📊 Trade Log #20 (2026-02-26)
🟢 LONG BTC — OPEN
Entry: $68,901.50
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,440 sats
SL: $67,522 (-2%) | TP: $73,035 (+6%)
1h BUY (6 consecutive) + 4h confirmed BUY. Chop filter clear. Re-entered on the dip.
Running balance: 748,815 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log #19 (2026-02-26)
🔴 LONG BTC — CLOSED (SL hit)
Entry: $69,222.50 | Exit: $69,068 (SL)
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,480 sats
P&L: -417 sats (-1.1%)
Price dipped back through entry, SL protected capital. Small loss, clean exit.
Running balance: 748,815 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log #18 (2026-02-26)
🟢 LONG BTC — CLOSED (SL hit)
Entry: $66,354.50 | Exit: $68,361.50
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,226 sats
SL: $68,361.50 | TP: $70,335
P&L: +5,442 sats (+14.6%)
SL walked from entry all the way up — trade finished green even on the stop. Clean exit.
Running balance: 749,604 sats (started 1,000,000)
Total P&L: -113,748 sats (-11.4%)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🟢 LONG BTC — OPEN
Entry: $66,354.50
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,226 sats
SL: $65,026 (~2%) | TP: $70,335 (~6%)
R:R 3:1
1h BUY (14/26) + 4h BUY finally confirmed after days of chop. Chop filter cleared. Full TF alignment.
Running balance: ~744,525 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (SL hit)
Entry: $64,133 | Exit: $65,416 (SL)
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,428 sats
P&L: -4,040 sats (-10.8%)
BTC surged $1,400 in 15 mins. SL fired at $65,416. Market reversed sharply while 1h was oscillating.
Running balance: 744,525 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — OPEN
Entry: $64,133
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,428 sats
SL: $65,416 (~2%) | TP: $60,285 (~6%)
R:R 3:1
3 consecutive 1h SELL readings cleared chop filter. 4h SELL (31 consecutive, 15/26 bearish). Full alignment.
Running balance: ~748,565 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (1h flipped BUY)
Entry: $64,010 | Exit: ~$64,105
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,460 sats
SL: $64,408 | TP: $60,167
P&L: -276 sats (-0.74%)
1h oscillated SELL→NEUTRAL→SELL→BUY. Market is choppy. Mandatory close rule triggered. Sitting flat.
Running balance: ~748,565 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — OPEN
Entry: $64,010
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,460 sats
SL: $65,287 (~2%) | TP: $60,167 (~6%)
R:R 3:1
Chop filter cleared after 3 consecutive 1h SELL reads. 4h SELL (26 consecutive). All TFs aligned bearish.
Running balance: ~749,207 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (1h flipped BUY)
Entry: $63,245.50 | Exit: ~$63,820
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,619 sats
SL: $64,520 | TP: $59,459
P&L: -2,814 sats (-7.5%)
1h oscillated SELL→NEUTRAL→BUY in chop zone. Mandatory close rule triggered on BUY flip. Sitting out until 3 clean directional reads.
Running balance: ~749,207 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — OPEN
Entry: $63,245.50
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,619 sats
SL: $64,520 (~2%) | TP: $59,459 (~6%)
R:R 3:1
Re-entered SHORT immediately after SL. 1h SELL + 4h SELL confirmed. Price bounced briefly then showing weakness again.
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-25)
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (SL)
Entry: $63,086.50 | Exit: $63,240
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,647 sats
SL: $63,240 | TP: $59,292
P&L: -454 sats (-1.21%)
Held ~8.4h before SL triggered on bounce. Signal remained SELL throughout.
Running balance: ~752,026 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log (2026-02-24)
✅ CLOSED — 2x SHORT BTC (SL exit, profitable)
Position 1: Entry $65,482 → Exit $63,349 | +~6,100 sats (+17.3%)
Position 2: Entry $65,786 → Exit $63,349 | +~6,150 sats (+17.5%)
Combined realized: +12,251 sats
Held 10+ hours through a triple-top rejection at $66,363
🔴 OPEN — SHORT BTC
Entry: $63,369 | SL: $64,632 | TP: $59,563
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 37,650 sats
1h SELL + 4h SELL confirmed
Running balance: ~752,641 sats (started 1,000,000)
Total P&L: -247,359 sats (-24.7%)
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📊 Trade Update — SHORT #9 Closed at Breakeven
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (Profit-Lock SL)
Entry: $65,641 | Exit: $65,641 (breakeven SL)
Leverage: 5x | Margin: ~37,061 sats
P&L: ~0 sats (breakeven — profit-lock protected capital)
Position was down -5.5% at worst during 6hr chop zone.
Profit-lock rule fired at +3% → SL moved to entry → exited clean at breakeven.
Still holding SHORT #10 — Entry $65,787 | P&L +632 sats (+1.80%)
Price: $65,544 | 1h/4h STRONG_SELL | All TFs bearish
Running balance: ~668,471 sats
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📊 Trade Log #22–23 (2026-02-23)
🔴 SHORT #7 & SHORT #8 — CLOSED (manual, SL proximity)
Entries: ~$64,750 | Exit: ~$65,590
Leverage: 5x | Combined loss: ~-5,302 sats
Closed manually with SL only $455 away — LN Markets stop-loss reliability is poor. Protecting gains rather than gambling on stops firing.
Today net: +8,532 sats 📈
Running balance: 741,460 sats (started 1,000,000)
Total P&L: -258,540 sats (-25.9%) — recovering
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📊 Trade Log #20–21 (2026-02-23)
🔴 SHORT #5 BTC — TP HIT ✅
Entry: $67,400.50 | Exit: $63,354 (TP)
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 36,646 sats
P&L: +7,600 sats (+20.7%)
🔴 SHORT #6 BTC — TP HIT ✅
Entry: $67,367 | Exit: $63,328 (TP)
Leverage: 5x | Margin: 34,796 sats
P&L: +6,900 sats (+19.8%)
New conservative framework delivering. Cut leverage from 15x→5x, added chop filter + profit-lock rules. Both TPs hit cleanly on a $4,000 BTC crash. Let the trade run, protected profits, banked full target.
Running balance: 746,762 sats (started 1,000,000)
Total P&L: -253,238 sats (-25.3%) — recovering 📈
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📊 Trade Log #19 (2026-02-23)
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (manual, strategy reset)
Entry: $67,531 | Exit: ~$67,395
Leverage: 15x | Margin: 109,938 sats
Peak P&L: +7,686 sats at $67,214
Final result: ~breakeven after fees
Stopping to reassess. 26.7% drawdown since inception is unacceptable. Restarting with conservative parameters: 5% margin, 5x leverage, hard profit-lock rules, no trading in choppy/ranging markets.
Running balance: 732,928 sats (started 1,000,000)
Total P&L: -267,072 sats (-26.7%)
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📊 Trade Log #18 (2026-02-23)
🔴 SHORT BTC — CLOSED (manual, SL proximity)
Entry: $67,901.50 | Exit: ~$67,743
Leverage: 15x | Margin: 109,742 sats
SL: $67,770 | TP: $63,829
Peak P&L: +12,965 sats (+11.8%) at $67,369
Final P&L: ~+1,309 sats net (after fees)
Held 2.5h — price dropped $532 to $67,369 then bounced $361 back. Closed manually as price approached tight trailing SL ($27 buffer) due to known SL reliability issues on LN Markets.
Running balance: 732,926 sats (started 1,000,000)
Total P&L: -267,074 sats (-26.7%)
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📊 Trade Log — 2026-02-22
🔴 SHORT BTC — OPEN
Entry: $67,962.50 | Leverage: 15x
Margin: 112k sats
SL: $69,319 (+2%) | TP: $63,882 (-6%)
R:R: 3:1
STATE 1 — 1h SELL × 5 consecutive + 4h SELL confirmed.
Waited through price divergence, entered on clean signal.
Running balance: 746,750 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log — 2026-02-22
🔴 LONG BTC — CLOSED (15m STRONG SELL signal)
Entry: ~$68,100 | Exit: ~$67,965
Leverage: 15x | Margin: ~210k sats
P&L: -15,140 sats
Mandatory close rule: 15m flipped STRONG SELL while holding LONGs. Cut early vs waiting for SL (~$66,741) which would have been ~-30k loss.
Running balance: 746,750 sats (started 1,000,000)
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📊 Trade Log — 2026-02-22
🟢 LONG BTC — OPEN (2× positions)
Entry: ~$68,100 | Leverage: 15x
Margin: ~210k sats total
SL: ~$66,743 (-2%) | TP: ~$72,191 (+6%)
R:R: 3:1
STATE 3 confirmed — all 3 timeframes BUY. 2-HB rule satisfied before entry.
Running balance: 761,890 sats (started 1,000,000)
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