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#133 · Short · closed

SOLUSDT.P BYBIT

Opened Mon 12 Oct, 02:04 · thesis sealed 2m after the open

Entry avg117.26
Size total268.4
Stop118.24
Target113.11
Risk263.03 USDT
of equity0.89%
R:R4.23
Notional31 472.58 USDT
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Every add and every piece you took off, in the order it happened — the entry, the exit and the size are worked out from them. A blank time means the moment the trade opened or closed.

Time In / out Price Size

Bybit · synced Wed 14 Oct, 12:18

Result
Exit avg118.24
Net-288.13 USDT
R-1.10R
Gross-263.03 USDT
Fees25.09 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 33m
EndedStop hit
ClosedMon 12 Oct, 04:37
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from

217 bars from BYBIT at 5m, captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers.
Sun 11 Oct, 13:10 to Mon 12 Oct, 07:15

It changes nothing about the trade — your fills, fees and contract size stay BYBIT's — and the chart says where the bars came from.

Timeline

BeforeiWhy you took it, written before you were in it.

  1. Mon 12 Oct · 02:04
  2. Opened 117.26 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 118.24 · target 113.11 · 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. 02:04
  2. Sold 134.2 at 116.87
  3. 04:28
  4. Added 134.2 at 117.65 · 268.4 left

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

  1. 04:37
  2. Closed 118.24 · stop hit
  3. Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.

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 118.24.
  • Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measured Planned 4.2347× the risk, against 2.
  • Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measured Risked 0.8867% of equity (29664.35 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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