A timeframe is the length of market activity one candle or bar represents, from one minute up to monthly. Higher timeframes smooth out noise and produce fewer signals; lower ones show more detail but far more false movement. Two readings of the same market can be opposite purely because the timeframes differ, so any analysis should state which one it uses.
Forex glossary
Timeframe
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Candlestick
A candlestick summarises four prices for one period: the open, the close, the high and the low. The wide body shows the distance between open and close, and the…
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