Step 1: Choose your main trading timeframe
This is where you’ll enter and manage your trades.
Examples:
• Scalper: 1-min or 5-min
• Day trader: 15-min or 1-hour
• Swing trader: 4-hour or 1-day
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Step 2: Use a higher timeframe to find the trend
Go 1–2 timeframes above your main one.
Use this to see the overall market direction.
Why? It helps avoid trading against the bigger trend.
Example:
• If trading on 15-min, check the 1-hour or 4-hour chart.
• If trading on 4-hour, check the 1-day chart.
What to use:
• 200 EMA: Is price above or below?
• Trendlines: Is the market trending up, down, or sideways?
• MACD or RSI: Overbought/oversold on higher TF?
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Step 3: Use your main timeframe for entries
Now that you know the trend, go back to your main timeframe.
Look for:
• Pullbacks (to key support/resistance or EMAs)
• Indicator confirmations (e.g., RSI crossing 50, MACD crossing up)
• Price action (e.g., engulfing candles, pin bars)
This is where you plan your exact entry, stop-loss, and take-profit.
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Step 4: Use a lower timeframe for sniper entries (optional)
Go 1 timeframe lower than your main one to fine-tune the entry.
• Wait for reversal candles or break/retest
• Confirm with indicators like RSI, Stochastic, or VWAP
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Example Setup (Swing Trader):
• Higher TF (1-day): Bullish, price above 200 EMA, MACD crossing up
• Main TF (4-hour): Price pulls back to support, RSI rising from 40–50
• Lower TF (1-hour): Bullish engulfing candle forms — you enter here
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Bonus Tip: Use the same indicators on each timeframe
But don’t expect the same results — signals on higher TFs are stronger but slower.
