Does it make sense to look beyond 15 minutes?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by trader1974, Apr 3, 2021.

  1. tomorton

    tomorton

    This is a false statement. Price in a trend most commonly continues the trend, that's how they are recognised as a trend. The least likely thing that price in a trend will do next is reverse into the opposite trend.
     
    #11     Apr 4, 2021
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  2. virtusa

    virtusa

    To be able to answer that question, we should know what you trade.
    Stocks, Futures, Forex, Crypto's???
     
    #12     Apr 4, 2021
  3. trader1974

    trader1974

    The price does what it wants
     
    #13     Apr 4, 2021
  4. trader1974

    trader1974

    Futures in demo
     
    #14     Apr 4, 2021
  5. MarkBrown

    MarkBrown

    there are no trends muh friend....
     
    #15     Apr 4, 2021
  6. Speaking of filtering out bullshit - thanks for the reminder!
     
    #16     Apr 4, 2021
  7. VicBee

    VicBee

    While trading stocks over the last year, I've gotten caught enough time to make it a learning moment not to trust a sudden shift without first looking at a 30 days/1 hour chart from my usual 5 days/5 minutes chart. A dip that might seem significant up close may preview something far more dramatic after taking a couple steps back...
     
    #17     Apr 4, 2021
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  8. maxinger

    maxinger

    This question has been asked millions of times.
    Most of the people would say don't use a short time frame chart.

    The market moves in various manner / fashion / shape / sizes / speed ....
    You have to be flexible and choose the appropriate time frame chart
    depending on the market.
    sometimes you have to use < 1 min chart, sometimes > 15 min chart.
     
    Last edited: Apr 4, 2021
    #18     Apr 4, 2021
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  9. FTDK

    FTDK

    Exactly, or by looking only at the current daily activity in the chart one might be missing a hugely important support/resistance level that has been tested multiple times over the past few days/weeks.

    I only day trade, but if the instrument i was looking at was trading near such a level, i would want to know these levels and then trade it based on how it acts around that level, you can only find them by looking at the larger picture.
     
    #19     Apr 4, 2021
  10. tomorton

    tomorton

    But not randomly.
     
    #20     Apr 5, 2021
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