WTI short, +2.0R: trade of the day, 1 October 2026

Trade of the day · 1 October 2026

1 October 2026 belonged to WTI crude oil (WTI): a short trade that closed at +2.0R.

System F left a sell limit at 91.630, above where the contract was trading, and price returned to fill it on 30 Sep 15:00 UTC. The stop was 92.570, 94 pips away, and that distance is one R on this trade.

Price reached the target at 89.730 on 01 Oct 03:00 UTC, about 12 hours after the fill, and the trade closed there: +190 pips. It was one of 3 trades that closed that day: 3 in profit, 0 at a loss, +5.6R between them.

WTI, from 24 candles before the entry to 6 after the exit. The shaded span is the time the trade was open; the dashed lines are its levels. Dates on the axis are UTC.

The trade: WTI, 1 October 2026.
	This trade
Instrument	WTI
System	System F (bounce, limit orders)
Direction	Short
Order	Sell limit
Entry	91.630, 30 Sep 15:00 UTC
Stop	92.570
Target	89.730
Exit	89.730, 01 Oct 03:00 UTC, target
Result	+2.0R
Pips	+190
At 2% risk per trade	+4.0% on the account

Risking 2% of the account on it would have made +4.0% on the account.

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