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#32 · Short · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Mon 10 Aug, 15:47 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry2831.27
Size5.21
Stop2864.1
Target2761.88
Risk171.04 USDT
of equity0.68%
R:R2.11
Notional14 750.92 USDT
Result
Exit2811.51
Net91.15 USDT
R0.53R
Gross102.95 USDT
Fees11.80 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held3h 27m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedMon 10 Aug, 19:14
VerdictFollowed
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

292 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sun 9 Aug, 22:25 to Mon 10 Aug, 22:45

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 10 Aug · 15:47
  2. Opened 2831.27 · Short · stop 2864.1 · target 2761.88

  3. Pullback into the 4h 21 EMA after a clean break of the range high. Stop under the swing low, target the prior high. Waited for the retest and got it.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

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

  1. 19:14
  2. Closed 2811.51 · closed by hand

  3. Held it without fiddling and it paid. Nothing to change here.
  4. Tue 11 Aug · 03:55
  5. Reviewed followed
Rules

Followed every rule that could be answered was kept

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 2864.1.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.1136× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.6781% of equity (25222.73 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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