MTF (Middle Timeframe)

15M, 30M and 1H. These are your primary trading timeframes, the class where most valid setups are read and taken. The HTF told you which way. The MTF is where you actually find the thing you are going to trade. ### 1H is the ceiling The top of the MTF class is also the top of the system. We do not enter on anything higher, ever. That single rule is what keeps this an intraday system rather than a swing one. It shows up mechanically in the rejection map. A 1H setup can only be confirmed by a 30M or 1H rejection candle, because there is no approved timeframe above 1H to take a rejection from. ### Rejection sources for each MTF setup Every setup takes its rejection candle from itself, one step down, and one step up, except at the ceiling where there is no step up. - 15M setup: 5M, 15M or 30M - 30M setup: 15M, 30M or 1H - 1H setup: 30M or 1H only A rejection candle sourced from anywhere else is an invalid entry, even when the candle itself looks flawless. That is one of the rules that quietly saves accounts, because a pretty wick on the wrong chart is the easiest permission slip in trading to hand yourself. You also cycle the neighbours to confirm a structure break. Reading a 15M setup, you check the 30M and the 1H. If the break is only marginal on the highest timeframe of the class, step one higher to confirm before committing. ### Targets MTF setups target weak structure on 15M, 30M and 1H. You cycle those three to find the weak level price is genuinely reaching for, which is what makes an RR figure real rather than wishful. ### Why MTF is home base The highest timeframe of the class holds the most bearing on quality, so the single cleanest entry the system produces is A-plus price delivery on an MTF setup confirmed through the 1H. When people picture this model working at its best, that is the picture they have in their head. MTF also has more draw on liquidity behind it than the LTF class. Bigger structure, bigger magnets, more genuine pull toward the target. The trade-off is a wider risk leg than an LTF entry, and RR still has to clear the 1.7 floor either way. Module 9, Lesson 2: Timeframe Groups.