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#132 · Short · closed
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ETHUSDT.P BINANCE

Opened Fri 9 Oct, 23:02 · thesis sealed 2m after the open

Entry3179.69
Size6.9
Stop3213.4
Target3127.7
Risk232.60 USDT
of equity0.77%
R:R1.54
Notional21 939.86 USDT

Binance · synced Wed 14 Oct, 12:16

Result
Exit3260.59
Net-575.76 USDT
R-2.48R
Gross-558.21 USDT
Fees17.55 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 4m
EndedStop hit
ClosedSat 10 Oct, 01:06
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

875 bars from BINANCE at 1m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Fri 9 Oct, 12:37 to Sat 10 Oct, 03:12

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. Fri 9 Oct · 23:02
  2. Opened 3179.69 · Short · stop 3213.4 · target 3127.7 · logged 2m later

  3. Retest held, entering with a stop below it. Should be a quick one.
  4. Plan Range reclaim

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

  1. 23:36
  2. Moved the stop to 3260.59 · further out
  3. 23:43
  4.

    It's going against me and I'm nervous. I just pulled my stop back to give it more room. That's the rule I keep breaking and I know it. I'm doing it anyway, which is silly.

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

  1. Sat 10 Oct · 01:06
  2. Closed 3260.59 · stop hit

  3. Could not accept being wrong, widened the stop, and paid double. The first stop was the right one.
  4. 01:12
  5.

    Stopped out, and it would have been a small loss if I'd left the stop where it was. Moving it cost me about double. The setup was fine, the execution was not. Next time the stop stays put, full stop.
    Rules

    Broke the rules one rule 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 3213.4.
    • Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measured Planned 1.5423× the risk, against 1.5.
    • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.7692% of equity (30240.11 account), against 1.
    • Level was untouched since it formed kept Your answer.

    ManagementiSettled at the close.

    • Never move the stop further away / increase risk broke · measured Stop moved from 3213.4 to 3260.59, further from entry.
    • No more than 2 entries kept · measured 1 entry, against 2.
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