Vakarox wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:27 pm
Hello everyone,
I’d like to ask for some help regarding multi-time frame analysis with the Xard system. I understand that we should build a kind of roadmap on the M5 chart, and then look for entries on M1, but honestly, I’m a bit lost on how to do this in practice.
Could you please explain how you analyze your charts on M5 before moving down to M1? What concrete steps do you follow to identify the trend, key zones, and then refine your entry?
Thanks a lot in advance for your advice and for sharing your experience.
Perhaps a good place to start is simply to use the M5 anchored VWAP for the trend and trade M1 only in that direction.
On M1, once an Arrow Dot forms (it will be a Big Dot on M5) it is likely at or near a key level - check a naked chart to see if it has run stops or some other "liquidity level" on H1 / M15.
For your entry on M1, wait for a close and retrace beyond the EMAs - sometimes it rockets off without forming "2nd dots", sometimes the "2nd dots come into play.
Depending on what you're trading, the timing of your entry can be important. Example this morning (Thursday) on NQ and other US indicies where key level M1 Arrow Dot (H1 order block on NQ, H1 low on ES) was hit before London and the long entry after 2nd Dot (a mini dot) was shortly after the London 7am. First target would be the M1 Arrow Dot on the other side of the range which it hit before London Open at 8am (and still still going strong).
I don't want to come across as if I know what the hell I'm talking about, cos maybe I don't, but I have been watching Xard's system on and off for years and am familiar with PA, and in my view it an excelllent system to keep you on-side without over complicating things.