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#111 · Short · closed
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BTCUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Tue 29 Sep, 07:55 · thesis sealed 1m after the open

Entry avg59394.4
Size total0.582
Stop59975
Target57473
Risk337.94 USDT
of equity1.29%
R:R3.31
Notional34 567.51 USDT
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Time In / out Price Size
Result
Exit avg58789.6
Net324.42 USDT
R0.96R
Gross351.96 USDT
Fees27.55 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held3h 52m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedTue 29 Sep, 11:47
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

327 bars from BINANCE at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Mon 28 Sep, 12:30 to Tue 29 Sep, 15:45

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 29 Sep · 07:55
  2. Opened 59394.4 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 59975 · target 57473

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

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

  1. 07:55
  2. Sold 0.291 at 59164.9
  3. 09:44
  4. Added 0.291 at 59623.8 · 0.582 left

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

  1. 11:47
  2. Closed 58789.6 · closed by hand

  3. Added to it when it went against me and it came back. Wrong lesson to learn from this one: the rule says never add to a loser.
  4. 18:41
  5. Reviewed broke
Rules

Broke the rules 2 rules broken, named below

Plan rules · Range reclaim 1 broken 5 kept · 6 in all

EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.

  • Stop loss in place at entry kept · measured Stop at 59975.
  • Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measured Planned 3.309× the risk, against 1.5.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity broke · measured Risked 1.288% of equity (26236.9 account), against 1.
  • Level was untouched since it formed kept Your answer.

ManagementiSettled at the close.

  • Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measured Never moved.
  • No more than 2 entries kept · measured 2 entries, against 2.
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