Why do they do it?

That looks like a quotation. From whom are you quoting?

Assume for a moment that the content is legitimate and the promotion is honest. There are several good reasons for teaching when you are already successful at the the practice.

I learned long ago that teaching a subject was a great way to gain greater depth and breadth in understanding a subject. For example, when I obtained my CCW (Concealed Carry Weapons) license, I wanted to learn more about all aspects of the law and the practice. So I took a course to become an NRA Certified Instructor in pistol.

Similarly, when I wanted to learn more about my strategy I began publishing my trading journal on several trading forums. The questions and challenges may have been aggressive and unpleasant, but I learned so much more about my methods than I ever could have in isolation. And I am in a much stronger position to teach it now.

Lastly, some people are natural teachers and they enjoy the process. Having a successful strategy to produce a good income permits them to indulge in teaching it for the pure pleasure. I love teaching and have been told that I am good at it. Will I be good at teaching my methods? We'll see.

Must admit, I never thought I'd ever be conversing with a member of the NRA, but just shows how mind-broadening the Internet can be.

So teaching others helps one to learn the subject better/deeper/etc; (first part of the paragraph). That's an understandable motive, although not totally unselfish. But the last sentence is begging the question (in the original sense of the phrase (I think)) isn't it?


Why is it that you want to teach it (in addition to learning it better for selfish reasons)? I don't think you have explained that.
Teaching X makes you better at X and therefore a better teacher of X; that's a bit recursive, I suggest.


Enjoying the process is not the same as being a natural teacher, and you need impartial judges of the latter. I hope you have been fortunate in having been judged impartially.

If you had mistakenly shot the instructor during your NRA course and then got drunk in a bar and lost your gun do you think you'd have passed and went on to be an NRA instructor? Probably not, but if you blow 3 or 4 trading accounts and never make a penny you can still be a Trading instructor and trading guru.

My personality cannot relate to either scenario. I am careful and precise in most things I do. I usually stick to things until I succeed. I cannot envision going forward until I have succeeded at the level I am at.

Doing something because it makes you feel good is a selfish act. If it benefits others at the same time, then it is also a good thing. Win/Win.

Enjoying teaching and being good at it in the opinion of those who have gone on to succeed in a subject, feels good to me. Turning down offers from others to manage their money is my practice. I would rather teach them my strategy. It is part of my personality. I'm not trying to qualify it or justify it, it just is what it is.

The rest of your questions are lost on me. Perhaps you could rephrase them?

Although I rarely predict, I'll make an exception in your case.......

The fact that you own a gun and know how to use it is going be an extremely useful skill that will benefit you greatly.

is there anyone on this forum who has not or does not aspire to become a godforsaken trading teacher?!