🥷🏼The best timeframe for technical indicators depends on your trading style.
Here’s a quick breakdown and feel free to ask if you need any assistance with technical indicators on Binance ❤️:
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1. Scalping (Fast trades: seconds to minutes)
• Best timeframes: 1-min, 3-min, 5-min
• Why: You need fast signals and quick entries/exits
• Popular indicators: EMA, VWAP, RSI, Stochastic
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2. Day Trading (Intra-day trades)
• Best timeframes: 5-min, 15-min, 1-hour
• Why: Balances speed and signal reliability
• Popular indicators: MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands, Volume profile
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3. Swing Trading (Few days to weeks)
• Best timeframes: 4-hour, 1-day
• Why: Filters out noise and shows bigger market moves
• Popular indicators: Moving Averages, RSI, Fibonacci, Trendlines
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4. Position Trading / Investing
• Best timeframes: 1-day, 1-week
• Why: Focus on long-term trends
• Popular indicators: 200 EMA, MACD, Fundamental support/resistance
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Golden Rule:
Use multiple timeframes to confirm a signal.
Example: If you’re trading the 15-min chart, check the 1-hour and 4-hour trends too.
Do you want a guide on how to use indicators across multiple times frame ?
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