Multi-timeframe POI refinement

What it is

Refinement is how smart money traders get small stops from big zones. Mark a point of interest (an order block, FVG or supply/demand zone) on the higher timeframe. When price reaches it, drop to a lower timeframe and wait for a sweep and a change of character inside the zone, then enter at the small order block or FVG that move leaves.

Two related bits of slang: compression is a tight, stair-stepping approach into a zone, read as building liquidity before the reaction. Return to origin (RTO) means price coming back to the base or order block where an impulsive move began.

How to spot it

• Higher timeframe: price arriving at a marked zone.
• Lower timeframe: a sweep inside the zone, then a break of the last lower high (for longs).

How to use it

• Enter on the lower-timeframe zone with the stop beyond the lower-timeframe swing, much tighter than the higher-timeframe zone's far edge.
• If no lower-timeframe shift comes, don't take the trade.

Common mistakes

• Refining so far down that normal noise stops you out.
• Forgetting that a tighter stop also means a lower win rate; check it in your journal.

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