Help me with timeframes

Please somebody should help me with the complete meaning of TIME FRAMES and their effects on the trade or chart displayed. Which is the best time frame to trade.
Enigma

Babypips is a place to start with all. So here you go for starters:

http://www.babypips.com/school/which...d_i_trade.html

Define "best"

For me personally, my favorite timeframe is the 1M. But that's my personal preference.

i think its a wrong question to ask.....
maybe u must start from the basic.
trust me by the time u progress u'll know the the answer...

hehe that is a good question.

I did start with 1M ended at daily and did go back to trade on:
1M 5M 1H and 25pips range bars.

You need to make it fit your trading style. I don't think beginners should start with anything less than 15M. This is to not get stressed out and go in and out trades when you "think" the trend change.

Look at the bigger time frames for trend detection and enter on the lower time frame when it reverse a little from the highest/lowest point.

But you need a lot of screen time to get the feeling of the forces behind the FX. LOL

im new to this arena too but the time frame is really your preference. i like the "action" but 1min and 5min is too fast for me. 30min and higher is too slow thus my favorite TF is 15min. i think it's 15 minutes between each bar. that's enough time for me to figure out what im going to do where as 1min and 5min is just too fast and i cant pull the trigger in less than 5 minutes. lol

you have to read, read, read, read, and then read some more. play around with the charts and time frames, click all over the place on your demo screen that way you get familiar with all the functions and buttons. dass what i did! lol when you know your way around the platform and you know how to enter and exit trades, you can develop your own style, your own method. well jus a lil insight from another Noobee. -ShrShot

try this...
http://tuckerreport.com/articles/time-frame/

1 Tick chart

hello enigma,

timeframes only show the movement of the currency pair that u r looking at that's it. open a 1m chart n it will show u price movements in 1m periods. same 4 others.

go n read the stickies at the top of this rookie forum. then go n try out all the systems n methods in the trading systems forum that take your fancy.
get frustrated n come 2 your own conclusion about a few things about forex.

then go n read the popular 5star threads in the interactive n trading forums. after reading n trying, u will know what suits u n your trading style will slowly surface. from there, your trading style,temperament n lifestyle will let u know which timeframe u want 2 trade off.

alright, go n start your journey now.


P.S. if after all that stated above or u want 2 save time. do what rednose did n request 4 a mentor. simple. trade well

Everyone's going to tell you that there is not best time frame to trade because everyone has a different style of trading. Some people trade long term so for them a Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Time frame would be good. Then on the other side of the scale there are people who trade intraday so Time frames like H1, M30, M15, M5 are good.

I personally am an intraday trader. I mainly use the M15 chart, but then I also check the 4H, 1H, M30 and M5 charts to get another perspective before entering a trade, that way you can see the overall price movements.

Cheers,
Dfxcube

there's no best time-frame, there's only the time-frame that suits your trading style.

Personally my preferred time-frame is 4 hr with a look at the daily

i'm agree with u..
for me..to solve your problem..u must mention which trading style are u..
scalp? swing? or intraday..n from that we can determine which time frame are suitable with u..(just only to know which time frame,u have to do a lot analysis after that..)

p/s: just 1 sen from me..

Timeframes basically refer to what does each unit of time coverage is

For example, if you are trading on 1 hr timeframe, then each bar or candle on the chart will mean 1 hr of price action for that currency pair..same goes with 5 min, 15 min. etc.

Which time frame is best depends on your trading style.

For example, if you like day trading then 5 min., 15 min and 30 min. timeframe will work. But If you are swing trading then 1 hr, 4 hr, 8 hr, daily charts etc will work.

Ofcourse you may also have to see how much you can risk for trade..

My personal suggestion will be to "Never Trade below 15 min. timeframe" since at that level, the technical analysis is not that accurate!

The M15, M30 & H1 seem to work best for me.

I found this article about Multiple Time Frame Analysis very helpful. Hope you do too.

http://knol.google.com/k/multiple-ti...he-spot-forex#

I do prefer the 4H, but I use mulitlpe time frames when scaning various pairs looking for trade setups. They all should be telling the same story.