Opened Wed 16 Sep, 15:51 · thesis sealed 2m after the open
Entry avg113.84
Size total304.2
Stop114.74
Target110.96
Risk273.78 USDT
of equity1.10%
R:R3.20
Notional34 630.13 USDT
Did you scale in or out of this?
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.
Result
Exit avg114.74
Net-301.39 USDT
R-1.10R
Gross-273.78 USDT
Fees27.61 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 46m
EndedStop hit
ClosedWed 16 Sep, 18:37
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
234 bars from BYBIT
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Wed 16 Sep, 01:55 to Wed 16 Sep, 21:25
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.
Wed 16 Sep · 15:51
Opened113.84 avg · Short · 2 entries · stop 114.74 · target 110.96 · logged 2m later
Plan entry on the retest. Stop under the swing, target the high. One entry, that is the plan.
PlanRange reclaim
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
15:51
Sold 152.1at 113.47
16:08
Added 152.1at 114.21 · 304.2 left
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
18:37
Closed114.74 · stop hit
Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.
20:23
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rules2 rules broken, named below
Plan rules · Range reclaim1 broken5 kept · 6 in all
EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.
✓
Stop loss in place at entry kept · measuredStop at 114.74.
✓
Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 3.2× the risk, against 1.5.
✕
Risk no more than 1% of equity broke · measuredRisked 1.1036% of equity (24807.9 account), against 1.
✓
Level was untouched since it formed keptYour answer.
ManagementiSettled at the close.
✓
Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measuredNever moved.
✓
No more than 2 entries kept · measured2 entries, against 2.
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 1706 min after closing a loser, against 30.
✕
Never add to a losing trade broke · measuredAdded 152.1 at 114.21 with the position at 113.47 — underwater.
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