When I trade short term, I often scalp around areas where I think there may be a trend bottoming and setting up a reversal... with a hair trigger (I was often early to the trend change, but still was able to profit in the chop). This may seem crazy to do... since trend changes can often be choppy, but can't tell you how many pips I was able to pick up by doing this... and the big reason... some of my most profitable trades have been placed this way = Once the trend turned, I transitioned the scalp into a momentum trade and rode it up the trend.