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#33 · Long · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Tue 11 Aug, 07:05 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry avg2786.79
Size total10.52
Stop2760.08
Target2860.91
Risk280.99 USDT
of equity1.11%
R:R2.78
Notional29 317.03 USDT
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Time In / out Price Size
Result
Exit avg2760.08
Net-304.55 USDT
R-1.08R
Gross-280.99 USDT
Fees23.56 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 38m
EndedStop hit
ClosedTue 11 Aug, 09:43
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

223 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Mon 10 Aug, 17:50 to Tue 11 Aug, 12:25

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 11 Aug · 07:05
  2. Opened 2786.79 avg · Long · 2 entries · stop 2760.08 · target 2860.91

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

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

  1. 07:05
  2. Bought 5.26 at 2798.93
  3. 08:41
  4. Added 5.26 at 2774.65 · 10.52 left

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

  1. 09:43
  2. Closed 2760.08 · stop hit

  3. Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.
  4. 13:14
  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 2760.08.
  • Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.775× the risk, against 1.5.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity broke · measured Risked 1.11% of equity (25313.88 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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