Opened Thu 24 Sep, 13:19 · thesis sealed 2m after the open
Entry62503.3
Size0.485
Stop61886.5
Target64001.5
Risk299.15 USDT
of equity0.94%
R:R2.43
Notional30 314.10 USDT
PlanRange reclaim
Result
-742.25 USDT-2.48R
Closed Thu 24 Sep, 18:30 · stop hit
Exit61022.9
Net-742.25 USDT
R-2.48R
Gross-717.99 USDT
Fees24.25 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held5h 11m
EndedStop hit
ClosedThu 24 Sep, 18:30
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
438 bars from BINANCE
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Wed 23 Sep, 11:15 to Thu 24 Sep, 23:45
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.
Thu 24 Sep · 13:19
Opened62503.3 · Long · stop 61886.5 · target 64001.5 · logged 2m later
Setup is good, level is clear. Stop under the swing low, target the prior high.
PlanRange reclaim
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
15:10
Moved the stopto 61022.9 · further out
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
18:30
Closed61022.9 · stop hit
Price hit my stop and I moved it further away because I was sure it would come back. It did not. Small loss became a big one.
23:55
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rulesone rule 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 61886.5.
✓
Planned reward at least 1.5× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 2.429× the risk, against 1.5.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.9421% of equity (31754.64 account), against 1.
✓
Level was untouched since it formed keptYour answer.
ManagementiSettled at the close.
✕
Never move the stop further away / increase risk broke · measuredStop moved from 61886.5 to 61022.9, further from entry.
✓
No more than 2 entries kept · measured1 entry, against 2.
Account rules3 kept · 3 in all
✓
No more than 4 trades in a day kept · measuredThe 2nd trade of that day, against 4.
✓
No new trade within 30 minutes of closing a loser kept · measuredThe trade before this one was not a loss.
✓
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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