Forex Myths: Intraday Vs Higher Fourth Dimension Frame (Htf)


After reaching a for sure grade of knowledge, the beginner trader await for a strategy or system, to start his paper trading. Here, inward this phase he volition own got a conclusion that volition haunt him for years. Some people realize it later, some people don't. And they volition "run inward this circle", for years.

So, this phase tin move considered, the initiatory off huge mistake, that volition modify his trading action for at to the lowest degree a long time, if non forever (Until he volition quit trading or croak along trying it, but amongst small-scale results or none). His dilemma is:

Higher Time Frame or Lower Time Frame (Intraday) ?

Due to human nature, most of the people own got a lack of patience. In this phase they desire to start existent trading soon. So they volition chose a Intraday strategy for paper trading, in addition to thus demo in addition to inward the halt on existent trading account. If the beginner would own got proper cognition he would yet own got to evidence this strategy for 3-6 months. But again, the lack of patience would build him to consider a shorter menstruum of testing, earlier starting existent trading. This combination of starting Intraday trading, combined amongst a brusk menstruum of testing on demo is the most lethal, for the beginners. In my opinion, the neglect is closed to 100%. ( How many traders, fifty-fifty profitable ones, tin say, that they started to own got profits from the get-go ? I didn't ! ).

Like I said, the initiatory off error is choosing Intraday. And this is why I wanted to explicate y'all why, inward this article. There is some other argue that volition build the beginner to select the Intraday trading (strategy), except his lack of patience for testing. That volition move the sellers in addition to all their promo materials. And since the beginners started to acquire close trading from their materials, he volition move influenced to chose this path.

Lets see...why! And let's own got a closed await at the existent bargain of the sellers inward this area.


Brokers

As y'all all know, nosotros can't start trading every bit a retail trader, unless nosotros are trading using "the tertiary party", the broker services. Also, every bit y'all all know, the psyche income beginning for the brokers, is the spread.

So, let's create an exercise in addition to encounter what would move the best bargain for a broker:

Let's tell he would own got a client, that merchandise on Intraday. Probably volition build 10 entries + 10 exits/day at a spread of simply two pips.

10 x 2p + 10 x two pips = xl pips/client/day/pair

And inward 1 month, lets tell this customer volition merchandise all days, from Mon to Friday:

20 days x 40pips = 800 pips/month/pair

If nosotros volition consider this for 1 amount lot in addition to aprox $10 for 1 pip...and likely the customer volition merchandise many pairs, each day, that must move a proficient deal...for a broker.

Now, lets encounter how much volition pay a customer ( in addition to volition earn the broker ), if the client, volition merchandise every bit a "swing trader" or a tendency follower. By trading all month, on HTF, the customer volition non own got to a greater extent than than 10 trades.

10 trades x iv pips (entry +exit) = xl pips/month/pair

So an Intraday trader would pay 800pips/month in addition to a Swing Trader would pay...40pips/month (or a Trend Follower on HTF)

Now, what create y'all intend is the best bargain for a broker ? An Intraday trader ? Or a HTF trader?

That doesn't hateful that a broker desire his clients to lose money. They simply don't own got fourth dimension for all their clients to acquire after the initial contact (phone/e-mail) or to merchandise HTFs. That broker employee can't acquire to his boss in addition to say:

"Hey...I've contacted few hundreds of potential clients, this month. They all concord amongst our services in addition to they volition start trading amongst us...in 6-12 months from now...when they volition acquire close trading!" If the broker would pay to that employee for 1 year...without having whatever novel clients, he volition ruin his business. Also, if they were concord for a monthly committee (from spread mostly), create y'all intend that the broker employee would similar to encounter y'all doing 10 trades/month, only, when he could own got all his clients doing 10 trades/day...?

Imagine a broker that volition earn thus difficult his clients, inward months or years, since they exercise in addition to start to merchandise HTF (less profits for the broker) in addition to then, to lose most of them, simply because some other broker own got a novel meliorate services. This volition ruin the initial instance broker business, fast. So he must move able to sign faster the contracts amongst novel clients, fifty-fifty if they volition lose most of them inward few months (because they'll blow their accounts), since the broker tin own got to a greater extent than novel clients each month.


Introducing Brokers


There are IBs that have a bonus for opening an concern human relationship in addition to some don't. But still, for both cases, the broker volition pay the IB, a committee from their clients payed spreads.

Usually this committee is some 20- 25% from the payed spread (by the customer every bit trader). So, from those iv pips/ merchandise (entry +exit), 1 pip volition move the IBs commission. Broker concord to pay this, because that IB, institute him a client. The broker would of payed this 1 pip/trade committee to whatever of his employees.

Now, what create y'all intend is the best bargain for a IB since he acquire a % from the spreads? An Intraday trader ? Or a HTF trader?


Signals Providers

The signals providers accuse a monthly fee, for providing to their clients trading signals for their activity. Usually these services fees are some $100-300, for 1 duo signals or to a greater extent than pairs.

Anyway, lets tell y'all payed $300 in addition to y'all hold off for a signal. Lets tell the Signal Provider, wont give y'all whatever indicate for your payed pair, for...10 days. This could happen, if he would render y'all these signals based on HTF analysis. How would y'all experience to pay a monthly service in addition to to start amongst 10 days, amongst no action ?

Not to shout that this Signal Provider, has the "money back" privacy (as marketing). If they would render these signals on HTF, they would own got tens or hundreds of e-mails/day bespeak for their payed signals that weren't received yet or coin back. Doesn't thing how proficient are these signals

So, they own got to render y'all Intraday signals. Because inward this way, they tin "find" at to the lowest degree few possible entries, starting the initiatory off day. If three from these "signals" are wrong...they could say: "Hey, but two were good! We can't move correct all the time! Wait for the adjacent signals!".

They don't help close the character of their signals. They tin ever say: "Hey, nobody tin move 100% profitable!".  And every bit long every bit y'all have it daily, y'all are happier than paying $300 for alone 10 signals. And if they'll "ruin" their image...they volition start over, nether a novel "brand" website, ID, etc.

That doesn't hateful that a HTF Signal Provider, is proficient for you. Even if y'all are profitable amongst it, y'all volition never know how they create it. So, you'll never acquire in addition to y'all volition ever move a "client". Not a trader...


EAs/Indicators sellers

Usually the EAs/Indicators are built for Intraday. For HTF are non suited, because y'all demand to croak along your trading platform on.

Imagine of keeping your trading reckoner ON for two weeks, simply to discovery few HTF entries using an EA. Is non that comfortable.

Same for a real expensive, Indicator that was built for HFT. You simply own got to sentinel it everyday, for hours, hopping to discovery an entry "confirmation". And it could come upwardly for few times/month...


The same province of affairs volition move for Strategies Sellers, Trainers in addition to Money Managers (that accuse a monthly fee instead a % from profits ) in addition to sometimes fifty-fifty book writers - personal websites amongst referral links - since all the sellers inward this plain start their services "portfolio" every bit a Introducing Broker (for a commissions from spreads), they will  promote Intraday trading. Because is inward their best involvement to create so.


Conclusions:

As a client, y'all demand to encounter faster, the results (lack of patience), fifty-fifty if those results are non thus good, initially or never.

And instead of promoting HTF (less coin for them) for having a bigger % of profitable clients, the sellers prefer to "lose" some clients in addition to supervene upon them amongst novel ones fast, each month.

I'm non maxim that everyone volition lose coin on Intraday. Just, that all the sellers promote it, because Intraday = to a greater extent than coin for them. Knowing this, y'all mightiness wanna intend close it, when y'all desire to start y'all trading activity.

Remember, also, that Intraday "belong" to Institutional Traders ( Trading Companies amongst with hundred to thousands flooring traders, that own got agency meliorate cyberspace connections than dwelling theatre users in addition to fast intelligence sources - earlier fifty-fifty posted on newspapers or websites ). You don't desire to start your trading carrier here, inward this area, every bit a retail trader (work from your home).

Beginners should start actually HTF trading ( ideal Weekly). Then every bit they'll own got meliorate cognition in addition to experience, they tin "lower" the TF. Personally, I institute out that W to H1 is the "safest zone" for a retail trader (beginner or advanced one). Specially 1 that don't desire to move +8h/day inward front end of his computers.


Best Regards,
^^_Lord_Ice_^^

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