I understand your question and I hope your confusion is not due to any inconsistency in my management of these trades. I admit that I have made a few mistakes that might cause some confusion. Thinking about this reply is constructive (thank-you).
For this thread, my trade management includes techniques from both momentum and trend trading styles. I consider these styles as very different. Raising sell stops and reducing risk after entry is a momentum technique designed to lower AL. We agree that this is important. I won't be as aggressive as you to get to BE.
My first target is the +2R price level, along with prior S/R levels. Once price gets past this level I'll use a tight exit stop (momentum technique) and try to lock in +1.5R to +2R. This may allow a shallow consolidation to unfold but not a deeper pullback. A trend trader would allow the HL to form which would be after either a shallow consolidation or a deeper pullback giving back open profit.
Until price gets past the +2R level I'll manage the trades as a trend trader might. That will keep the turnover at a manageable level instead of grabbing lots of quick +1R results. In order for me to get a larger (>+3R) result, the price movement must not have a deep (>25%) correction.
The choice of the trade management style creates slightly different result distributions.
A purely momentum style: W%~60%, AW +1R, AL -0.7R Expectancy = 0.32
Highest # of trades, but too much work for me unless I trade them myself.
Current management style: W%~50%, AW +1.5R, AL -0.7R Expectancy = 0.40
Reasonable # of trades and the cumulative results should engage followers.
A trend trading style with raising stops quickly initally : W%~40%, AW +2.1R, AL -0.7R Expectancy = 0.42
Lowest # of trades and could get boring when the market goes sideways (like now). :frown: