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TIME FRAMES

Time Frame

Trends can be classified as primary, intermediate and short-term. However, markets exist in several time frames simultaneously. As such, there can be conflicting trends within a particular stock depending on the time frame being considered. It is not out of the ordinary for a stock to be in a primary uptrend while being mired in intermediate and short-term downtrends.

Typically, beginning or novice traders lock in on a specific time frame, ignoring the more powerful primary trend. Alternately, traders may be trading the primary trend but underestimating the importance of refining their entries in an ideal short-term time frame. Read on to learn about which time frame you should track for the best trading outcomes. 

What Time Frames Should You be Tracking?

A general rule is that the longer the time frame, the more reliable the signals being given. As you drill down in time frames, the charts become more polluted with false moves and noise. Ideally, traders should use a longer time frame to define the primary trend of whatever they are trading.

A swing trader, who focuses on daily charts for decisions, could use weekly charts to define the primary trend and 60-minute charts to define the short-term trend.

A day trader could trade off of 15-minute charts, use 60-minute charts to define the primary trend and a five-minute chart (or even a tick chart) to define the short-term trend.

A long-term position trader could focus on weekly charts while using monthly charts to define the primary trend and daily charts to refine entries and exits.

One of the reasons newbie traders don’t do as well as they should is because they’re usually trading the wrong time frame for their personality.

What time frame should i trade

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Shorter time frames allow you to make better use of margin and have tighter stop losses.Larger time frames require bigger stops, thus a bigger account, so you can handle the market swings without facing a margin call.

The most important thing to remember is that whatever time frame you choose to trade, it should naturally fit your personality.

What are the main timeframes

WHAT ARE THE MAIN FOREX TIME FRAMES?

Forex trading time frames are commonly classified as long-term, medium-term and short-term. Traders have the option of incorporating all three, or simply using one longer and one shorter time frame when analyzing potential trades. While the longer time frames are beneficial for identifying a trade set up, the shorter time frames are useful for timing entries.

Forex time frames

CLASSIFICATIONTRADING STYLETREND TIME FRAMETRIGGER TIME FRAMELong termPosition tradingWeeklyDailyMedium termSwing traderDaily4-hourShort termDay trading4-hourHourlyScalperHourly15-minute

To choose the best time frame, consider what your trading style is and what trading strategy you wish to follow. These should influence the appropriate time frame to be trading on. Thereafter, select a technical analysis chart that you are comfortable with, conduct thorough analysis, and ensure to implement sound risk management on all trades.

Traders should adopt multiple time frame analysis to incorporate as much information as possible into the analysis – without overcomplicating the analysis.

The beauty of this approach is that technical analysis can be applied on both time frames to achieve greater conviction for the trade.

s mentioned above, the type of trading strategy adopted will greatly influence the forex trading time frames selected. Alternatively, rather than selecting a single time frame to trade, many traders will adopt a technique called Multiple Time Frame Analysis. This involves viewing the same currency pair under different time frames.

With this approach, the larger time frame is typically used to establish a longer-term trend, while a shorter time frame is used to spot ideal entries into the market.

Multiple time frame analysis follows a top down approach when trading and allows traders to gauge the longer-term trend while spotting ideal entries on a smaller time frame chart.

WHAT IS MULTIPLE TIME FRAME ANALYSIS?

Multiple time frame analysis, or multi-time frame analysis, is the process of viewing the same currency pair under different time frames. Usually the larger time frame is used to establish a longer-term trend, while a shorter time frame is used to spot ideal entries into the market.

The rule of thumb is to use a ratio of 1:4 or 1:6 when switching between time frames. The logic behind this approach is to be able to uncover the smaller, intricate movements in price for well-timed entries into the market. That being said, it is of little use to focus on extremely small time frames because most of the price movement has little bearing on the overall trade and can lead to unnecessary stress when the market seem to be moving quickly.

Considering an example, when viewing the trend on an hourly chart, traders can zoom into the 10-minute chart (1:6) or the 15-minute chart (1:4) for suitable entries. The 10 or 15-minute chart provides an indication of shorter term developments and the hourly chart is where the trade’s progress can be monitored going forward.

Day traders can look at the one-hour chart to establish the trend. Price trades predominantly above the 200 MA and is moving upwards, hence the long trading bias. Day traders can then zoom into the 15-minute chart to spot ideal entries.. Day traders can then zoom into the four-hour chart to spot ideal entries.



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