best time frame for pivot point

please which time frame is generally the best for pivot points usage ? 1hr,4hr or the daily pivot point ?does the time frame to be used depend on the present market condition and volatility ? i want to find out.

Daily Pivot point

Definitely Daily.

I have also found the weekly PP useful...

tyler

I've found the weekly and the monthly to be useful on larger TFs, the daily seems to play a big role in intraday tho.

They are ALL potential trading points.
You wait for something to happen at those points before placing / exiting a trade .
They are most powerful when they align with another one. i.e. Weekly in same area as Daily, or Monthly

Personaly, the only time I'll blindly use a pivot point is as a "Take Profit" zone. Mostly on very short term trades. Otherwise I'll wait to see if there is a signal there first (for me, confirming price action)

They are "points of extreme interest".

it depends on how I am trading.

Intraday-- daily pivots are nice and help with profit taking.
Swing trading -- weekly and monthly work very nice.
Position trading -- yearly pivots are incredible. I was amazed at the number of currencies that went directly to their yearly central pivot in January.

Definitely the daily. Here's a great & very recent example why:

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In my personal opinion, we should go through all the timeframes to have multiple confirmations on a valid pivot point.

I usually start with monthly, weekly and daily to cover longer time frame potential pivot points and mark out not more than 2 price ranges, with one being above the current price, and one below the current price.

After that I dive down into the intraday timeframes like 4H, 1H and 15H to mark out potential short time frame pivot points for intraday entries.

After marking out on my charts, I will switch from longer time frames to shorter time frames to establish consistencies between the marked zones to have multiple confirmations before I end my prep.

I do this routine every morning because markets are always dynamic, so never take any zones for granted and always be looking out for possible volatility and price breakouts.

All the best with your trading in 2025!

SIA

Quick question - do you find there are certain pairs who respect these pivot points or does it depend on the market conditions at that time?

Personal observation wise, the more liquid the trading pair is, the higher the probability of these pivot points will be respected. Regarding market conditions, as long as you avoid red events and take note of the world economy, your technical analysis will have a higher probability of being respected.

Also, instead of simply observing pivot points as a single horizontal line on a chart, I highly suggest to use a price range instead, using a rectangle instead of a single line.

All the best with your trading in 2025.

SIA