Chienung,
I've attached a chart to explain this in 2 dimension. 1h and the 5 min. 1H trend down (purple line) however price do not just keep on falling. it will fall then back to the mean area (sma30, sma50) then down again.. when it goes down... it is following the 1H down trend..when it goes up it is following the lower time frame trend.. in this case the 5min (black line). That is reason why 1H is downtrend while 5min is uptrend. Which is why you hear many say the higher timeframe is more important.. in this case.. 1H being the higher timeframe.. the trend is down.. 5min uptrend is just a temporary small movement up to 1H confluence area.
As for which timeframe to trade is really up to you..In this case of coz you can trade the 5mins too but you have to be aware that when you reach the 1H confluence area, 1H being the higher timeframe and downtrend.. the 5min uptrend might end and follow the main 1H downtrend.
Sometimes you get a chart where 30m 1h 4h daily are all uptrend.. the rule of thumb to choose between these is go with the timeframe with the best harmonic swing.
I've attached a chart to explain this in 2 dimension. 1h and the 5 min. 1H trend down (purple line) however price do not just keep on falling. it will fall then back to the mean area (sma30, sma50) then down again.. when it goes down... it is following the 1H down trend..when it goes up it is following the lower time frame trend.. in this case the 5min (black line). That is reason why 1H is downtrend while 5min is uptrend. Which is why you hear many say the higher timeframe is more important.. in this case.. 1H being the higher timeframe.. the trend is down.. 5min uptrend is just a temporary small movement up to 1H confluence area.
As for which timeframe to trade is really up to you..In this case of coz you can trade the 5mins too but you have to be aware that when you reach the 1H confluence area, 1H being the higher timeframe and downtrend.. the 5min uptrend might end and follow the main 1H downtrend.
Sometimes you get a chart where 30m 1h 4h daily are all uptrend.. the rule of thumb to choose between these is go with the timeframe with the best harmonic swing.
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