One of the most common mistakes traders make is obsessing over lower timeframes like the 1-hour or even 15-minute charts. They constantly switch their bias with every red or green candle — one red candle and the bears call for a dump, one green and the bulls start yelling pump.

This kind of reactive trading often leads to major losses. People end up trading when the market isn’t giving clear signals.

So, what’s the smarter approach?

Simple: Focus on the higher timeframe (HTF). Use the HTF trend to guide your decisions, then align your lower timeframe setups accordingly.

Take a look at the attached images:

The first shows traders trying to predict every tiny move — up, down, up, down — multiple times within a single day or week.

The second shows the HTF doing... pretty much nothing. No major shift.

Instead of getting distracted by the noise on short timeframes and constantly changing your bias, zoom out.

If the higher timeframe is bullish, stay bullish until that changes.

If it’s bearish, stick with that trend until there's a clear reversal.

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