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lower timeframe

A zoomed-in chart, like hourly instead of daily, used to pick the exact moment to act.

The fuller meaning

The shorter timeframe in multi-timeframe analysis, used only for timing entries and exits once the higher timeframe has set direction and key levels. Lower-timeframe signals against the higher-timeframe trend are the classic timeframe conflict.

lower timeframe.

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