Trading Log: Re-entering TCL at ¥4.68

Of all trading mistakes, the most expensive isn’t losing money—it’s letting the emotional ghosts of your last trade haunt your current decisions.

0x0 Logic Reset#

In my previous post, a family emergency (my father’s debt) forced me to break my trading discipline and liquidate my TCL position. It was a textbook case of “life invading trading.”

Just two days later, I chose to re-enter.

On the surface, this looks like classic retail investor behavior: selling high, then buying back after a small dip, wasting money on fees. But from a system architecture perspective, this was necessary.

The previous trade was contaminated—burdened by family obligations, anger, and helplessness. This new trade is clean—purely based on charts, logic, and probabilities.

0x1 Technical Setup: The Golden Dip After the Rally#

Ticker: TCL Technology (000100) Action: Buy ¥10,000 Entry: ¥4.68 (Close: ¥4.64)

Entry Logic:

1. Trend Intact: The two-day selloff was harsh, but it only retraced the recent rally without breaking below the breakout point. In an uptrend, this is often healthy consolidation.
2. Stock Character Arbitrage: TCL has a grinding personality. The main players habitually shake out retail investors after rallies, using fear to accumulate shares. This dip is actually a buy signal within the system.
3. Excellent Risk/Reward: The monthly uptrend channel remains intact, targeting the upper boundary.

graph LR
    A[Rally confirms uptrend] --> B{Two-day pullback}
    B -->|Breaks below breakout| C[Trend broken/Exit]
    B -->|Holds support/Low volume| D[Golden entry point]
    
    style D fill:#e0ffe0,stroke:#0f0,stroke-width:2px
    
    D --> E[Current action: Re-enter @4.68]

0x2 Trade Plan#

This is my foundation for rebuilding order. No more “father’s IOUs”—just cold, hard numbers.

0x3 Formatting the Mental Account#

Someone might ask: “If you’re bullish, why did you sell two days ago? Isn’t this pointless?”

Besides avoiding the nearly 6% drawdown (which itself is massive alpha), more importantly, I completed a Mental Accounting reset.

If I hadn’t sold, watching the decline would trigger thoughts like: “See, lending money to family messed up my mindset, now I’m watching my portfolio shrink.” I’d spiral into endless mental friction.

But now, I’ve cleared the old cause-and-effect chain.

This is a brand new trade. No historical baggage, no family drama. I paid one round of fees to buy back the purity of my trading system.