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#47 · Short · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Tue 18 Aug, 09:13 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry2602.55
Size5.39
Stop2646.4
Target2497.85
Risk236.35 USDT
of equity0.96%
R:R2.39
Notional14 027.74 USDT
Result
Exit2646.4
Net-247.57 USDT
R-1.05R
Gross-236.35 USDT
Fees11.22 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held8h 23m
EndedStop hit
ClosedTue 18 Aug, 17:36
VerdictFollowed
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

707 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sun 16 Aug, 15:10 to Wed 19 Aug, 02:05

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 18 Aug · 09:13
  2. Opened 2602.55 · Short · stop 2646.4 · target 2497.85

  3. Higher low holding above the level it just broke. Entry on the retest, stop just under it, nothing in the way until the last high.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

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

  1. 17:36
  2. Closed 2646.4 · stop hit

  3. Stopped out for 1R. The setup was valid and the market reversed; nothing I would do differently.
  4. Wed 19 Aug · 01:10
  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 2646.4.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.3877× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.9617% of equity (24577.23 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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