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[Oluti]

One of the reasons newbie forex traders don’t do as well as they should is because they’re usually trading the wrong time frame for their personality.

New forex traders will want to get rich quick so they’ll start trading small time frames like the 1-minute or 5-minute charts. Then they end up getting frustrated when they trade because the time frame doesn’t fit their personality.

For some forex traders, they feel most comfortable trading the 1-hour charts.
This time frame is longer, but not too long, and trade signals are fewer, but not too few. Trading on this time frame helps give more time to analyze the market and not feel so rushed.

On the other hand, we have a friend who could never, ever, trade in a 1-hour time frame.
It would be way too slow for him and he’d probably think he was going to rot and die before he could get in a trade. He prefers trading a 10-minute chart. It still gives him enough time (but not too much) to make decisions based on his trading plan.

Another buddy of ours can’t figure out how forex traders trade on a 1-hour chart because he thinks it’s too fast! He trades only daily, weekly, and monthly charts.

Okay, so you’re probably asking what the right time frame is for you.

Well buddy, if you had been paying attention, it depends on your personality. You have to feel comfortable with the time frame you’re trading in.

You’ll always feel some kind of pressure or sense of frustration when you’re in a trade because real money is involved. That’s natural.

But you shouldn’t feel that the reason for the pressure is because things are happening so fast that you find it difficult to make decisions or so slowly that you get frustrated.

When we first started trading, we couldn’t stick to a time frame.

We started with the 15-minute chart.

Then the 5-minute chart.

Then we tried the 1-hour chart, the daily chart, and the 4-hour chart.

This is natural for all new forex traders until you find your comfort zone and why we suggest that you DEMO trade using different time frames to see which fits your personality the best.

 

[lioralace]

Honestly, you totally nailed it with this message—and man, I wish more newbie forex traders got hit with this reality check before diving in head-first. Let me just rip the band-aid off: picking a time frame in trading isn’t some dry technical thing. It’s, like, way more personal than people realize.

So many folks roll up thinking they'll get rich overnight, ya know? They binge-watch those TikToks of someone raking in cash off crazy 1-minute scalp trades and go, “Yup, I’ll do that!” But holy hell, scalping is not for the faint of heart. It’s a total adrenaline rush, sure, but it’ll chew you up if you’re not built for it. We’re talking laser focus, guts of steel, and zero hesitation—you blink, you’re toast. Unless you secretly love stress headaches and heart palpitations, most beginners are just gonna burn out hard.

And that’s really the heart of it: the right time frame’s gotta vibe with your own personality. Like, be real with yourself. Do you stress-juggle fifty things at once or do you need to take your sweet time? Love chaos or are you all about slow-and-steady? That matters way more than people think.

Take the 1-hour chart crowd. Honestly, it’s a good middle ground for a lot of folks. Room to breathe, less “live or die by every tick,” and you get to actually think through your trades. It’s not like you’re locked to your chair, sweating bullets every fifteen seconds. Lots of traders thrive here. But hey, maybe you’re the type who needs the buzz of the faster charts—or maybe staring at screens all day is your version of hell. That’s cool too.

Then you’ve got your big-picture types. The ones living on daily, weekly, heck—even monthly charts. To some people, listening to paint dry sounds more thrilling. But for these folks, it’s their jam—long game, less noise, solid signals. They’re patient as monks and don’t really care about the small stuff.

And real talk? Everyone’s hopped around time frames at the start. That’s just the rookie journey, bouncing from flavor to flavor every week. One day, you’re obsessed with the 15-minute chart, and by Friday you’re thinking, “Nah, daily candles for life.” That’s why demo accounts are a godsend—play around, mess up, figure out what actually clicks, and save your cash while you’re at it.

Look, there isn’t some “magic” time frame out there. Sorry if someone lied to you about that. It’s about digging into what works for you personally, and you won’t know until you experiment and get to know your own quirks.

So don’t just chase whatever’s hot on YouTube or Reddit. Skip the copycat game, seriously. Slow down, match your trading to your brain and lifestyle, and just build from there. That’s where things actually start working. Everything else? Fluff.