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#86 · Short · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Tue 8 Sep, 20:22 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry2563.73
Size2.97
Stop2606.53
Target2472.41
Risk127.12 USDT
of equity0.52%
R:R2.13
Notional7 614.28 USDT
Result
Exit2534.79
Net79.86 USDT
R0.63R
Gross85.95 USDT
Fees6.09 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held3h 25m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedTue 8 Sep, 23:47
VerdictFollowed
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

289 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Tue 8 Sep, 03:10 to Wed 9 Sep, 03:15

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 8 Sep · 20:22
  2. Opened 2563.73 · Short · stop 2606.53 · target 2472.41

  3. Reclaim of the range low with volume. Stop under the wick, target the middle of the range. Patient, took it on the retest.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

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

  1. 23:47
  2. Closed 2534.79 · closed by hand

  3. Took profit at the target, exactly as planned. Calm the whole way, did not touch the stop.
  4. Wed 9 Sep · 04:24
  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 2606.53.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.1336× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.5209% of equity (24403.11 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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