Recently I find that I messed up my trading timeframes. Somtimes I use a 5-minute Market Structure Shift as my trigger point, and sometimes I take 1-minute Shift to initiate the entry process.
This creates some wrong trades - doomed to fail.
I now redefine my trading timeframe.
I mainly trade NQ futures, obviously Weekly and Daily chart defines the big picturefor analysis.
There are around 3 hours during New York AM Session as my trading hours. I don't hold positions to afternoon or even overnight. I mainly do scalping.
Thus, my High timeframe are: 4H, 1H (major), 30min (major), 15min (major). I use these timeframes to observe how price reacts to PD arrays or Supply Demand Area.
My Low timeframe is 5min. I use 5 minute chart as the base. If there is a micro Market Structure Shift, I can go to even smaller timeframes (1~3 min) to find an entry.