So I went back and checked the other forum again that made the connection editor go in the minus direction.

it was correct and fixed my issue (where I went wrong was in step 8. I connected to input.X again instead of output.x)

(sorry for linking another forum sight I just want to be through)

How do i make a negative connection in the CONNECTION EDITOR?
https://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/.../t-140735.html