Opened Wed 7 Oct, 19:25 · thesis sealed 2m after the open
Entry141.81
Size97.5
Stop144.77
Target134.31
Risk288.60 USDT
of equity0.86%
R:R2.53
Notional13 826.48 USDT
PlanTrend pullback
Result
-702.34 USDT-2.43R
Closed Thu 8 Oct, 00:00 · stop hit
Exit148.9
Net-702.34 USDT
R-2.43R
Gross-691.28 USDT
Fees11.06 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held4h 35m
EndedStop hit
ClosedThu 8 Oct, 00:00
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
387 bars from BYBIT
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Tue 6 Oct, 20:25 to Thu 8 Oct, 04:40
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 7 Oct · 19:25
Opened141.81 · Short · stop 144.77 · target 134.31 · logged 2m later
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.
21:14
Moved the stopto 148.9 · further out
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
Thu 8 Oct · 00:00
Closed148.9 · 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.
08:59
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 144.77.
✓
Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 2.5338× the risk, against 2.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.8558% of equity (33723.34 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 144.77 to 148.9, 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 4th 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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