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#16 · Short · closed
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SOLUSDT.P BYBIT

Opened Sun 2 Aug, 00:43 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry120.26
Size101
Stop122.42
Target115.71
Risk218.16 USDT
of equity0.86%
R:R2.11
Notional12 146.26 USDT
Result
Exit123.47
Net-333.93 USDT
R-1.53R
Gross-324.21 USDT
Fees9.72 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held4h 18m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedSun 2 Aug, 05:01
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

364 bars from BYBIT at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sat 1 Aug, 03:05 to Sun 2 Aug, 09:25

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

Timeline

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

  1. Sun 2 Aug · 00:43
  2. Opened 120.26 · Short · stop 122.42 · target 115.71

  3. Setup is good, level is clear. Stop under the swing low, target the prior high.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

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

  1. 01:06
  2. Moved the stop to 125.43 · further out

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

  1. 05:01
  2. Closed 123.47 · closed by hand

  3. Price hit my stop and I moved it further away because I was sure it would come back. It did not. Small loss became a big one.
  4. 05:32
  5. Reviewed broke
Rules

Broke the rules one rule broken, named below

Plan rules · Trend pullback 1 broken 5 kept · 6 in all

EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.

  • Stop loss in place at entry kept · measured Stop at 122.42.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.1065× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.8631% of equity (25276.04 account), against 1.
  • Waited for the retest kept Your answer.

ManagementiSettled at the close.

  • Never move the stop further away / increase risk broke · measured Stop moved from 122.42 to 125.43, further from entry.
  • Never pull the target closer in kept · measured Never moved.
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