Intraday Charts for Entries

How swing traders use hourly and 5-minute charts to fine-tune an entry, and the traps of staring at intraday noise.

Zooming in only at the end

Intraday charts, from 1-minute to hourly bars, show how price is moving during the session. For a day trader they are the main tool. For a swing trader they are a finishing tool: once the weekly and daily charts say “this is a good setup,” an intraday chart can help choose a better moment to enter.

Top-down: the weekly chart picks the stock, the daily finds the setup, intraday times the entry.

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