how I use daily bias

6 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this short trading commentary, the speaker explains the concept of a daily bias, emphasizing that it is merely a directional view derived from higher‑timeframe analysis—not a trade itself. He notes that the daily candle closed bearish, so his bias for the day is short. The speaker clarifies a common misconception: many traders treat a higher‑timeframe bias as a trade signal, whereas its true purpose is to set the market direction before refining entry ideas on lower timeframes. By establishing whether to be long or short first, traders can more effectively develop and execute trades on shorter charts.

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Taking a look at the daily bias. Now, the daily bias at the moment, because the candle closed bearish, it means that I'm going to be looking for shorts today. And that is the definition of a bias. So many people get this wrong where when they talk about, oh, the higher timeframe bias or like a daily bias, they assume that it's supposed to be a trade. But no, the bias is literally just direction. After all, the entire point of having a higher timeframe is so that you can understand direction before you go into a lower timeframe to refine a trade idea out of that direction. But all trades start having a bias because if you don't even know if should be going long or if you should be going short, it's kind of hard to do anything on the lower timeframes.