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Chapter 12 · Part Four

Multi-Timeframe Alignment

Same behaviour, different scales. The more timeframes agree, the better.

About 5 minutes

The top-down approach

Timeframe

Weekly / Daily

Purpose
Macro draw
What to look for
Where are the major untaken liquidity pools?

Timeframe

2H / 4H

Purpose
Session bias
What to look for
FTSH or FTSL? Premium or discount? HTF FVGs?

Timeframe

5m

Purpose
Intraday levels
What to look for
Mark the range and session levels, identify which ERL gets swept

Timeframe

1m / 3m

Purpose
Execution
What to look for
Find the sweep, displacement, FVG, and enter

Price does the same thing on the 2H that it does on the 1m, just at different scales. The more timeframes that agree, the higher your probability.

Once price confirms it is holding the higher-timeframe imbalance, you will notice repeated manipulation of lower-timeframe highs. Your objective is to identify this manipulation and trade the continuation that follows. The flip side is also true: if the higher timeframe is weak, the lower timeframes will catch up eventually.

Before you move on

  • You start every session on the highest timeframe, not the lowest
  • You can say what each timeframe is for without checking

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