One sensible way to avoid over trading on a low time-frame is to look at Heiken Ashi. If you can not observe clean and tidy trends with your preferred risk/reward ratio including take profit targets and stop loss positions, why trade? Look for trading zone breakout opportunities and be patient, remain calm, don't over trade.
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We're still inside this trading range. Was it worth trying to trade inside it? Probably not. Manual trading on short-term timeframe takes up too much of your precious time and you're statistically assured to royally mess up sooner or later. Algo-assisted entries and multi-time frame analysis can help improve trading performance.
