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Multiple Time Frame Analysis

Learn 3 Best Time Frames for Day Trading Forex & Gold If you want to day trade Forex & Gold, but you don't know what time frames you should use for chart analysis and trade execution, don't worry. In this article, I prepared for you the list of best time frames for intraday trading and proven combinations for multiple time frame analysis. For day trading forex with multiple time frame analysis, I recommend using these 3 time frames: daily, 1 hour, 30 minutes. Daily Time Frame Analysis The main time frame for day trading Forex is the daily. It will be applied for the identification of significant support and resistance levels and the market trend. You should find at least 2 supports that are below current prices and 2 resistances above. In a bullish trend, supports will be applied for trend-following trading, the resistances - for trading against the trend. That's the example of a proper daily time frame analysis on GBPCHF for day trading. The pair is in an uptrend and 4 significant historic structures are underlined. In a downtrend, a short from resistance will be a daytrade with the trend while a long from support will be against. Look at GBPAUD. The market is bearish, and a structure analysis is executed. Identified supports and resistances will provide the zones to trade from. You should let the price reach one of these areas and start analyzing lower time frames then. Remember that counter trend trading setups always have lower accuracy and a profit potential. Your ability to properly recognize the market direction and the point that you are planning to open a position from will help you to correctly assess the winning chances and risks. 1H/30M Time Frames Analysis These 2 time frames will be used for confirmations and entries. What exactly should you look for? It strictly depends on the rules of your strategy and trading style. After a test of a resistance, one should wait for a clear sign of strength of the sellers : it can be based on technical indicators, candlestick, chart pattern, or something else. For my day trading strategy, I prefer a price action based confirmation. I wait for a formation of a bearish price action pattern on a resistance. Look at GBPJPY on a daily. Being in an uptrend, the price is approaching a key resistance. From that, one can look for a day trade . In that case, a price action signal is a double top pattern on 1H t.f and a violation of its neckline. That provides a nice confirmation to open a counter trend short trade. Look at this retracement that followed then. In this situation, there was no need to open 30 minutes chart because a signal was spotted on 1H. I will show you when one should apply this t.f in another setup. Once the price is on a key daily support, start looking for a bullish signal. For me, it will be a bullish price action pattern. USDCAD is in a strong bullish trend. The price tests a key support. It can be a nice area for a day trade. Opening an hourly chart, we can see no bullish pattern. If so, open even lower time frame, quite often it will reveal hidden confirmations. A bullish formation appeared on 30 minutes chart - a cup & handle. Violation of its neckline is a strong day trading long signal. Look how rapidly the price started to grow then. In order to profitably day trade Forex, a single time frame analysis is not enough . Incorporation of 3 time frames: one daily and two intraday will help you to identify trading opportunities from safe places with the maximum reward potential. ❤️Please, support my work with like, thank you!❤️ I am part of Trade Nation's Influencer program and receive a monthly fee for using their TradingView charts in my analysis.
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by VasilyTrader
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BTC - Bear Market started? OR Just a healthy correction Alright, so while the daily chart might have some folks calling for a bear market, let's zoom out to the weekly timeframe for a different picture. See how things are still looking pretty bullish there? That daily dip might just be a healthy correction in the grand scheme of things. Don't be shocked if we see a quick move down, maybe even a wick into that $60k- FWB:67K zone – the market loves to play with our emotions, right? But that could just be a setup before we push towards new highs. There's a lot of noise out there, and the market might even tap that previous trendline for confluence. But looking at the bigger weekly picture, things still seem to be in control. Keep an eye on how things play out in the coming weeks, especially up to the end of April and the first week of May. It could be an interesting ride!
Short
by Traderscorpion
BTC. Where to Look for Long Entries?Hey traders and investors! In the Initiative Analysis (IA) concept, which I recently introduced (link in related posts), there's a key structure called the market block. On the chart, we see the current market block on the daily timeframe — it's a buyer’s market block. Inside a buyer’s market block, there are two types of key contextual zones where it's logical to look for trade entries: Dominant buyer initiatives — initiatives where the correction didn't reach 50% of the initiative’s range. It's reasonable to look for bullish patterns when the price returns below the correction point in these initiatives. Seller initiatives located at the base of the market block or at the base of a trend movement that led to the formation of the market block. In our case, there is a dominant buyer initiative. The correction low in that initiative is 85072 — a level from which buyers have tried to rebound for the third time, without success. That’s why the price may likely fall to contextual zones inside the seller initiative. There are 4 possible types of such zones: upper and lower boundaries of the seller initiative; extreme point (low) within the initiative; the seller’s target level that hasn’t yet been reached. All four levels are marked on the chart. 👉 If you want to understand how this works in practice — keep reading. To everyone else — I wish you profitable trades! ________________________________________ 📘 What is a Market Block? Buyer and seller initiatives create chart structures that include ranges, transitions, and trend phases. As one side gains momentum, it breaks the previous extreme — this signals a shift in the market balance. It’s important that the breakout happens not from simply expanding a range but as part of a structured directional move (trend). The sequence of initiatives that leads to such a breakout is called a market block or trading segment. A market block ends when the opposite side forms the first counter-initiative. A market block includes all initiatives starting from the maximum correction point after the previous market block up to the first counter-initiative following the breakout. The start and end of a market block usually coincide with consolidation phases. On lower timeframes, a market block may appear as a single initiative on a higher timeframe. • If the upper extreme is broken — it's a buyer’s block. • If the lower extreme is broken — it's a seller’s block. 📊 Visual examples: • Both blocks below start and end with ranges. Both are buyer blocks: When we look at four buyer market blocks that pushed price toward 109,000, the structure of buyer and seller initiatives clearly shows how the strength of buyers gradually faded: • First two blocks: seller initiatives only at the base, dominant buyer initiatives where corrections didn’t reach 50%. • Third block: seller initiatives not only at the base, and more of them. • Final buyer block: seller initiatives cover 75% of the block’s price range. ________________________________________ 🔎 Let’s move from history to the current chart: If every contextual zone worked perfectly, price would always move up. In reality, such zones only increase the probability of a good entry if supported by confirmation — but they do not guarantee results. Here’s the latest market block on the hourly chart — a seller’s block: The initiatives between the last buyer block and the seller block do not form a proper market block, because the breakout above and below happened as a result of sideways expansions, not trend structure: The current seller block looks structurally similar to the third buyer block: So the seller isn’t as strong as the buyer was in the first and second blocks — but there’s also no active buyer, since the last correction ended near resistance at 93388. A new seller block is now forming on the hourly chart. Once a buyer initiative appears, the block will be considered complete. For now, it structurally resembles the fourth buyer block: Will the buyer initiative in this new seller block take up ~75% of the range — like it did before the 109K reversal? If so, the maximum expected drop could be the lower edge of the rectangle (72800–72700). 👉 This is the power of IA: instead of random candles, you see a structured narrative of buyer and seller actions. Clarity on the Chart. Smart Trading Decisions ________________________________________ ✅ Try it Yourself You can test these models on charts of different assets, practice identifying structures — and only then consider using IA as part of your strategy. Start by: 1. Choosing an asset 2. Marking buyer and seller initiatives 3. Identifying dominant and counter-initiatives 4. Observing how often corrections pause at contextual zones 📌 The more you train your eye, the more clearly you'll see price logic through the lens of IA. If you enjoyed this post — like it, share it, and leave a comment with your thoughts or questions. And if you missed the original post introducing the Initiative Analysis method — check the link in related posts! I wish you profitable trades!
by AlexeyWolf
Dogecoin (DOGE) to print 300% extension.... very soon!** The weeks ahead ** Following the vitriol received by the public on the short idea (below) it is time once more to extend that audacity with a long idea. Apologies to the 90%, I know how upsetting this must be for you. On the above 3 day chart price action has corrected (as forecast) 70% from the short publication (red circle). Now is an excellent moment to consider a long position. But why? 1. 90% of the people reading this are selling, fear is not your friend right now. When there's blood on the streets, start a Black Pudding business. 2. Price action and RSI resistance breakouts. 3. Support on past resistance (red arrows). 4. Regular bullish divergence, just as before. Look left. Is it possible price action continues to correct as a number of tradingview ideas are now calling for? Sure. Is it probable? No. Ww 50% short idea
Long
by without_worries
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Long trade Trade Breakdown – Buy-Side (BTC/USD – Intraday Setup) 📅 Date: Monday, April 7, 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:15 PM NY Time (NY Session PM) 📈 Pair: BTC/USD 📈 Trade Direction: Long (Buy) Trade Parameters: Entry Price: 78,281.5 Take Profit (TP): 79,619.0 (+1.71%) Stop Loss (SL): 77,890.0 (-0.50%) Risk-Reward Ratio (RR): 3.42 🚀 Reason: The Buyside trade idea is based on the midday continuation move, possibly a pullback entry from intraday demand. Targeting near-term highs or key resistance, with structure suggesting bullish continuation.
Long
by davidjulien369