1D, 1H, 15M — and which to use when.

Daily (1D)

The bread-and-butter swing-trader timeframe. Each bar is one trading day. Setups develop over days to weeks. Lookback covers ~365 trading days so longer trends are visible. Best when:

• You don’t want to babysit the market intraday.
• You hold positions multiple days or weeks.
• You want the highest-quality setup signal-to-noise.

Hourly (1H)

Each bar is one hour. Lookback ~30 days. Captures setups that form over a few sessions. Best when:

• You actively trade during US market hours.
• You want to time an entry inside a daily setup more precisely.
• You hold for hours to a few days.

15-minute (15M)

Each bar is 15 minutes. Lookback ~7 days. Captures intraday momentum, opening-range breakouts, VWAP rejection, and similar fast setups. Best when:

• You day trade or scalp.
• You’re trading the open or the close.
• You have time to act fast.

How to combine them

The classic top-down approach: read the daily for the regime, the hourly for the setup, and the 15-minute for the entry. If all three agree, the trade is high-conviction. If they conflict, drop position size or skip it.