Opened Wed 26 Aug, 12:36 · thesis sealed 2m after the open
Entry avg134.03
Size total132.8
Stop135.67
Target126.75
Risk218.46 USDT
of equity0.89%
R:R4.42
Notional17 798.52 USDT
Did you scale in or out of this?
Every add and every piece you took off, in the order it happened — the entry, the exit
and the size are worked out from them. A blank time means the moment the trade opened
or closed.
Result
Exit avg133.62
Net39.64 USDT
R0.18R
Gross53.78 USDT
Fees14.14 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held6h 49m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedWed 26 Aug, 19:25
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
575 bars from BYBIT
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Tue 25 Aug, 02:25 to Thu 27 Aug, 02:20
It changes nothing about the trade — your fills, fees and contract size stay
BYBIT's — and the chart says
where the bars came from.
Timeline
BeforeiWhy you took it, written before you were in it.
Wed 26 Aug · 12:36
Opened134.03 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 135.67 · target 126.75 · logged 2m later
Plan entry on the retest. Stop under the swing, target the high. One entry, that is the plan.
PlanRange reclaim
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
12:36
Sold 66.4at 133.12
12:50
Added 66.4at 134.93 · 132.8 left
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
19:25
Closed133.62 · closed by hand
Added to a losing position hoping to average down. Turned a 1R loss into a 2R loss. Never again.
Thu 27 Aug · 03:07
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rulesone rule broken, named below
Plan rules · Range reclaim6 kept · 6 in all
EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.
✓
Stop loss in place at entry kept · measuredStop at 135.67.
✓
Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 4.4225× the risk, against 1.5.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.8935% of equity (24449.99 account), against 1.
✓
Level was untouched since it formed keptYour answer.
ManagementiSettled at the close.
✓
Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measuredNever moved.
✓
No more than 2 entries kept · measured2 entries, against 2.
Account rules1 broken2 kept · 3 in all
✓
No more than 4 trades in a day kept · measuredThe 2nd trade of that day, against 4.
✓
No new trade within 30 minutes of closing a loser kept · measuredTaken 169 min after closing a loser, against 30.
✕
Never add to a losing trade broke · measuredAdded 66.4 at 134.93 with the position at 133.12 — underwater.
Something to add to this trade?
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exactly as it is — that is the version worth keeping.
Logged this by mistake?
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delete the wrong one the trade and everything you wrote can be brought back from the
database.