What is the balance between

Letting the market tell you what it's doing ... &

Not trying to predict the market?

I appreciate the good advice in not trying to predict the market, however if you are trying to let the market tell you what it's doing, surely you are predicting the market a little bit?

Just wondering where the difference is, if that makes sense!

I mean you can just not use time frames if that's what confuses you. There's nothing stopping you from trading things like pure momentum, where you look at the current data and say right now EURUSD is up 2 pips a minute and steady, in a bit it goes to 3 pips a minute, 4 pips a minute.