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#18 · Short · closed
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BTCUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Mon 3 Aug, 12:56 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry avg57414.5
Size total0.77
Stop57845.8
Target55875.9
Risk332.14 USDT
of equity1.32%
R:R3.57
Notional44 209.13 USDT
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Time In / out Price Size
Result
Exit avg57845.8
Net-367.40 USDT
R-1.11R
Gross-332.14 USDT
Fees35.27 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 59m
EndedStop hit
ClosedMon 3 Aug, 15:55
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

253 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sun 2 Aug, 21:55 to Mon 3 Aug, 19:00

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. Mon 3 Aug · 12:56
  2. Opened 57414.5 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 57845.8 · target 55875.9

  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. 12:56
  2. Sold 0.385 at 57249.1
  3. 14:22
  4. Added 0.385 at 57579.8 · 0.77 left

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

  1. 15:55
  2. Closed 57845.8 · stop hit

  3. Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.
  4. 18:27
  5. Reviewed broke
Rules

Broke the rules 2 rules broken, named below

Plan rules · Range reclaim 1 broken 5 kept · 6 in all

EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.

  • Stop loss in place at entry kept · measured Stop at 57845.8.
  • Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measured Planned 3.5668× the risk, against 1.5.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity broke · measured Risked 1.321% of equity (25142.72 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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