Timeframe

The interval each candle on a chart represents.

In plain English

A choice about how much detail to discard, not a discovery about the market. Different timeframes are different compressions of the same data.

Example

A daily chart and a 5-minute chart of the same market are both accurate.

Trading Basics Market Structure

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