As far as getting conflicting signals, its probably going to be a little more common in shorter time frames. But the way I look at it is, I always want to trade forex with the trend.  So I would start looking at longer term charts like 15 minute and 1 hour charts to see if I can spot the trend.  For instance, you may see on one of those charts that recent 1-2-3 pattern broke, which would signify a changing of the trend. So if a 1-2-3 buy recently broke on those time frames, then I would be leaning to the sell side, and looking to short. Vice versa for a buy.