In response to your questions, I love Oanda. They're easy to use, trust worthy and good. I don't like their charts but I keep signing up for mt4 demos every month or two.
almost any trading strategy can't be applied both long and short term. The same movements, ma crossover's, trends, ect can be both seen in short and long term time frames. The only difference is that the longer the time frame the better chance of not being faked out. Also, longer time frames usually mean you need bigger stop losses...which means more start up capital.
As for candle sticks. The forex market is open 24/7. Candle sticks reflect the time frame you are one. If you are looking at a 15 minute time frame then each candlestick will be 15 minutes worth of time. This applies for each additional time frame.
The reason for this...as far as I know, is that it's easier to see trends and use candlestick patterns to judge the market. If it was just a box that displayed price it wouldn't be of much help.
But you don't need candlesticks if you don't want. You can use line graphs, max/min, ect. Oanda gives you several of these options.
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