Well I like to look at timeframes from 2 different angles:
1. Smaller timeframe => More noise but also more opportunities to make money. Most likely gonna give u more “bad trades” but can be more profitable.
2. Bigger timeframes => Less noise but also less opportunities to make money. Most likely gonna give u more “good trades” but can be weeks without doing anything.
Now of course this all depends on your systems! if u got 4 h systems that does trades all day long then thats great! If u got 4h systems that waits for just the right setup, then maybe u gotta wait 1-4 weeks until that setup arrives..
Im a big fan of 15m, 30m and 1h. Anything above that is just too slow for my liking (not that i wouldnt trade anything higher! For me its just boring to make algos for 4h compared to 30m because of the noise and stuff happening.)
The 15 m takes alot more trades then the 1h, but the 15m have also been one of my most profitable timeframes yet. Followed by the 30m and lastly 1h. Even tho my 1h algos have higher winrate!
As michael covele says it: Do you wanna be right all the time, or do you wanna be profitable?
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