This is all projection though - I am talking from experience, you are writing a wall of text about what you would do after a long run of profitable trading. We all need a purpose in life and traders who traded from Uni, know very little else. I get all of your points but come & listen in - you might change your mind. Nobody learns trading in the prop world by being sat in front of a screen and told "have at it" (well, crappy firms do). Somebody has to teach them. It's not a catch-22 scenario.
My motto these days for listening to anyone is first seeing their trades, even better if its live. I want to see how they enter, how they manage it, what their reactions are to how its moving. And then what their next move is. If you can sit beside a profitable trader (even virtually) for one week and see every trade, this is more instructional than any course or seminar or book.
That's cool and it's not for you. Our opinions are different - but then I have foot in the professional world, which also skews my view. As for walking away from Jigsaw, I am not the retirement type, I'd need to first make sure all the customers would be well looked after and then find something else to fill the time. It's no big secret I have ADHD, so I need to be occupied all the time - without wearing the wife out. I think I'd need to have a heart attack to walk away from it - but it occupies my head and so does trading - and my head really needs to be occupied. The thought of walking away without a heart attack has to be based on walking into something else - which I haven't really considered as I enjoy what I do.
I hate to be harsh, and perhaps its my fault because I see now that the only point of this webinar was to listen to him talk about himself and what he has been doing for years, but its completely useless. Of course Earn2Trade gets a big plug. The line that really got me was where he mentions "Yes I still trade, but I love helping other traders". Jesus, its like me saying that I enjoy a little bit of sex, but I mostly married my wife so I can spend all my money and time on her, completely neglecting most of my needs. Peter, would you hire me to teach? I think I'm doing this all wrong by trying to take money from the market because its much easier to take money from struggling traders. I can bring so much value by sharing all of my market knowledge, all of my observations, great setups that work often, psychology insights, and basically, I can provide 90% of what's necessary to make it. What is that worth per month? How many hours would I need to devote? Imagine how awesome it would be to jump right into it and actually start with charts and live demonstrations. We can make a lot of money together!
I'd absolutely hire you to teach if you could show a track record. It'd be an excellent addition to the Jigsaw product set. Just drop me a line or PM and we can discuss it.
Oh, only problem is my track record shows consistent losses. But I know what to do and can fake success very easily! And this is my point. That nothing about personal history, or journey, etc. matters that much when it comes to trading. I think most of us want to follow a profitable trader and learn by doing. That is the type of podcast that I want to see. A trader going over his trades to show us what he did and discuss his thoughts and methodology. Everything else I find kind of boring and useless.
Very cute, Noah. You have no idea what due diligence we do before bringing someone on to speak. The webinar wasn't a "trade by trade review", it was about Chris's journey - there's plenty of trade videos on the Jigsaw site. This webinar and the information about how to make it is what people like you need but it's not what you want to hear, which is the amount of work involved. The journey is everything.
The insights gained by this practice across a field of prospects over the course of time would make for some informative content. Please share.