summary: how to use edgeful's high timeframe candles indicator to see higher-timeframe candles on your current lower-timeframe chart, so you can read multi-timeframe structure without flipping charts.
what it is
the high timeframe (HTF) candles indicator lets you see higher-timeframe candles without leaving your current chart. it's built to stop the constant flipping between timeframes that burns mental capital when you're trying to hold a bias.
what it shows
up to four configurable timeframe groups painted off to the right of your chart. a common setup is 15-minute, 30-minute, 1-hour, and 4-hour. each group shows the most recent few candles of that timeframe (default 3, adjustable) while you stay down on a low timeframe like 1, 3, or 5-minute.
how to use it
read multi-timeframe structure at a glance. for example, if the 4-hour group is clearly bearish and the recent 15-minute candles are bearish too, that adds to a bearish bias — all without switching your chart off the timeframe you're executing on. it works on any instrument: equities, futures, forex, crypto.
customization
open the settings to tune it:
pick which timeframe feeds each of the four slots
set the number of candles shown per group
adjust the horizontal offset from live price (for example 20 or 50 bars) and the spacing between groups
set candle colors
toggle the timeframe label (drop its background opacity to 0 to hide it) and the countdown timer
turn off groups you don't need (hide the 4-hour when you're scalping, for instance)
the one limitation to know
you have to be on a lower timeframe than any group you display. TradingView can only pull higher timeframes onto a chart, not lower ones. so if you switch up to a 1-hour chart, the sub-hour groups disappear; drop back down and they come back. that's a TradingView constraint, not an edgeful one.
getting set up
HTF candles is one of edgeful's invite-only TradingView indicators — link your TradingView username to edgeful once to unlock it. see the indicator access article for the steps.