What timeframe is used to confirm the daily bias?

• A. Daily and Weekly
• B. 15m and 5m
• C. 4h or 1h
• D. 1D and 1W

Answer: (C)

The idea is to anchor your view on the daily chart and then check that view against a nearby intraday timeframe to see if price action within each day supports that direction. The daily chart gives the long-term tilt (up or down), while a 4-hour or 1-hour chart shows the actual intraday structure—whether rallies or selloffs within the day align with that daily bias.

If the daily bias is bullish, you’d look at the 4-hour or 1-hour to confirm there are higher highs and higher lows, with pullbacks that don’t break the up-move. This shows the daily direction is being respected in real-time. Conversely, if you saw a strong counter-move in those intraday frames that breaks the implied intraday structure, it might signal a shift in bias, prompting caution or a reassessment.

Shorter timeframes like 15-minute or 5-minute are too noisy to reliably confirm the daily direction, and using only the same or larger timeframes (daily or weekly, or 1D/1W) doesn’t provide the practical confirmation you need for intraday action.