Part 3 · Walk through the trades

08When the upper trigger fills first

A buy walkthrough, action by action.

When the upper trigger fills first.

Hypothetical illustration, not real market data.

Day 1 is the mother bar, Day 2 the inside bar. After the close, stage the linked pair. The upper trigger is reached first.

Event	Action
Buy fills at assumed 1.1218	Confirm size and fill.
Buy active	Confirm the sell pending order is cancelled.
Protective stop at 1.1172	Do not widen.
Target 1.1264	At target, record the net result.

Honest note

A cancelled sell order is different from the buy position's protective sell stop. Do not confuse them.

Key takeaway

Say it before placing it: my stop is below entry and my target is above entry.

Try it

Say the sentence aloud, then check it against the table.

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