Well, I hardly dare put my name under these big hitters, after all, I'm only a retired school teacher who was looking for a way to earn some money. But for the benefit of Mr Chill and the question he asked, I'm going to tell you what I found.......
I'd always been interested in finance and money, I never seem to have enough of it, money that is! So, a few years ago I started to investigate financial trading. I read books, I went to the free seminars (Winters) decided that wasn't for me, went to CMC free open night, liked the software, shame about the staff, and I searched the net for someone who was training. I came up with various names/organisations and asked them all for info. Eventually I chose one that suited me, mainly because I liked the guy (that's important to me when I'm learning). He was prepared to talk to me at my level, he explained what he did and didn't try to push me in to a decision there and then, in fact it took me a few weeks before I decided to attend his training course. I have to say, I'm rather glad I did, because for the first time I began to understand what trading is all about and just how much I had to/am learning and how much work I have to put in if I want to become a reasonably successful trader. I don't want to be a millionaire (it would be nice but not very likely), what I do want to do is to prove to myself that I can do it. I'm getting there after lots of paper trading. Since October I have had 5 trades 2 wins 3 losses but my gains far outweigh my losses (beginners luck). I don't think that I would have traded the way I have been shown if I hadn't attended his course. By the way, just 3 people on my course, (never more than 10) not the 100s you might find elsewhere! I now know that this was merely the beginning of my learning, not the end.
So I have no regrets about paying someone to show me how to trade, everyone has to start somewhere.
If Mr Chill or anyone else wants details of the course I attended, feel free to PM me - I'll send you the details.
My comments are not meant to be an advert for anyone to attend a course, I just wanted to let Mr Chill know that he's not on his own when it comes to learning. Yes, trading is hard work (it must be, otherwise every man and his dog would try it). No, you won't know what methodology to adopt when you start, you'll just have to go through the process and decide what suits you and your lifestyle best.
Mr Chill, hope this helps.
Good Luck.
Sally.