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#11 · Short · closed
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BTCUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Tue 28 Jul, 15:09 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry avg57951
Size total0.698
Stop58220.2
Target56973.3
Risk187.94 USDT
of equity0.72%
R:R3.63
Notional40 449.76 USDT
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Time In / out Price Size
Result
Exit avg58220.2
Net-220.24 USDT
R-1.17R
Gross-187.94 USDT
Fees32.30 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held4h 48m
EndedStop hit
ClosedTue 28 Jul, 19:57
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

406 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Mon 27 Jul, 15:00 to Wed 29 Jul, 00:50

It changes nothing about the trade — your fills, fees and contract size stay BINANCE's — and the chart says where the bars came from.

Timeline

BeforeiWhy you took it, written before you were in it.

  1. Tue 28 Jul · 15:09
  2. Opened 57951 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 58220.2 · target 56973.3

  3. Plan entry on the retest. Stop under the swing, target the high. One entry, that is the plan.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.

  1. 15:09
  2. Sold 0.349 at 57843.1
  3. 15:27
  4. Added 0.349 at 58058.8 · 0.698 left

AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.

  1. 19:57
  2. Closed 58220.2 · stop hit

  3. Added to a losing position hoping to average down. Turned a 1R loss into a 2R loss. Never again.
  4. Wed 29 Jul · 01:08
  5. Reviewed broke
Rules

Broke the rules one rule broken, named below

Plan rules · Trend pullback 6 kept · 6 in all

EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.

  • Stop loss in place at entry kept · measured Stop at 58220.2.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 3.631× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.7207% of equity (26078.02 account), against 1.
  • Waited for the retest kept Your answer.

ManagementiSettled at the close.

  • Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measured Never moved.
  • Never pull the target closer in kept · measured Never moved.
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