Timeframe
Also called: chart timeframe, intraday chart, weekly chart
The period each bar or candle on a chart covers, such as one minute, one day or one week.
The same history looks different on different timeframes. Longer timeframes smooth out noise and show the bigger picture; shorter ones show more detail and many more false signals. A share can be in a downtrend on one timeframe and an uptrend on another.
Learn more in these lessons
- Candlesticks and chart timeframesHow do you read a candlestick, and why does the timeframe matter?
- Trends and market structureHow do you tell whether a share is in an uptrend, a downtrend or a range?
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