Anecdotal Observations:
It’s your belief that, over the last two weeks, you have settled, once and for all, which indicators you regard as filling what roles, and how they ought to be used, based on the factors responsible for the appearance of the chart below.
The two dashed moving averages you refer to as global trend lines convey what you deem to be the
day-to-day trend. However, they are not altogether trustworthy in that they sometimes suggest a reversal in the day-to-day trend that never pans out or follows through.
You therefore added a super bold moving average which you are calling the universal trend line that, though somewhat lagging, is much more reliable in terms of recognizing bona fide reversals in the day-to-day trend. This line is the supreme arbiter and has the final say when forecasting where rates are ultimately headed.
The job of representing the general overall
intraday direction of price is filled by the green moving averages.
However, more immediate reversals in the intraday trend are conveyed by the red moving averages, which use the maximum time period you consider “actionable” in terms of deciding when to buy or sell a given foreign currency pair.
The blue moving averages are just slightly faster than the red ones, and so sound the alarm as an early warning system signaling when the immediate intraday trend just might be setting a new destination.
“Letting your profits run” is accomplished by remaining in trades until and unless candlesticks begin to form on the opposing side of the blue (and red) moving averages. These moving averages are assigned the greatest amount of significance and given the most weight when implementing a pseudo-swing style of trading.
However, if and when positions can be monitored and managed on an ongoing basis, the fluctuating moving averages plotted on the lower time-frame charts should be depended on to avoid virtually any drawdown, remove a genuine necessity of relying on stop losses, and enter/exit positions with almost unprecedented precision so as to maximize profits.
Even so, the blue and red moving averages remain preeminent among all the indicators that might be found on the chart.