Nial, When I trade
daily time frame charts it seems I almost always get stopped out over night.
Not exact matches
When I was a new trader, I made the mistake of spending too much
time focusing on the
daily and intraday
chart time frames.
Although the
daily chart has always been pivotal for locating low - risk buy setups, my extreme focus on that single
time frame was causing me to ignore the power of confirmation from longer
time frames (such as weekly and monthly
charts).
In the best, most promising stock trading setups, all three
chart time frames (
daily, weekly, monthly) will confirm the patterns of one another.
Pin bars work on all
time frames but are especially powerful on the 1 hour, 4hour and
daily chart time frames.
It is important to use multiple
time frames when doing your
daily research and technical analysis of potential stock and ETF trades because there are
times when one
chart timeframe indicates a completely different technical situation than another timeframe.
The lower two
charts display the weekly & monthly
time -
frame, with their respective closest swing high and swing lows clearly marked, as potential future Support / Resistance levels, where I will focus my attention to the price action that occurs on my top two
charts (4 hour and
daily time -
frame) when price moves to one of my SR levels on the highest
time -
frames.
It is definitely as easy to blow up an account on 1 min
time frames as it is on
daily charts.
But, suffice it say, if you don't understand the key levels and how to find and trade trends on the
daily chart, you are never going to make money on any
time frame under the
daily.
Moving averages yeah i find them useless on lower
time frames as well but on 4 hr and
daily chart for long term trades they so far have worked.
They've got some idea in their minds about day trading and they all seem to want to look at short
time frame charts before focusing on the
daily chart.
As I discussed thoroughly in a recent article on trading
daily chart time frames, you can significantly improve your trading by ignoring
time frames under the 1 hour
chart all together.
The downside is that since this indicator is based on the
daily candlesticks, it only really plots useful levels on the lower
time frames, such as the 15 - minute
chart.
On the other hand though, smaller
time frame charts offer greater price development, rarely seen on
daily charts or higher (maybe once in 3 months).
Next, let's compare that 5 minute
chart above to a
daily chart time frame of the same market; USDJPY.
Especially for beginning and struggling traders, sticking to the
daily chart time frames and trading in an «end - of - day» manner is very important for understanding how the markets move each day and for learning to trade from the most relevant view of the market.
You are simply looking at the
daily chart time frames for obvious instances of your trading edge.
Many traders write in to me on email asking me about «missing trade setups» on the 15 minute
charts or other small
time frames, if they are mainly focusing on the
daily charts and 4 hour
charts like I teach.
It's no secret that I am a huge proponent of end - of - day trading methodologies and trading the higher
time frames (4 hour and
daily charts).
Without looking at both
charts, a person could get clobbered by trading a 1 hr, 4 hr, or even a
daily chart without know where they are in the larger
time frames.
Again, we are doing the same thing as in the morning: checking the price action in our favorite markets and looking for any obvious price action signals that may have formed, with a focus on the
daily and 4 hour
chart time frames.
Pin bars can be taken counter trend as well, as long as they are very well defined and protrude significantly from the surrounding price bars, indicating a strong rejection has occurred, and preferably only on the
daily chart time frame.
i work with price action in the
daily chart for big operation — minimum 100 pips each — and also intrady with the 15m
time frame for multi small 20 pips each — .
Please can I trade shooting star confirmation on 4 hrs, weekly
chart or it is only on
daily time frame
The forex market has such high
daily trading volume, that the lower
time frame charts contain what market technicians refer to as «noise».
I trade the 1 hour
time frame but always check the
daily and 4 hour
charts every day!
Before i was so obsessed with staring at the
chart on 1 hour
time frame but my first monthly profit on a $ 5000 account was $ 600, and it came when i traded a
daily chart fakey on GBPJPY, leaving the trade for 4 days and my profit was hit.
There are so many opportunities on the 4 hour and
daily charts that concentrating your mental energy on lower
time frames is simply an inefficient and ineffective use of
time.
You must trade on higher
time frames (
Daily Chart) if you want to be successful, there is no exception.
Technical trading patterns should be used on
daily, weekly and monthly
time frames: A head and shoulders pattern on an intraday five minute
chart does not carry the same weight as a head and shoulders pattern on a weekly
chart.
To determine if a market is worth trading, first, zoom out and get the bigger picture on the
daily chart time frame.
When I talk about «End - of - Day» trading strategies, what I am basically talking about is trading based on the
daily chart time frame.
This week, keep a lookout at the 2530 price support region for a bullish buy signal either on the
daily or 4 - hour
chart time frame to get long.
I am a huge proponent of
daily chart time frame trading as well as 4 hour
chart time frames, if you've read my lessons in the past you probably already know these are my two favorite
time frames.
Meanwhile, you can try the free NinjaTrader version for
charting and simulation trading for
daily time frames and above.
Trading off the
daily charts is the best
time frame to trade because it filters out the «noise» of the lower
time frames while also providing you with some high - quality trade setups to trade each week.
There are many false signals on lower
time frames and so you have to know how to properly trade the
daily charts before you can understand how to properly trade the lower
time frames.
You are much better off learning to trade the
daily charts so that you can see what all the market movement resulted in each day, rather than trying to analyze and make sense out of each little tick of the lower
time frames....
• Trading inconsistently — All trading signals are stronger and clearer on
daily charts than on
time frames below, thus it makes your trading more effective and consistent over the long - term due to the increased reliability of the signals.
In the past I have traded lower
time frames for the reason stated by others — larger stop loss required on the
daily chart.
I like to trade inside bars on the
daily chart time frame and ideally in strong trending markets, as I have found over the years that inside bars are best in trending markets as breakout plays in the direction of the trend.
Pin bars work on all
time frames but are especially powerful on the 1 hour, 4hour and
daily chart time frames.
However, signals on the lower
time frames are naturally less reliable than signals on the
daily chart because the
daily chart works to «smooth» out the noise and randomness that can occur on
time frames below it, thus showing you a more accurate picture of the market.
Inside bars can be used when trading a trend on the 240 minute
charts or the
daily forex
charts, but I personally prefer to trade inside bars on the
daily charts and I recommend all beginning traders should stick to the
daily charts until they have fully mastered and found consistent success with the inside bar setup on that
time frame.
There's good reason for this, and that reason is mainly because on
time frames under the
daily chart, inside bars simply grow too numerous to be worth trading.
Inside bars can be used when trading a trend on the 4 hour
charts or the
daily charts, but I personally prefer to trade inside bars on the
daily charts and I recommend all beginning traders stick to the
daily charts and until they have fully mastered and found consistent success with the inside bar setup on that
time frame.
The
daily chart gives you the best view of the market and also provides the most effective filter against the noise of the small
time frames.
I feel very passionate about focusing on the
daily charts, but I challenge you to prove to yourself why it is the best
time frame to trade.
The
daily chart is the most powerful and important
time frame for a price action trader.
There are good signals on lower
time frames like the 4 hr and 1 hr
chart, but you need to master the
daily chart before you can have any chance at successfully trading the
time frames below it.