Higher-timeframe map
Daily and hourly direction, location, and room.
Begin with the daily and hourly charts.
Mark what matters for the session:
- previous-day high, low, and close
- previous-week close
- Monday or weekly Opening Range
- London Opening Range
- first 30 minutes of the New York session
- HCOM and LCOM
- major support and resistance
- 10, 20, 50, and 200 SMA
- relevant Fibonacci levels
The map answers direction, location, and room. A mapped level by itself does not create an entry.
A selected parent chart can also own a larger setup when it has:
- a clear 1-2-3 followed by a completed eligible candidate and its parent activation level, or
- a frozen Step 2 base whose Step 3 breakout is forming while a preselected execution chart produces a valid candidate and directional trigger
In a parent-led trade, mark the parent activation level before moving to the execution chart. Use the five-minute chart as the recommended execution default. Do not search other intervals when the selected chart does not qualify.
Favor lower-timeframe setups that agree with broader momentum and the 200-SMA regime. Record Wait when the lower chart materially fights the larger map.