Period

Gunbot supports different values for PERIOD for each exchange.

Supported period values

Period	1min	3min	5min	15min	30min	1h	2h	3h	4h	6h	8h	12h	1D	3D	7D	14D	1M	1Y
Binance
Binance Futures
Bitfinex
Bitmex
Bitstamp
Bittrex
CEX
Coinbase ADV
dYdX
Gunthy
Huobi
Kraken
Kraken Futures
Kucoin
Okex
Okgunbot
Poloniex

Period	Value in Gunbot (in Minutes)
1min	1
3min	3
5min	5
15min	15
30min	30
1h	60
2h	120
3h	180
4h	240
6h	360
8h	480
12h	720
1D	1440
3D	4320
7D	10080
14D	20160
1M	43200
1Y	525600

Choosing the right period

The PERIOD you set for candlesticks in your strategy is very important, since it has a big effect on indicators like EMA1 and EMA2. This article provides a really quick overview of what the impact of PERIOD is.

A single candlestick is a visualization of the opening, closing, high and low prices within a certain time frame. The most commonly used values for this time frame (PERIOD) are 5 minutes and 15 minutes. The closing price of each candlestick is used for calculating EMA1 and EMA2.

Using shorter candlesticks results in more price movement around EMA, this can be great for trading, but also be risky because you are fixated on short term trends only.

In the image below, you can see the effect on EMA (the green and red lines) when using different candlestick sizes, while keeping other variables the same.