As someone who has to admit to having done the course twice, I do think it has tremendous value to offer anyone who is serious about their trading, and who is also a TA virgin.
Like ChartMan and Hi5 I too was a TA virgin, and for me it opened up the wide and wonderful world of TA.
Of course no two traders trade in exactly the same style, and to some extent I think this was one of the negative aspects of the Chris Manning course - it was not a single way of trading, but more of a selection from which you would need to decide which suited your style, personality and pot of dosh.
I started out thinking that the information on US trading was a waste of time, but now I am so thankful for that information, because trading US has certainly opened my eyes to the attractions of trading the other side of the pond.
But best of all was that Chris Manning taught me the skills which I could then use and adapt to trade any stock, any commodity, any currency, in any market in the world.
I do think it's worthwhile - I've since expanded my library to 30 trading books, and nowhere is the information that you receive condensed into such an easy-to-understand way. And I have seen a couple of the indicators and settings used, but most book authors talk about the actual indicators and not about the settings. For anyone starting out this is the most important aspect - knowing what to set your software to.
If I was starting out again with just £4,000, I would spend £1600 on the course, a few hundred pounds on software, and then sign up with a broker offering free-commission for a period, and trade in up to 10 lots of £200. I know this doesn't sound much, but it would certainly teach you an awful lot and save you from making bigger more expensive mistakes later on.
Phew, what a lot of typing!