Effective Trading Techniques: Higher vs. Lower Time Frames (Part 1)
  1. Intro
  2. Video
  3. Dr Al Brooks Trading Course Slides
  4. Drill Instructions:
  5. Examples
    1. What to do?
    2. What to do?
  6. Bull Examples
    1. HTF BL MC → LTF BL SPBT
    2. HTF BL SPBT → LTF BL CH
    3. HTF BL CH → LTF BL BRDCH
    4. HTF BL BRDCH → LTF TR
  7. Conclusion

Intro

  • Higher time frame and lower time frame analysis is very important in staying relaxed in trading

Video

  • I made a video on this here:

Dr Al Brooks Trading Course Slides

Drill Instructions:

Instructions

  • Find a market structure you don’t understand
  • Then go up a timeframe until it becomes more clear

Examples

What to do?

  • Looking at 60m
  • Go up a timeframe
  • Very strong breakout and follow-through on a Higher time frame

  • Decide to wait for buy signal bars instead

What to do?

  • Looks bearish.. should I sell?
  • Go up a timeframe
  • Looks like support at MA in bull channel

  • Looks like an area to look for a buy signal bar.
  • Inside bar wait, follow-through, BUY

Bull Examples

HTF BL MC → LTF BL SPBT

HTF BL SPBT → LTF BL CH

HTF BL CH → LTF BL BRDCH

HTF BL BRDCH → LTF TR

Conclusion

  • When confused, go up timeframes until your confusion disappears!

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