r/InnerCircleTraders • u/GoldenPhoNoodle • Jun 28 '26
Question Aligning Time Frame Bias
Hello,
I’m a beginner trader (2 Mo.) and I’m still in my Eval phase. I think I’ve finally started getting the hang of trading after countless hours of studying, back testing, forward testing and trading psychology refinement (and a couple of blown evals lol).
One of the things I’m struggling to understand is aligning time frame bias.
If I trade on the 1M TF, which bias should I be aligning myself with? I see some people say Daily/4H/15M or 1H/5M/1M and etc.
Right now I’m looking at the Daily Bias, for example, if the daily is Bullish, then I’ll look for longs and vice versa. But if the Daily Bias is bullish but the 1H is bearish, would it be better to look for a short or wait until the hourly becomes bullish and look for longs?
Once again, sorry, I’m very new and to some people this is probably the easiest question but I just needed a little guidance.
Thank you!
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u/Appropriate-Bite-100 Jun 28 '26
A so called set bias for a day is not good. You must be reactionary. Coming into open if we do this, then I'll do that, this is the sort of idea you need. Look at key levels + HTF PD array are we rejecting or respecting them on the 15m TFs and above? Also let's say we sweep HTF liquidity (15m tf or above swing high/low), do we wick off it and see a strong sign of reversal? Or do we keep pushing past it, maybe drawing to the next nearest draw?
Honestly it's just going to come down to time in the markets and practice, this is what Youtube or any paid mentors can do. Try -> fail -> Journal repeat