Opened Wed 14 Oct, 17:58 · thesis sealed 1m after the open
Entry153.53
Size109.9
Stop151.54
Target158.93
Risk218.70 USDT
of equity0.69%
R:R2.71
Notional16 872.95 USDT
PlanTrend pullback
Result
-36.58 USDT-0.17R
Closed Wed 14 Oct, 20:53 · closed manually
Exit153.32
Net-36.58 USDT
R-0.17R
Gross-23.08 USDT
Fees13.50 USDT
Costs0.080%
Held2h 55m
EndedClosed manually
ClosedWed 14 Oct, 20:53
VerdictBroke the rules
Chart
Candle data — where these bars came from
247 bars from BYBIT
at 5m,
captured when the trade closed and kept — this charts the same whether or not the exchange still answers. Wed 14 Oct, 03:15 to Wed 14 Oct, 23:50
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 14 Oct · 17:58
Opened153.53 · Long · stop 151.54 · target 158.93
Pullback to support, rejection candle. Standard entry, standard stop.
PlanTrend pullback
DuringiWhile it ran. Notes here are stamped and cannot be edited.
18:50
Moved the stopto 148.76 · further out
AfteriHindsight — kept apart from what you knew at the time.
20:53
Closed153.32 · closed by hand
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.
Thu 15 Oct · 03:08
Reviewedbroke
Rules
Broke the rules2 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 151.54.
✓
Planned reward at least 2× the risk kept · measuredPlanned 2.7136× the risk, against 2.
✓
Risk no more than 1% of equity kept · measuredRisked 0.6878% of equity (31795.57 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 151.54 to 148.76, further from entry.
✓
Never pull the target closer in kept · measuredNever moved.
Account rules1 broken2 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 · measuredTaken 201 min after closing a loser, against 30.
✓
Never add to a losing trade kept · measuredNever added to.
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