Swing Traders usually have better blood pressure levels and less stress 😂

I am professional forex trader (ahem or so it says on the certificate hen you win a challenge lol) and I Concur. I have spent 10 years on the 1 and 5 minute charts and when I transitioned to the hourly, MY LIFE HAS CHANGED. no anxiety, less mistakes, big big winners.

I'll chart mostly 4HR and 1HR. I'll buy/sell a position watching the 15min time frame.

Longer the time frame Stronger the move 🔥

you can use 5 min to time placing your best position, and use 1h or 4h or daily for long term hold

The key is to have ONE higher timeframe = For OVERALL market direction & Main Structure. ONE medium = Additional Confirmation & ONE lower timeframe = For Entry Confirmation.

I hate waiting longer, I want to see results immediately so, I trade 3m to 15m time frames. It works for me.

1 min trade is the time frame where I made the most of money. High density data gives you advantage predicting the trends.

Exactly. 5/15/30 min is good for quick scalping for fun etc, but the 1hr moves are legit moves, an accumliation of all those breakouts you'd react to in a lower timeframe. Stressful and 24/7 screen time. I saw an interview with a successful trader today, and he trades on the 4 hr chart. Goes and does whatever in between. Like the gym, playing with kids etc. Less trade's, less stress and less losses.

I’ve noticed if you trade Forex and use the hour, the results are better and you find more pips. Only negative is you have to wait for your signal and that could happen at a odd hour like when your sleeping. It might take 2-3 days before finding the signal again

I made this switch about 5 months ago due to a better day job and holy moly this really changed my life.

I use 15m to 30m for intra, Swing by 1h, 4h, 1D and 1W... Invest : 1 month for trend, 1D-30M for entry

If you use a stochastic and catch the 5 min. 15 min and hourly in the oversold area then the moves are much stronger.

Completely agree. I still trade the 3-5 minute chart because it’s less risk and Ofcourse less reward. I still trade at high volume to cut market little slack but I’ve made more money off the 1H with less work vs my normal high volume trading patterns. 1H is a good place to be to calm the mind a little more than the stress of trading by candle (if you would)

It might feel like it holds more weight but I think you will find the 1 hour and 5 minute breakout could probably look the same at different intervals. By that I mean, if you go back and look at a 1 hour breakout on a 5 min interval, you would probably see the fake outs/reversals that would normally cause you to panic and stop out it’s just that on a 1 hour time frame, you don’t see those smaller fluctuations and so you don’t get so spooked. It’s the same but for a reversal to show, it has to be a lot bigger. On 1 hour things are just smoothed out. Someone working on a 1 day, 1 week or 1 month might look at 1 hour fluctuations and panic the same way you might be over 5 min. Also, it could have broken out up to an hour ago so by then you should be pretty sure that it’s a breakout which probably gives it the weight you speak of

Couldn’t agree with you more!!!! I honestly don’t know how people trade the 1m. When I was on it once, I felt like I was drinking water out of a fire hose!

I use bigger time frames to see the range of the most visible gap up or gap down and smaller time frames to buy or sell out of a position

The TF impact is not really what people like to share. Smh this info is really important, especially for new traders . Thank you Tory. God bless you.

I trade on the 1hour as well combined with supply and demand zones. when I get stopped out I get more contracts playing the other side....never fails so far

I like to use 5 and 15, I feel like limiting your self to one is pointless. Small ones are better for entries but I always make sure my trade is following a direction in the bigger picture aswell. That’s one mistake I’ve caught for a lot of my losing trades, I’ll get lost in the smaller time frames, take a trade and then I’ll zoOm back pair and realize the 15 or 20 tells a whole different story. Check multiple time frames!

You keep popping up on my shorts with good information you’ve earned my subscribe

As a 5m trader I’ve placed 0 trades this week and 3-4 last week. I also have set rules in place that help keep me profitable and look for the best setups. I also only trade the London kill zone so pretty much volume off the open from a poi and proper Conf. Helps keep me super disciplined and lines up with my life while not killing my sleep. I used to have like 5+ trades a day but once you create a proper edge it filters out A+ setups from the rest

The hourly chart helps me keep calm and have better entries

This is so timely as I have gone from a 4min chart to a 60min chart and already feel more relaxed, taking less trades and overall better performance

Thats the beauty of 5 minute trades . Its a whole different concept to trade in extremely short time frames . Normal technical concepts doesnt apply to them , and alteration to approach is necessary which when applied to longer time frames , works like a charm .

The longer you hold a trade, the riskier it becomes. Since you have less trades on a 1 hour chart, 1 bad trade can set you back far. Since you can accumulate more trades with a 5 minute chart, it will take a multiple number of trades to set you back.

I agree with you, the lower time frames can get really really messy

You're also a good teacher and you made it so simple. Everytime I watch your videos, you can explain far match better than a lot of people.

1 hour is a good medicine for trader's blood pressure

My best choice when I started to operate 15m, sure one hour is my next goal. Tks for information

You need to trade with a ratio of 1:5 for shorter time frames less than the hr, anything above the 1 hr the ratio switches to 1; 4 , for example if you use the 6 minute to execute trades and then use the 30 minute to check for confirmations. If you use use the 1 hr use the 4 hr for confirmation then take you trades.You will make less mistakes and take profit easily.

Longer the time frame, longer the trend.

If you trade anything less than one hour I feel like you still have to analyze one hour

Switched to 2 min, instead of 1 min. Naked trading. No indicators. Bagged +$4.6k/today in NG natural gas. Love your vids. Appreciate your work, trading psychology, openness, and trend line style 👍

i totally agree with 1hr vs 5min less noise candles less static signals

I get “trading styles” but the charts talk to you Sometimes they’re saying run a 3 min, sometimes 15, sometimes 1-1/2. The support, volume, and price action with maybe FDX is all you need to see it.

The 4h is something else def my favorite

Same I even like the 15 minute to minute place my strategy but the 1H seems to just be clearer and less BS. It also seems the 1H respects liquidity and demand way more then a 1-5mTF

This is crazy true! I work a full time job and was getting wrecked on the 2 and 5 min. I made the switch to the 30 min, and the transaction was like night and day. Trading the 30 also helped me realize the importance of waiting for closing candles. Also helped me realize that trading the open was not for me. I wait to closing candles on the 30 min and I take my first entry some time after 1030. This simple change has given me two weeks straight of consistent profits so far😁 If anyone is interested in more details about my actual strategy hmu, I love talking about this stuff! 📉📈

You're smart! Longer time frames are more chartable

trade with smaller TF , smaller SL we have to deal with compare to bigger time frame. depend on how much you willing to put as the SL

I was over trading as well. The one thing you said has helped me so much. You said " you always leave money on the table". Thats everhthing right there. I no longer try and hit the top and bottom and am eay better at taking profit now. I used to feel like a failure if i didnt call every stock perfectly woth highs and lows. As simple as it is its just that simple haha.

I just look at the overall direction and bias of price movement on the higher time frames like the daily and weekly just to get a general understanding of where price might wanna go or return to then I use the daily 4h and 1h to see how I can get in on my trades after I have a general understanding of price movement and after I create my bias I use the 15m and the 5m to indicate when I can enter a trade keeping in mind everything that’s happening on the higher time frames after I see that I have a good entry or indicator telling me to buy or sell I place my trade on the 1m set a take profit and stop loss and so far my win rate the past week has been 100% that strategy that I use is solid because I’m predicting who has control and momentum ahead of time and I’m either riding a wave or catch a big breakout try it and let me know how it goes for you

The most important factor about time frame is your lifestyle, i chose sclaping becuse trading is my main source of income , opening 3 trades a day will provide more consistancy in your income than being a swing trader. In a world where everything is monthly its better for me. Also i close my trade befote the sun goes down so im much more relieved when sleeping. + im not an employee, entrepreneur, or content creator so it fit perfectly my life style

I subscribed because I like the 1H better than five minutes. It gives you a stronger sense of what to look for

Me personally as a fib intraday trader the 5 min is perfect there’s usually only one setup a day that happens. With each stick being 5minutes it will take a whole day for a full swing and retrace to complete. The accumulation distribution at either the 50,61.8,65% levels will usually last 30-60 mins before retracing. On the 15min and one hour it takes days sometimes weeks so those are usually too high of a timeframe to trade that style daily. I use a 2000 tick on NQ for entries as it mimics the 5 min. I used to try to do this stuff on a 1 min and 950 tick. Being that close to the market was hell. I blew up so many prop accounts it was ridiculous.

4 hour and higher candle stick patterns are legitimate and when choosing entry point you can go at lower timeframes depending on your bias

This is why I use the 1 Day time frame 😏

I feel on the Higher time-frames,like 1 hour,and so on,we get to see a genuine and a solid movement of the market. On the 5 mins time frame and less ,is filled with a large representation of the higher timeframe's candle movement with more noise a bit. So I do my analysis on the 1h and then I head to the LTF like 5 min for my entry and x2 confirmation (i.e after my first confirmation on the Htf.)

I've been admiring your trading style-it’s refreshingly effective without relying on common indicators. I prefer horizontal lines to see ranges clearly. Are there specific times or overlaps you find best for trading, like pre-market or session opens? Have you noticed any of the one-hour timeframe’s effectiveness in the Asian market?

Even for scalpers the one hour time is the best to go off .use 5 minutes for entries or pull back when there’s strong bullish or bearish candle on the 1 hr

You are absolutely Dam Right.. always appreciated your kind thoughts. Thanks a lot.

Time to transition to the 1 minute timeframe for the ultimate challenge. I'm joking, it's hell down here

I choose the timeframes that make the more sense, according to the PA and my indicators, for each security. 30/10/3 for the Dow Jones & NASDAQ, 1H/30/10 for the Bitcoin... With possible changes when there's a lot of volatility, for ex.

you can do one trade in a day with the 5 mins time frame then go outside to do what you like. it is better than waiting for a nice entry for hours=)

Higher time frames always gives trust more than lower time frame

I often use the rsi for any divergences to figure out if a trend is changing

Love it! It makes sense. I did a 4hr and it felt different and I seemed to be more confident in my trade.

That is true.. but, the 5 minutes trades have fake outs but also have more opportunities to make money..

Good idea I started practicing on a higher time frame yesterday. I wanted to feel calmer during a trade and not force myself out or set my s/l too low.

She Is saying truth.....this is what I observe..

Thank you for this tip bc I’ve been doing 5 min timeframe and it is stressful beyond belief and I’m not making better profits bc of the fake outs

I actually trade both the 5m and 1H timeframes. Both are my favorite timeframes.

Yes! Less stress makes a trade walk away

It doesn’t really matter what time frame you pick even if you trade the lower time frame, you should always know what the one hour or the four hour are doing and should never be trading against those higher time frames

me : 15 sec ! 😂 if you know the structure there is no point to pick htf !

Trade the 4hr for this reason. Each to their own. That's the great thing about FX.

Top down analysis: start at the Daily then work your way down! This helps with all trading styles

I'm a scalper so i trade the 3min time frame, only.. That's where i just have peace. And it works with my strategy

I recommend u to look at the 1H chart for an entry and then the 5m chart for a confirmation ( when break the last minimum and does a retest at the upside of ur Trend line/maximum ) same for the 4h chart u can look for a confirmation at the 15m chart.

loving these short vids .. thanks 😊

Thank you for this clarity ☯️

That can be said about 1hr vs 4hr time chart. It’s about how much you are willing to work for, a day at a time or 5 min of an hr…. The risk is the same, but reward can be different I think.

Why all smc traders wont look into "HTF" only analyse and trade in short time frames ?

Time frame niche leading to method Edge

The shorter the time frame the higher the chance the price trend can be manipulated. The longer the trade period used provides a better look into direction.

4hr is much more healthy.

She deadass speaks so many facts not just in this video either. This a person you need to listen to

I used to trade the one min chart and got chopped up more often than not. These bigger time frames are definitely the way to go. You only need a few good trades a week

Check this out. I use 512tick then 2,5,15,30min and 1hr but try to trade off larger times frames. If I’m skittish of markets it seems like it’ll take a rip then pullback so far it seems like a loosing trade right away. Hence we’re always loosing. My fix is to let them pullback where I wished I entered “after” the move occurred and just set it there. So many times it’ll hit that breakout area before letting market go. Big ol wick right to my entry then it really dips down because other side got a break even so got out of positions and that’s why 50% pullbacks happen. Pros don’t loose they scale in changing break even market and take profit off one position then break even on other at the 50% pullback. Early bird exit is when they double down at opposing side of market bringing break even down to 68% or so. Fibs show exactly what’s happening but only help after trades have taken off. Good for measured moves too where double the price action of day and see if lines up with trendline or expected move of day or 200ema etc.

this is what I did and it was life changing. I now can swing a trade with more confidence vs scalping I use to be on that 1 min time frame getting my lunch ate lol

We trade exactly the same except I don’t trade 1hr I trade 5 and 15mins sometimes 1min cos I’m a scalper and I over trade which I don’t like, but I will try learn how to trade 1hr time frame. A week is good cos I’m a fast learner. Anyways, your videos has been really helpful. Thank you

😂 😂 Same same switched from 5 minutes to 15 and now safe landing in 1 hour it looks sweet

I do both. The scalp the 1 minute charts.

If a prop firm like Apex requires you to be closed out of all trades each day by 5pm EST not sure a 1hour would work? What would you recommend in this case?

The transparency 🎯

I find 5M works best with a limited time window and holds best around market open. For example I trade 5M around 0800-1000 London time on the FTSE 100 index, one trade and that’s it for the day. But what you say is spot on.

... yeah i try to do the same now! But there is the main thing. 1h you have less trades = less peofit x times. I wonder how you deal with that, did you found the decision for it?. Did you put bigger money ? Do you still enter the trades using 1h and then go to small charts to get the best entry and so with the bigest ammount??😊

Probably depends on your size of the account as well.

I look at the 30min to base decisions off of. The only time I look at 5min are in the first half hour of the day.

Longer time frames confuse me. Like the hour time frame, do u include candle sticks from extended our or not

These are all great points.

Stop Limits too

4H team ---------------------- 👉

She really spent a lot of time with her uncle...

Do whatever works for you.

I rather stay up to date with the market and flow with it, 5M is my workplace

The patience in waiting.. is the problem

No doubt! Same experience!

I was trading 60 min but i switched to 5 min