asiaforexmentor Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Are we just plain scared to trade the lower time frames in forex trading? Are we just plain scared? Here’s the fact: Most of the full time forex traders out that trade the HIGHER Time Frame. Not the 1min, the 5 min, the 15min or the 30min. Most people have the misconceptions that to be successful in forex, the trader must trade the lower time frame. Hell NO! In fact its the newbies that trade the lower time frame and the professionals that trade the higher time frame! lol.. New guys who enter the forex market thinking that they could make a killing in it within minutes. But to realise that it is not as easy as it seems yea?! Like every pair, the lower the time frame, the higher the volatility. Now with that kind of volatility, it really takes years of experience to do those shit. If one started off with the 5 min chart, i can’t tell you how many times will his/her account blow before they even realised what hit them. Start off with the higher time frame Eg. the daily chart. Which has way lower volatility than the 5 min chart. If one cannot even conquer the daily chart, what makes them think they can conquer the 5 min chart? And now for those who had mastered the daily chart, the pips are good, the lifestyle is good as little screen time is needed. Do you think they will crack their brain cells to go down the 5 min time frame? Forex Trading is like a GAME. Higher time frame = Easy Mode Lower the time frame = Difficulty level increases. But here’s the catch, there’s no reward for playing the Difficult mode compared to the Easy mode. The profits you get will NOT be higher. But your white hair will grow faster due to the high speed stress and reaction involved in the lower time frame. So Now Its your choice to choose the Difficulty level in playing the Forex Game… Talk soon, Ezekiel Chew Asia's #1 Forex Mentor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnan007 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Well, I dont know about the others but I myself am scared of trading in shorter time frames and the major reason for this is the fact that, it more riskier to trade in shorter time frames because we never know when would that trend reversal come into play. Shorter time frames does help us to earn small amount of profits but the losses are far more if we come across one such loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutiekc Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I am also scared on trading in the short term i think the long terms are good though it depends on our level in trading just like a proffessional mostly make use of the five minutes chart which is a short term chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stekin Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I'm not scared of the lower time frame because I trade in the m5. It is a good frame to trade in but before you will do that, it is good that you have to be a good trader that has been trading in the higher time frame like the weekly chart before so that you can be able to understand it very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budado Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I don't see any thing wrong trading with lower time frame. But me It does not matter what time frame what I'm using. What matter to me is that I do analysis and if the analysis result say the trend is going side way then I trade scalping if its say its going to be volatile then I just do swing strategy or even naked strategy. For me its all depends on the market conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malik Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I don't see any factor Completely wrong buying and selling with reduced time period. But me It would not matter what time period what I am utilizing. What subject to me is that I do Examination and when the Investigation consequence say the trend goes facet way then I trade scalping if its say its gonna be unstable then I just do swing tactic as well as naked strategy. For me its all depends available on the market conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budado Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 In forex trading its not about what time frame to use. The time frame will depends on what analysis you going to do and for what strategy. So I really don't get the point why will you going to be afraid to use lower time frame. Since its only a time frame. Its like a zoom. The lower the time frame the nearer you see. The higher the time frame the farther you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letter5 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 well i dont think that for we to make it is by staying long on our trade all i believe on is the knowledge because once we has it our trading will be more successfully , not by long or short frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standart Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 many newbies choose to trade with small time frame since they are want to catch quick profit. however, many successful traders trade with high time frame chart. they are use 1H or more time frame to trade and point out market circumstances. there are no traders who able to gain consistent profit by trade with small time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decub Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Not that there are traders who are scared of trading in the lower time frames because there are still those who base their analysis on a lower time frame. The fact is that it is more accurate predicting on a higher time frame and with this, the trader can get more effective analysis than analyzing from a lower time frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letter5 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 as for me i am scared to trade on a lower frames because it is more riskier to trade with it but although some people may be lucky to trade with it and still make profit but i cant do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myregister Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I am not scared with the lower frame, most of my trading with M5 or M15 at most, H1 and H4 only as trend viewer that i use sometimes also to take an action. Lower or higher frame does not even matter, it is all depend on your strategy that you use i am sure scalpers will prefer M5 or M15 over H4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letter5 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 yes most of us prefer to trade with the lower time frame than the higher time ,it seems like it was only the expert and professionals that choose to trade with the higher frames while because they knows all about forex and it also help them a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myregister Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 For me i think that is simply because they never ever and maybe don't want to trade with lower frames, or the other possibility that they may hear from someone that trade in lower frames, won't give them much profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upul Tharanga Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 No way, I really enjoy trading with lower time frame, I find it to be quite profitable since I am able to get ideal opportunities for scalping, it’s not possible to get this with higher time frame, I am also lucky to have supportive broker like Nova FX, it has excellent platform where I get chance to analysis much better and all my trading orders are executed instantly without ever facing issue with delay or rejections on any of my trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myregister Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Well even scared, i trade with M5 and M15. By using both i can see the short trend clearer rather than before. Using long term frame like H1 is plausible but i think with my style of trading i won't get anywhere with that, only swing trader could do that effectively, also what TS said only stated his words by not to mention the fact clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decub Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I don't see it as a fear thing rather, as a knowledge thing. In the broadest imagination, people don't trade a particular time frame for fun, they do it because of the type of knowledge they have and there are so many who trade H4 and survive it the same way others will trade very short time frames like the M5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepy Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 People don't know that lower frame is useful in their context just like long term frame. Don't mean to offend anyone here but that is the fact, depend on what kind of strategy that you are using then lower time frame will bring more benefit as you can see the trend clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myregister Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Using higher time frame does not always means you can make profit with that sometimes you also can loss and in bigger amount than you always considered before. They are just simply plain scared or they just heard that from their friend or acquintance and never try it before, lower frames also risky but it does not make higher frames such a solution to all problems in forex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Irani Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Frankly speaking, I am not scared or any timeframe, I mean we should trade on what we understand. Now if we are not able to understand how to trade on lower timeframe then how can we do that? I mean that’s the only thing for me at least. I am not scared of using lower timeframe, but I am definitely scared of trading without been confident. I always like using higher timeframe while currently on cTrader platform, I have got all timeframe from 1 minute to 1 year, it’s powered by OctaFX broker, so with such platform, it is obviously easier to do analysis, but still I put my confidence on higher timeframe, but still if we have experience then we can win from low timeframe as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielk5 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 There is no need for us to be afraid to trade on the shorter time frame infact I do make my fortune from lower time frame by trading news in 1m time frame its an excellent way to make fast profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepy Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 1m is too low and i can only see that through my metatrader 5 not metatrader 4. I often use M5 and in some cases M15. Nothing we should worry and i agree with you there are some traders who also make fortune like you and me and many others, even i am not as scalper M5 help me a lot to see the trend clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myregister Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 There is no need for us to be afraid to trade on the shorter time frame infact I do make my fortune from lower time frame by trading news in 1m time frame its an excellent way to make fast profit It is an indication that someone plain scared to lower frame, nonsensical believe about lower frame isn't good for their health. Since you can see 1m frame it seems you use MT5, i prefer M5 or M15 only in few cases to be honest lower frame makes me able to react faster rather than the big frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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