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#12 · Short · closed
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BTCUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Wed 29 Jul, 09:32 · thesis sealed 2m after the open

Entry avg58364.8
Size total0.58
Stop58692.3
Target57260.8
Risk189.98 USDT
of equity0.73%
R:R3.37
Notional33 851.56 USDT
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Time In / out Price Size
Result
Exit avg58692.3
Net-217.00 USDT
R-1.14R
Gross-189.98 USDT
Fees27.02 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 16m
EndedStop hit
ClosedWed 29 Jul, 11:48
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

959 bars from BINANCE at 1m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Tue 28 Jul, 22:07 to Wed 29 Jul, 14:06

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. Wed 29 Jul · 09:32
  2. Opened 58364.8 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 58692.3 · target 57260.8 · logged 2m later

  3. Good level, good structure. In with a normal size and a normal stop.
  4. Plan Range reclaim

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

  1. 09:32
  2. Sold 0.29 at 58228.8
  3. 10:43
  4. Added 0.29 at 58500.7 · 0.58 left

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

  1. 11:48
  2. Closed 58692.3 · stop hit

  3. Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.
  4. 18:51
  5. Reviewed broke
Rules

Broke the rules one rule broken, named below

Plan rules · Range reclaim 6 kept · 6 in all

EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.

  • Stop loss in place at entry kept · measured Stop at 58692.3.
  • Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measured Planned 3.3703× the risk, against 1.5.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.7347% of equity (25857.78 account), against 1.
  • Level was untouched since it formed kept Your answer.

ManagementiSettled at the close.

  • Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measured Never moved.
  • No more than 2 entries kept · measured 2 entries, against 2.
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