Jim,
A timeframe that is too small might be less than 25 ticks, or less than 300 contracts for volume bars, or less than 8 seconds for time bars. These are just too small. You'll understand as I post more charts.
I personally use tick bars. I look at the 100 and 250 tick bars.
I only look at the 100 tick bar when I need to find out what happened in a specific bar that the 250 tick bar doesn't show...
for example, a doji bar on the 250 tick. Did it hit the high or the low first? Can't tell unless I remember watching it form, or unless I dive into a lower timeframe. Also bars that have long sticks (coming out of the body) need to be checked. Also, big range bars that reverse on the next bar need to be checked.
But mostly I am using the 250 tick on ES. This fits the speed at which I am comfortable trading, as well as the risk and target parameters.
As for the other question. I will post charts showing how this method works at all reversals (that are big enough) in one timeframe or another.
Remember, what I am showing you happened in the past, so I can easily point out the extreme, the mean, the first move, the test, and the second move.
The skill comes in being able to define these as they occurr. The method gives a clue as to what to look for, and a framework to use.