Opened Wed 9 Sep, 11:19 · thesis sealed at the open
Entry144.48
Size45.3
Stop141.32
Target151.18
Risk143.15 USDT
of equity0.52%
R:R2.12
Notional6 544.94 USDT
PlanTrend pullback
Result
-136.61 USDT-0.95R
Closed Wed 9 Sep, 14:04 · closed manually
Exit141.58
Net-136.61 USDT
R-0.95R
Gross-131.37 USDT
Fees5.24 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 45m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedWed 9 Sep, 14:04
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. Tue 8 Sep, 21:25 to Wed 9 Sep, 16:55
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 9 Sep · 11:19
Opened144.48 · Long · stop 141.32 · target 151.18
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.
12:47
Moved the stopto 136.91 · further out
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
14:04
Closed141.58 · closed by hand
Could not accept being wrong, widened the stop, and paid double. The first stop was the right one.
16:32
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 141.32.
✓
Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 2.1203× the risk, against 2.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.5172% of equity (27676.26 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 141.32 to 136.91, 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 770 min after closing a loser, against 30.
✓
Never add to a losing trade kept · measuredNever added to.
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exactly as it is — that is the version worth keeping.
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database.
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