Picture this—you're staring at a 15-minute chart, second-guessing every little wiggle, when suddenly... bam! Those higher timeframe candles appear like ghostly outlines, whispering "zoom out, dummy." That's the HTF candle indicator in action—basically slapping daily or 4-hour candles right onto your puny little chart so you can see both the forest AND the trees without, you know, actually switching tabs like some kind of caveman.
Look, I've been burned by tunnel vision more times than I care to admit. You think you're being smart, scalping those 5-minute moves, then suddenly you're trading against a massive daily downtrend because you couldn't be bothered to check. The HTF overlay? It's like having that annoying friend who always reminds you to check the bigger picture—except this one's actually helpful and won't judge your life choices.
TradingView's got 'em. MetaTrader's got 'em. Thinkorswim... well, you get the idea. Every platform's jumping on this bandwagon, and honestly? Pineify's making it stupidly easy now—just tell their AI "yo, gimme daily candles over my 15-min" and boom, you're cooking with gas.