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one time framing

A trending situation where in an uptrend the low of the previous bar or TPO period is not broken by two ticks or more. In a downtrend it would be reversed and the high of any previous bar or TPO period is not broken by two ticks or more. Note that if you are one time framing to the upside, it is not necessary for the bars to make higher highs. The one time framing is only concerned with the lows. If one time framing to the downside, then it is not necessary to make lower lows as the one time framing is only concerned with the highs.

One time framing can be identified on any timeframe or even down to the TPO. Thus, a five minute chart could be one time framing to the upside where it is constantly putting in higher lows but the daily chart is not.

If looking very granular at the TPO level, you would look at the highs (or lows) of each individual 30 minute TPO period.