This is absolutely true.
I'd probably even go as far to say that its only achievable in 2 years if you've previously got the holy grail searching phase over and done with, figured out a style your comfortable with, sussed out that this is a game of probabilities, done a shed load of testing and demo trading, and found a decent mentor. Then and only then 2 years full time might just be enough (it probably took me closer to 3, and even 8 years later I still have periods of self doubt after a bad couple of months)
To believe you can pay some scroat a hundred bucks and get it handed on a plate is insanity.
We all have to start somewhere as I'm sure that those who have the experience of years of trading behind them would agree. For several years I've been concentrating my efforts/hobby/alternative income, call it what you will, in the realms of Horse Racing even to the extent of running a lay tipping site which was moderatly profitable, albeit a lot of hassle when the selections won, as they do from time to time, from subscribers unable to look at the long term. Eventually I stopped charging and asked for donations to a nominated charity which took some of the hassle away but not all.
What I did find was that the subscribers expected and got advice as many had never been involved in laying before so it was incumbent upon me to deal with all the queries in an honest and professional way. Hopefully they did receive the service that was described on the site and certainly there were no major complaints that couldn't be resolved.
My point is that like myself there were/are beginners in Forex who looked/look for ways in which to commence their trading in an enviroment that is professionally run by an expert trader from which you can gain insights and education. The TEC service as promoted by the Cashmaster blog and the intro webinair by PC couldn't be faulted in the presentation of such a service and the cost of £100 for the privilige of sitting, looking over the shoulder of "an experienced trader" copying his "winning" trades, seemed to be the ideal enviroment in which a
beginner could benefit. The first three days were profitable but then it was obvious that the marketing did not reach reality and I stopped trading at that point.
With hindsight which is a beautiful tool for us all, "
To believe you can pay some scroat a hundred bucks and get it handed on a plate is insanity" is very true.
I lost my £100, gained £50 from the 3 days trading and learnt that as Black Swan and The Hare have said you have to put the time in and demo trade and read and practise etc. etc .... I'm learning to do so and having settled into a daily routine am beginning to see the benefits of what they say.........no real money is yet being used as I need to keep testing the strategy and my confidence.
Sites like TEC are designed I guess to prey upon peoples "greed" but also if you are genuinely looking for advice and education the misreprentation that has happened has to be exposed and to me this is the value of such a thread and I for one would wish it to continue until the TEC site closes