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#101 · Short · closed
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BTCUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Tue 22 Sep, 18:03 · thesis sealed 2m after the open

Entry avg60902.1
Size total0.348
Stop61425.1
Target58789.7
Risk182.02 USDT
of equity0.71%
R:R4.04
Notional21 193.91 USDT
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Time In / out Price Size
Result
Exit avg61135.8
Net-98.24 USDT
R-0.54R
Gross-81.35 USDT
Fees16.89 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held8h 59m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedWed 23 Sep, 03:02
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

757 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sun 20 Sep, 21:00 to Wed 23 Sep, 12:05

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 22 Sep · 18:03
  2. Opened 60902.1 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 61425.1 · target 58789.7 · logged 2m later

  3. Good level, good structure. In with a normal size and a normal stop.
  4. Plan Trend pullback

DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.

  1. 18:03
  2. Sold 0.174 at 60672.5
  3. 19:28
  4. Added 0.174 at 61131.6 · 0.348 left

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

  1. Wed 23 Sep · 03:02
  2. Closed 61135.8 · closed by hand

  3. Added to a losing position hoping to average down. Turned a 1R loss into a 2R loss. Never again.
  4. 08:25
  5. Reviewed broke
Rules

Broke the rules one rule broken, named below

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 61425.1.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 4.0385× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.711% of equity (25601 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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