I just realized this is a huge sticking point of mine. I neg often, I can feel themselves qualify'ing themselves to me, BUT I got the concept 'always be the prize' in my head, and I feel like if I reward them I'm giving them what they want and they will walk away.
Does anybody have any advice on when the right moment to reward is? Where is a good place to look on improving here?
Help is appreciated, thanks.
Pretty much everything on rewarding like, when to do it, how often to reward HB8's and HB10's. Maybe a scenario (I learn best from examples) Thanks guys

Many pua's in my area tend to have a problem with over-negging their targets. Personally I only tend to neg 10's or if I do neg it's a very small neg used as a take away after the reward is given. For example, the other day I was talking to a girl and after about a minute of chatting a bit while spraying my friend's food with odo-ban, she got intimately close to me while informing me that she's always been madly in love with me in an overly dramatic tone. So, instead of making out with her which all the other seduced tools do, I decided to reward her for the close proximity and declaration of love by cupping her hands and rubbing them along with the words, "Let me tell you a secret..." (lots of pauses) "Flattery's not going to get you anywhere with me." then pushed her away. I directed her with, "Come here" and rewarded her again by talking to her while playing with her hand, then eventually pushed her away again. Get the idea?