Failure Log · Sep 22, 2026
3 straight ETHUSDm losses peaked at up to 64% of the profit-lock trigger.
Every one of these 3 trades reached at least 55% of the way to arming the lock before reversing to a full stop. Flagged automatically -- no fix has been verified yet.
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The Pattern
3 consecutive ETHUSDm trades closed at a full stop-loss between 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-17. Reviewing the trade log: every one of them peaked at floating profit between $4.98 and $5.55 -- between 55% and 64% of the way to that trade's own profit-lock trigger -- before reversing and running the full distance back down to the stop.
This was flagged automatically by scanning the last 10 closed ETHUSDm losses for a recurring shape, not written after the fact. Whether it's a one-off cluster or a structural issue with how the trigger is sized for this symbol is exactly what the next batch of ETHUSDm trades will show.
| Trade | Peak Reached | % of Trigger | Result |
| 3 recent ETHUSDm losses | $4.98 – $5.55 | 55% – 64% | Full stop-loss, all 3 |
Real trade log, 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-17. Trade IDs: #14852, #14877, #14899. Every closed trade is listed in full on the Track Record page.
What This Means
No corrective change has been deployed for this specific pattern yet -- this article was generated automatically the moment the cluster was detected, before any fix. The profit-lock trigger is currently configured as 40% of each trade's own risk amount, scaled per position size, and arms at 70% of whatever peak a trade reaches. This page will be updated, or a follow-up filed, once a change ships and enough trades have closed to check whether it worked.
Pending Verdict
No verdict yet -- this pattern was just detected and nothing has been changed in response. Publishing it now, before a fix, is the point: the claim and the fix (if one ships) both end up on the permanent record, in the order they actually happened.
This page will be updated if a fix ships and gets verified against real ETHUSDm trades, the same way the XAUUSDm profit-lock and time-based-exit fixes were.