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#67 · Short · closed
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BTCUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Sat 29 Aug, 07:22 · thesis sealed at the open

Entry62172.1
Size0.214
Stop62818.8
Target60413.7
Risk138.39 USDT
of equity0.57%
R:R2.72
Notional13 304.83 USDT
Result
Exit61676.9
Net95.33 USDT
R0.69R
Gross105.97 USDT
Fees10.64 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held50m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedSat 29 Aug, 08:12
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

357 bars from BINANCE at 1m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sat 29 Aug, 03:07 to Sat 29 Aug, 09:04

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 29 Aug · 07:22
  2. Opened 62172.1 · Short · stop 62818.8 · target 60413.7

  3. Missed the first move, chasing the second. I know I should wait for the retest.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

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

  1. 08:12
  2. Closed 61676.9 · closed by hand

  3. It worked, but I chased it and did not wait for the retest. A win I should not count as a good trade.
  4. 17:26
  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 62818.8.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.719× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.5669% of equity (24414.39 account), against 1.
  • Waited for the retest broke 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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