A timeframe is how much time each candle covers. On a one-minute chart, each candle is one minute. On a daily chart, each candle is a full day. The same coin can look like it is crashing on the one-minute chart and climbing on the daily chart, both at the same time.
Neither view is lying. The short timeframe shows the noise of the moment. The higher timeframe shows the real direction. Zoom in too far and you mistake a normal dip for a disaster.
The fix is to use more than one. Start on a higher timeframe to read the overall trend, then drop to a lower one to time your entry. This is called top-down analysis: the big picture decides the direction, the small picture decides the moment.
The higher timeframe sets the trend. The lower timeframe times the entry. When they disagree, trust the higher one.
Tip. Before you act on a signal, zoom out one level. A pattern that looks huge on the five-minute chart is often just noise on the daily.