back over 20 years (See Figure 10-1).
By studying these charts,the chartist gets a better idea of longterm trends,where historic support and resistance levels are located, and is able to obtain a clearer perspective on the more recent action revealed in the daily charts. These weekly and monthly charts lend themselves quite well to standard chart analysis described in the preceding pages. The view held by some market observers that chart analysis is useful only for short-term analysis and timing is simply not true.The principles of chart analysis can be used in any time dimension.
Using Intraday Charts
Daily and weekly charts are useful for intermediate- and longterm analysis. For short-term trading, however, intraday charts
are extremely valuable. Intraday charts usually show only a few days of trading activity. A 15-minute bar chart, for example, might show only three or four days of trading.A 1-minute or a 5-minute chart usually shows only one or two days of trading respectively, and is generally used for day-trading purposes. Fortunately, all of the chart principles described herein can also be applied to intraday charts (See Figure 10-2).
Going From the Long Term to the Short Term
As indispensable as the daily bar charts are to market timing and analysis, a thorough chart analysis should begin with the monthly and weekly charts—and in that order.The purpose of
that approach is to provide the analyst with the necessary longterm view as a starting point. Once that is obtained on the 20-year monthly chart, the 5-year weekly chart should be consult-
ed.Only then should the daily chart be studied. In other words, the proper order to follow is to begin with a solid overview and then gradually shorten the time horizon. (For even more microscopic market analysis, the study of the daily chart can be followed by the scrutiny of intraday charts.)
Nice description really useful, helped me alot to undersatnd trading.
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