{quote} i would draw like this for searching the LTF OBs, starting from H4, then drop to H1, then drop to M15, then drop to M5 ... there are 1 good M5 OB, and one M15 OB untested at the bottom {image}
What you drew are different OB on different timeframes, which are all correct, but the fact that they're correct doesn't mean that they have to be respected. Personally I use the first OB that gave life to the other OB before the BOS also called Origin. I will show you how I do my analysis on GOLD, usually I start from the daily and I don't look at 4h, from the daily I look at the 1h.
Daily
1H
From here of course you can go on even lower timeframes, 15min, 5min, whatever you like. Personally I use the 15min/5min for intraday trades while trades I take on the 1h I plan to hold them for a few days.
My point is that you don't have to use every timeframe, I use the Daily and the 1h or 15min/5min, you can use whatever suits you, D and 1h, 4h and 15min, 1h and 5min/1min whatever, but marking every ob on every timeframe won't bring you anywhere.
Often price won't reach your OBs, but it's part of trading, you don't want to chase price, you let it come to you. This doesn't mean you can't take continuation trades if price misses your wanted entry of course, as Bilal often showed he takes continuation trades too if price doesn't touch his levels.
My advice for you is, decide what you want to focus on right now:
-scalping(a few hours)
-short-term trading(a few days)
-swing trading(a few weeks)
-position trading(a few months)
Choose 3 timeframes:
-one for long term perspective
-one for medium term perspective
-one for short term perspective/entries
For example if you want to scalp you can use 4h for long term perspective, 1h for medium term perspective and 15min/5min for short term perspective/entries.
Or you can use 1h for long term perspective, 15 min for medium term perspective and 1min for short term perspective/entries. It's up to you to find what you find yo work and what not.
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