Kosta Ouzas breaks down timeframe choices for algorithmic trading. The team mostly uses 5 to 15 minute charts, with 15 minutes offering the best balance between activity and signal quality. Some traders drop to 1 minute during rallies, but positions close too fast and the visual data gets messy.
The five minutes just going to give you. So the lower the time frame you.
Go, the more trades you have, because the less obvious the trend becomes. So the bot will actually enter trades faster, the longer the time frame. You know, 15 minute, 30 minute, one hour, it actually more significant and you'll get less signals. So the 15 minute we find is a good balance in terms of activity and positioning. But Marcus in the trading desk does drop it down. He's been as, as low as 1 minute. However, there are some limitations. Running a 1 minute, it's almost too fast, the positions are too quick, and also we have issues with the amount of candlesticks that appear on a trading view chart. So 5 minute, 15 minute is usually where we stay. But. But yeah, hopefully that explains it's a, you know, a five minute during a bull run. It can work really well as well because if the market's rallying, you're able to get in a lot faster. We're not waiting for the opportune moment. We're just entering a lot quicker. You will find that you enter more trades and close more deals.
