#PlanYourTradesThisWeek,

I’m starting this week with a trade that is more about patience and execution than trying to predict the entire market.

I’m currently holding a short position on NEARUSDT, opened at 5.0459. The position size is 9 NEAR, worth around 45.18 USDT, using isolated 20x leverage. At the time I’m looking at it, the mark price is around 5.0190 and the last price is around 5.0183, putting the position at roughly +0.24 USDT unrealized PnL, or about +10% on the initial margin.

But honestly, the +10% is not the part I’m most interested in.

A green number can look good for a few minutes and then disappear just as quickly. What matters to me is whether the reason I took the short is still valid.

I didn’t enter this position because I wanted to gamble on a random red candle. I wanted to see whether NEAR could lose momentum and whether the downside setup would give me enough room to manage a short properly. Once I entered around 5.0459, my job changed. I no longer need to prove that my prediction was right. I need to manage the position based on what price does next.

That difference is important.

A lot of traders become attached to their entry. Once they are in a position, they start looking for reasons to keep it open even when the chart is telling them something different. I’m trying to avoid that.

If NEAR continues moving lower and the short structure remains intact, I can stay with the trade and look for opportunities to protect profit along the way. I don’t need to close everything at the first small green candle, but I also don’t want to watch a profitable trade turn negative simply because I was waiting for the perfect target.

On the other side, if price starts reclaiming the levels that invalidate my short idea, I need to accept that information. I’m not going to keep adding to the position just because the trade moved against me.

I already added around 0.17 USDT of margin to the position, but I did that to give the trade a little more breathing room, not to increase the NEAR position itself. The position remains 9 NEAR. That is an important distinction for my own risk management.

The estimated liquidation price is around 5.2802, but I’m not treating liquidation as my exit plan. In my view, waiting for liquidation is not risk management. If the setup becomes invalid, the trade should be dealt with long before the exchange has to make that decision for me.

There is also a small realized PnL of around -0.03 USDT from the position activity. That doesn’t bother me. Small costs and small losses are part of trading. What matters is keeping them small instead of allowing one bad decision to become a large drawdown.

For the rest of this week, I’m going to keep the approach straightforward.

I want to see how NEAR behaves around the current price instead of constantly moving my plan every time a candle changes direction. If sellers remain in control, I’ll let the position work. If momentum starts weakening, I’ll focus on protecting what the trade has already given me. And if the original short thesis is clearly broken, I’ll step away.

I’m also not interested in opening another position just because this one is already running. One clean setup is enough. There is no prize for having five positions open at the same time.

For me, the biggest lesson in leveraged trading is that the entry is only the beginning. The real skill is everything that happens afterward: controlling the size, understanding the invalidation, managing profit, accepting a loss when necessary, and most importantly, not letting emotions rewrite the plan.

Right now, NEAR is giving me a small profit.

I’m not celebrating it yet.

I’m watching the structure, managing the risk, and letting the trade prove itself.

That’s my trading plan for this week: take the setup, respect the risk, protect the capital, and let price decide the outcome.