Found this on a website today ........
My advice for new traders is simple - Don’t ever spend more than £500 on any seminar. - There are some good ones below that price. The right ones can certainly save you considerably more than that by just introducing you to the basics and financial control.
Never attend a seminar where someone is going to show you their theory or their system ( they are looking to part you with your funds only !! and it gives them an ego boost at the same time)
Never attend (and definitely never pay) for a seminar which is run or organised by any software company or by people promoting a software package -
the following springs to mind Martin Cole - Updata - Traderhouse - who are all selling software packages and data feed - and locking you in to their systems - there are far better packages totally free - if you look hard enough! - I've no problem with courses recommended or free from Spread Betting Companies such as IG index Finspreads -index - Tom Hougards (Free ones only)
Never pay £2-3,000 for a course in the beginning
- Vince Stanzione and Darren Winters are two prime examples
- Read
www.trade2win.com boards. Never join American Courses in this Country - They are pretty expensive and usually pretty poor with the orientation to USA established ideas - The UK mentality is different.
(Good courses don't ever hype.
If you have paid that amount you have to start betting in £10 or £25 stakes - you will soon learn the truth if you start at that level!!
Never forget there is no mechanical trading systems that will work consistently over a period - so don't start investigating them :idea: - The Goldline system is a sample. Your just opting out looking for someone else to blame when it goes wrong - (And it will)
Intelligent traders learn to trade themselves- and it takes time. Takes seven years to be a "Beginner" Doctor or Lawyer - Don't expect success if you don’t personally put in the effort. Aim to train yourself within a year - and you are doing brilliantly -
Don't start off at a complicated area which demands your time in front of a screen and requires skills which can only be learnt by practice
- Example Level 2 - Why not start with simple spread betting at a low level - Not 1p a point - that’s rubbish - and they don't allow you to put stops and limits on at that level - so its a total waste of time!!
Try and find someone at the same level on a BB
www.trade2win.com being the best - Download MSN messenger and/or
www.icq.com so you can talk online and share experiences with them. Don't listen to any tips or advice on what to trade - forget share tips - learn to select your own. Rely on yourself not others. Develop a keen interest in trading – if you cant – don’t trade –
Remember as a beginner there are a sea of Sharks waiting to promise you the earth, the sky, the dream, the yacht – They are selling you fantasy
– They build pictures in your mind – They sell the sizzle that if you spend this then you will get this lifestyle…..Always counter it with - If I lose this then……
. Remember that spreadbetting and trading is just a short step in your journey to the Forex Fields - Z