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title: Why do candle sizes have to be divisible by 24h?
slug: why-do-candle-sizes-have-to-be-divisible-by-24h
createdAt: 2022-06-13T16:46:20.000Z
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There are various reasons: first, due to the nature of the 24h day period. Second, It's a matter of consistency. when we start a run it will be at a fixed time like hour candles will be on the hour, or 30mins candles on the first half/full hour. As a result, in 24 hrs you are trading on the same candle. 

We want to keep aligned with the way exchanges calculate and avoid being out of sync.

**Example:** If you use 7-hour candles, you will have three 7 hour candles and then one 3 hour candle, but it's displayed like the 3-hour candle has the same weight as the 7-hour candle which doesn't make sense from a calculation POV.