short term sell ? long term buy

Looking at what has happen to oil and destroying my account (my own fault as no stoploss used ) first rule of trading limit your loss ! I will carry on but with tiny trades tight stops ans small profit targets ! still at least 2:1 aiming for 3:1 ! Im looking at taking the short on a sell stop if it hits the top of the desending channel and will be targeting the bottom of the channel with stops around the top of the last candle. this could be an invalid entry if we have missed the boat and the trend has changed and now the USD strength is in full affect