The guy is six weeks into the idea of trading. I would say you're over qualified as an asshole to berate him the way you did. Not only that but you attack him for losing his employment without any idea of the circumstances? Is this how new users of E.T. should be treated? Remember this; you can always decline to engage new users.
Yer coming down overly hard on this lad, who may have been let go simply for the fact that they didn't want to pay him a pension, so they canned him to "roll their plan" forward. You just can't know what's going on in a company's accounting mind when someone posts about their job woes. 10 years ago I was living with someone who was with Verizon for 28 years when they let her go, 2 years from her retirement. Just like that. She was a "commercial account manager" or something like that. Always on time, a dutiful employee for 28 years. She knew, KNEW, that they canned her because they did not want to pay her pension. It is skullduggery I tell you. The OP may have faced the same situation.
My advice is to put in some screen time for about six months to a year. Is there ANY activity you can jump right in and make 75K + a year with no clue what you're doing? I doubt trading is for you at any rate. You didn't mention your interest in anything but making money. Nothing about learning to trade well; just the money. "Looking for ways to identify entry points for stocks that are ready to go up at least 5-10%" You may not understand this now but in a few years you are going to laugh about posting that one. Finviz is a great website for general information; it is not going to help you in the least bit.
17 years in IT and less than 6 figure income? One must literally shit on the boss's desk to deserve such. I don't know a single developer who worked more than 5 years who would stay in a company that paid him less than 6 figures. That does not appear completely odd to you?
He never mentioned he was a "developer". Just that he worked in IT. That can mean anything. Level 1 or 2 tech support/help desk, junior programmer, tape-spool guy. WTF knows? Just don't lump everyone who works in IT as a "developer". It is short-sighted.
No, I don't have this information. There are several instructors and I've been a member for only about a month. What I do like, is I get to see the instructors make live trades in real time. I've never seen that before. I'm following cautiously, but so far the information presented has been worthwhile to my trading and learning. To each his own.
You are right, I made an assumption. Though the sum of off statements does not change my stance in the slightest
I know nothing of this service so this is a general statement. I'm a little suspect of a day trading service that shows live trades if they are scalping for small profits. Even a liquid stock like Apple or a liquid future like ES, can be moved by 2000 to 3000 followers all jumping in 10 seconds later.