It was a mix of MTV Cribs and Food Network to elicit all the right cravings. Specify trading as the locus of making the lifestyle possible and you will get sales. It is a variation of "Boats N Hoes". The formula works for the target market. But the game is played on many levels, especially in Florida. Sorry, surf.
The UK series was awful- pointless as nobody trades like that. I've met hundreds of traders in my 16 years,and never met one who succeeded by being on a tv show. It's not entertaining or educational,and of course the BBC precious ones are scared shitless of reality, finance and taxi drivers
EP 074: Pocketing £100k from a trading comp, and making simplicity a priority w/ John Walsh aka Black Cabbie Trader https://chatwithtraders.com/?s=cabbie ps he is a real life cabbie
https://www.tradingschools.org/reviews/institute-of-trading-and-portfolio-management/ As always, where's the verified results? IF there were outstanding verified results, then the likes of PTJ would probably be falling over themselves to give them a job...