Opened Wed 2 Sep, 19:44 · thesis sealed 2m after the open
Entry avg110.74
Size total284.6
Stop111.94
Target107.64
Risk342.94 USDT
of equity1.39%
R:R2.57
Notional31 515.18 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 avg111.94
Net-368.04 USDT
R-1.07R
Gross-342.94 USDT
Fees25.09 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held3h 25m
EndedStop hit
ClosedWed 2 Sep, 23:09
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
290 bars from BYBIT
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Wed 2 Sep, 02:30 to Thu 3 Sep, 02:40
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 2 Sep · 19:44
Opened110.74 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 111.94 · target 107.64 · 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.
19:44
Sold 142.3at 110.22
19:54
Added 142.3at 111.25 · 284.6 left
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
23:09
Closed111.94 · stop hit
Added to a losing position hoping to average down. Turned a 1R loss into a 2R loss. Never again.
Thu 3 Sep · 03:04
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rules2 rules broken, named below
Plan rules · Range reclaim1 broken5 kept · 6 in all
EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.
✓
Stop loss in place at entry kept · measuredStop at 111.94.
✓
Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 2.5685× the risk, against 1.5.
✕
Risk no more than 1% of equity broke · measuredRisked 1.3941% of equity (24599.16 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 · measuredThe trade before this one was not a loss.
✕
Never add to a losing trade broke · measuredAdded 142.3 at 111.25 with the position at 110.22 — underwater.
Something to add to this trade?
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exactly as it is — that is the version worth keeping.
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delete the wrong one the trade and everything you wrote can be brought back from the
database.