A candle is just a summary of price over a stretch of time: where it opened, where it closed, and its high and low. The stretch you pick changes what you see.
- 1-minute and 5-minute candles are mostly noise. They demand constant attention and punish anyone with a job.
- Daily candles are calm, but signals arrive slowly and stops have to be wide.
- 4-hour candles sit in between: clear enough to ignore the noise, fast enough to catch a move within days.
Only two decision points a day
US stocks trade from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern. NextShelf splits that into two 4-hour candles: one that closes at 1:30 PM and one that closes at 4:00 PM. Those two closes are the only moments a NextShelf signal can confirm.
That's the whole point for someone at work: you don't need to watch the screen all day. NextShelf warns you about 15 minutes before each close if a stock is outside its hub, and confirms the result after the close.
Key points
- 4-hour candles filter out most intraday noise.
- There are two closes a day: 1:30 PM and 4:00 PM Eastern.
- Signals only confirm at those closes, so you don't need to watch all day.
Check yourself
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