Many traders in this second school prefer shorter
time frame charts like the 5 minute, 15 minute, 1 hour, etc....
Not exact matches
One of the reasons why swing trading is such a huge advantage to the retail trader, is that it allows you to skip all the market «noise» of short
time frames,
like those under the 1 - hour
chart.
Thus, YOU should do something different... don't be
like the masses of failing traders who are constantly searching for trades on the low
time frame charts.
These traders may also trade end of day signals, or shorter
time frames like the 4 hour
charts.
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.
Thanks again for your good advice, for impatient people
like myself, that always are wondering what's going on, in the lower
chart time frames, it has been an «Aha» trading moment, in which I become to understood that the toll that looking and trading in the lower
chart time frames is taking on my health and trading account, are not worthy.
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.
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.
1 - hour
charts are OK, but I really don't recommend them until you've mastered the higher
time frames like 4 hours and daily.
If the entry is based on a higher
time frame like the 4 hour
chart, the trader may wish to hold fire and zoom into a 5 or 10 minute
chart and wait until price closes above (below) point B on the lower
time frame before buying (selling).
They use trading softwares and
charts, however, the
charts used are usually for longer
time frames like 60 - minute, daily and weekly
charts.
People tend to be drawn to the «play by play» action on the lower
time frame charts, almost
like they are mesmerized by the moving numbers and flashing colors... unfortunately, this turns into somewhat of a trading addiction for many traders, that quickly destroys their trading accounts.
Just
like you need a strong foundation to build a house, you need a strong foundation to become a successful trader, and learning to trade on the daily
charts before going lower in
time frame will help you build that foundation.
Does your method work with tick
charts on smaller
time frames like a 2000 or 2500 tick
chart?
We'll wrap things up with a way that I
like to use this pattern on the weekly
chart to help form a directional bias on the lower
time frames.
Thanks Nial for shearing your expertise with a beginner
like me.As much as I agreed with you on the need to trade higher
time frames, my opinion is that the amount of money put online is important.For somebody who trades with as little as $ 100, trading on a daily
chart, that usually demands for high stoplosses can wipe out your account easily.I agree with you that traders who can afford to trade with bigger sums of money are better off on higher
time frames.
Dig deeper into more technical analysis concepts
like trading divergences, breakouts and using multiple
time frames on your
charts.