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.
Bybit · synced Wed 14 Oct, 12:18
Something was added to this trade somewhere else.
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.
Mon 12 Oct · 02:04
Opened117.26 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 118.24 · target 113.11 · logged 2m later
Good level, good structure. In with a normal size and a normal stop.
PlanTrend pullback
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
02:04
Sold 134.2at 116.87
04:28
Added 134.2at 117.65 · 268.4 left
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
04:37
Closed118.24 · stop hit
Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.
Rules
Broke the rulesone rule broken, named below
Plan rules · Trend pullback6 kept · 6 in all
EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.
✓
Stop loss in place at entry kept · measuredStop at 118.24.
✓
Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 4.2347× the risk, against 2.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.8867% of equity (29664.35 account), against 1.
✓
Waited for the retest keptYour answer.
ManagementiSettled at the close.
✓
Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measuredNever moved.
✓
Never pull the target closer in kept · measuredNever moved.
Account rules1 broken2 kept · 3 in all
✓
No more than 4 trades in a day kept · measuredThe 1st trade of that day, against 4.
✓
No new trade within 30 minutes of closing a loser kept · measuredTaken 2938 min after closing a loser, against 30.
✕
Never add to a losing trade broke · measuredAdded 134.2 at 117.65 with the position at 116.87 — underwater.
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