Profitable Trade Today

I closed out my EUR/JPY position late this morning after about a $2100 profit (122 pips x 2 lots.)  I’ve always heard that entering a position is the easy part and exiting is the most difficult.  This certainly has proved true over the last 10 weeks.  As I stated this morning, I almost closed this position out early this morning when it was only up $800.  Instead, I closed it out at what I thought was the right time, before it retraced to where it is now, about 25 pips above where I exited.  Was this the right thing to do?  I’d like to hear from some of you because I honestly don’t know.  Here is what the 1 hour looks like now:

It looks to me like there is pretty good support at 141.46 after 4 straight tops at this "resistance" level.  I exited at the 38.2% fibonacci retrace but it could be in consolidation mode waiting to gather enough energy to continue downward.  The price is slowly working its way back to the upper Keltner channel as the 34 EMA or Wave trails about 25 pips above this.  By this evening, these channels will probably be superimposed on one another. 

I would think about entering back into this position this evening if the level of resistance holds but I’ve found that anytime I exit a position profitable, I get the urge to get back in.  It usually turns out to be a mistake.  Maybe I should look elsewhere. 

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