrend has resumed.