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#44 · Short · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Sat 15 Aug, 03:22 · thesis sealed at the open

Entry2693.23
Size9.48
Stop2717.87
Target2620.35
Risk233.59 USDT
of equity0.97%
R:R2.96
Notional25 531.82 USDT
Result
Exit2620.35
Net670.48 USDT
R2.87R
Gross690.90 USDT
Fees20.43 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held4h 46m
EndedTarget hit
ClosedSat 15 Aug, 08:08
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

403 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Fri 14 Aug, 03:25 to Sat 15 Aug, 13:00

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. Sat 15 Aug · 03:22
  2. Opened 2693.23 · Short · stop 2717.87 · target 2620.35

  3. Retest held, entering with a stop below it. Should be a quick one.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

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

  1. 04:29
  2. Moved the stop to 2752.36 · further out

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

  1. 08:08
  2. Closed 2620.35 · target hit

  3. Moved the stop further away when it went against me, and it came back. That is luck, not skill — I broke my rule.
  4. 16:36
  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 2717.87.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.9578× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.9714% of equity (24046.74 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 2717.87 to 2752.36, further from entry.
  • Never pull the target closer in kept · measured Never moved.
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