Opened Mon 24 Aug, 10:28 · thesis sealed 1m after the open
Entry61603.9
Size0.424
Stop61169.3
Target62781.1
Risk184.27 USDT
of equity0.70%
R:R2.71
Notional26 120.05 USDT
PlanTrend pullback
Result
-144.96 USDT-0.79R
Closed Mon 24 Aug, 18:27 · closed manually
Exit61311.3
Net-144.96 USDT
R-0.79R
Gross-124.06 USDT
Fees20.90 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held7h 59m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedMon 24 Aug, 18:27
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
673 bars from BINANCE
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Sat 22 Aug, 18:25 to Tue 25 Aug, 02:30
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.
Mon 24 Aug · 10:28
Opened61603.9 · Long · stop 61169.3 · target 62781.1
Retest held, entering with a stop below it. Should be a quick one.
PlanTrend pullback
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
11:50
Moved the stopto 60560.9 · further out
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
18:27
Closed61311.3 · closed by hand
Could not accept being wrong, widened the stop, and paid double. The first stop was the right one.
22:55
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rulesone rule broken, named below
Plan rules · Trend pullback1 broken5 kept · 6 in all
EntryiSettled when the trade was saved.
✓
Stop loss in place at entry kept · measuredStop at 61169.3.
✓
Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 2.7087× the risk, against 2.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.6991% of equity (26359.9 account), against 1.
✓
Waited for the retest keptYour answer.
ManagementiSettled at the close.
✕
Never move the stop further away / increase risk broke · measuredStop moved from 61169.3 to 60560.9, further from entry.
✓
Never pull the target closer in kept · measuredNever moved.
Account rules3 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 4291 min after closing a loser, against 30.
✓
Never add to a losing trade kept · measuredNever added to.
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