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Using Nine Timeframes to Summarize Forex Trend Direction

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Summary

The NineTFMovement indicator presents price movement across nine chart timeframes, from one-minute bars through monthly bars, alongside a directional assessment labeled up, down, or wait. The document recommends using it on five- or fifteen-minute charts, although it does not explain the underlying calculations or provide evidence supporting that timeframe preference.

Two update notes describe performance and signal changes: the code was simplified, noisy signals were removed, the arrow-based trend assessment and signal formula were revised, and alerts were added. No entry or exit rules, instrument-specific testing, or quantified performance data are included. The indicator is therefore described as a multi-timeframe trend overview rather than a fully specified trading strategy, and the document does not establish that its signals predict future price movements.

Key ideas

  • The indicator summarizes price direction across nine timeframes, from one minute to monthly.
  • It classifies its trend assessment as up, down, or wait.
  • The author recommends applying it to five- or fifteen-minute charts without presenting supporting tests.
  • Updates simplified the code, addressed noisy signals, revised the signal formula, and added alerts.
  • The description does not specify entry rules or report performance results.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.