Opened Wed 7 Oct, 23:35 · thesis sealed 2m after the open
Entry avg147.4
Size total262.8
Stop145.84
Target152.83
Risk409.97 USDT
of equity1.24%
R:R3.48
Notional38 736.72 USDT
PlanTrend pullback
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
-291.29 USDT-0.71R
Closed Thu 8 Oct, 02:40 · closed manually
Exit avg146.41
Net-291.29 USDT
R-0.71R
Gross-260.17 USDT
Fees31.12 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held3h 5m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedThu 8 Oct, 02:40
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
261 bars from BYBIT
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Wed 7 Oct, 08:05 to Thu 8 Oct, 05:50
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 · 23:35
Opened147.4 avg · Long · 2 entries · stop 145.84 · target 152.83 · logged 2m later
Plan entry on the retest. Stop under the swing, target the high. One entry, that is the plan.
PlanTrend pullback
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
23:35
Bought 131.4at 148.01
Thu 8 Oct · 01:11
Added 131.4at 146.79 · 262.8 left
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
02:40
Closed146.41 · closed by hand
Doubled down when I should have taken the stop. Broke my own rule and it cost me.
11:16
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rules3 rules 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 145.84.
✓
Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 3.4808× the risk, against 2.
✕
Risk no more than 1% of equity broke · measuredRisked 1.2415% of equity (33021.01 account), against 1.
✓
Waited for the retest keptYour answer.
ManagementiSettled at the close.
✓
Never move the stop further away / increase risk kept · measuredNever moved.
✓
Never pull the target closer in kept · measuredNever moved.
Account rules2 broken1 kept · 3 in all
✕
No more than 4 trades in a day broke · measuredThe 5th 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 broke · measuredAdded 131.4 at 146.79 with the position at 148.01 — underwater.
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exactly as it is — that is the version worth keeping.
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delete the wrong one the trade and everything you wrote can be brought back from the
database.