Definitions of Timeframes—The Triple Screen Trading Methodology
The fractal nature of the markets is such a fundamental characteristic that it has to be dealt with right up front in the definitions of terms, and then must always be handled with a consistent methodology. People often talk about “short term,” “intermediate term,” and “long term” as if there were some fixed meanings for those three terms. However, they are relative terms, and should be defined before using them. In this and subsequent chapters, I deal with multiple timeframes in accordance with the Triple Screen Trading System described by Dr. Alexander Elder in his several publications.1 Here is a brief summary of this method.
The first step is to identify which timeframe chart ...
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