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#116 · Long · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Wed 30 Sep, 16:03 · thesis sealed 2m after the open

Entry2616.25
Size10.52
Stop2591.44
Target2667.67
Risk261.00 USDT
of equity0.99%
R:R2.07
Notional27 522.95 USDT
Result
Exit2634.5
Net169.97 USDT
R0.65R
Gross191.99 USDT
Fees22.02 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held38m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedWed 30 Sep, 16:41
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

273 bars from BINANCE at 1m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Wed 30 Sep, 12:48 to Wed 30 Sep, 17:21

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. Wed 30 Sep · 16:03
  2. Opened 2616.25 · Long · stop 2591.44 · target 2667.67 · logged 2m later

  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. 16:41
  2. Closed 2634.5 · closed by hand

  3. Lucky. Entered without the retest and price happened to keep going. Bad process, good outcome.
  4. 21:23
  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 2591.44.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 2.0726× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.9942% of equity (26253.62 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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