Timeframe alignment
Checking the bigger chart agrees
What it is
Comparing your trading timeframe against a higher one, so an entry is not fighting the larger structure.
What it may suggest
Entries with the higher timeframe behind them tend to need less babysitting and give cleaner room to the target.
Where it fails
Adding timeframes until one agrees with you is not analysis. Pick the higher timeframe before you look, not after.
Also called multi timeframe, higher timeframe, htf.
More concepts
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