| Timeframe | Role | Purpose | Typical Chart (Candlestick Period) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Trend Filter | Determine overall direction (Bullish/Bearish) | Daily or 4-Hour | | Medium (MTF) | Strategy Zone | Identify supply/demand, patterns, and entry zones | 1-Hour or 30-Min | | Lower (LTF) | Execution | Fine-tune entry timing, stop loss, and confirmation | 5-Min or 1-Min |
Successful MTFA uses a :
| Metric | Single TF (15min) | MTFA (D/1H/5min) | |--------|------------------|-------------------| | Win rate | 47.2% | 61.8% | | Avg R:R | 1.2:1 | 2.1:1 | | Max drawdown | -18% | -7.4% | | Sharpe ratio | 0.61 | 1.34 | | Timeframe | Role | Purpose | Typical
Before you even think about buying or selling, set your compass. It was a modest size, barely a few
The transfer completed. The file icon sat on his desktop. It was a modest size, barely a few megabytes, yet Elias felt a strange weight to it. He double-clicked. Using too many timeframes | Analysis paralysis |
| Mistake | Consequence | Fix | |---------|-------------|-----| | 1. Using too many timeframes | Analysis paralysis | Stick to 3 fixed timeframes (e.g., D, 4H, 15min) | | 2. Ignoring the higher timeframe trend | Buying into major reversals | Force yourself to check weekly chart before any trade | | 3. Same indicator on every TF | Redundant signals | Use trend on HTF, momentum on MTF, volume on LTF | | 4. Entering without LTF confirmation | Premature entries | Wait for LTF break of structure | | 5. No TF alignment rule | Inconsistent results | Define: “I only trade when 3/3 timeframes agree” |