Before you pick a person

How do you choose a trading mentor? Three standards

Do not start with how much he has made. Start with whether he admits it when he is wrong.

Updated 2026-09-28

Anyone can show you one good trade.

A track record is the easiest thing to manufacture

Screenshots can cover only the trades that worked. A live stream can cover only the sessions that went smoothly. People who followed along and made money will tell you themselves. The ones who lost usually go quiet.

So the track record you see is, most of the time, a highlight reel rather than a record.

You are not looking for someone who wins well. You are looking for someone whose losses you can see.

The three standards below work on anyone. Including on us.

Three standards

One: does he talk about how he lost?

Not "I made some mistakes early on". Numbers, dates, reasons.

How much. When. Why.

Teddy has lost seven figures. He says so in public, not because it sounds good, but because someone who has never lost cannot teach you how to survive first.

If a person will not tell you what he lost, what makes you think he will tell you what you might lose.

Two: does he own it when he is wrong?

This one is the easiest to check, because you do not have to wait.

Find the last call he made in public. Then find out whether he came back to talk about how it turned out.

Right is right, wrong is wrong. The first segment of our weekly live is exactly that — what I said last week, what actually happened, and where I got it wrong.

A person who owns the record is a person whose record adds up.

Three: is he giving you a system, or a signal?

A signal

Buy this now.

A system

Why this is worth considering now, and why it will not be in an hour.

The difference shows up three months later.

Take the signals and in three months you are still asking him. Learn the system and in three months you can read the chart yourself.

We look at three things: candle, direction, momentum. All three agree, we enter; they do not, we wait. What you learn is that judgment, not one day's answer.

What it looks like, and what to actually look at

What it looks likeWhat to actually look at
A wall of winning screenshotsWhether he has ever talked publicly about the losses
He calls it right every timeHow he talks when he calls it wrong
Plenty of studentsWhether students still need to ask him after three months
Signals in the group every dayWhether you can read the chart yourself yet

This table describes a general pattern. It does not point at any particular person or brand.

Common questions

Does more experience always mean better teaching?

Not always. Doing something for a long time and explaining it clearly are two different skills. Some people have traded for ten years and still cannot tell you why they entered. Listening to one review is worth more than reading a list of credentials.

What can you tell from the free material?

Quite a lot. If the free material gives you conclusions and no reasoning, the paid part is usually the same. Someone who opens up the whole judgment is generally not worried about you learning it.

How do I know whether this person is right for me?

See whether you understand a little more after listening. If all you remember each time is how much he made, what you picked up is his result, not his method.

Should I also look at the course he teaches?

Yes, but that is a separate question — How do you judge whether a trading course is worth taking? That one is about the course itself; this one is about the person. Ask both and you will usually have your answer.

In the end, choosing a person is not about ability. It is about whether you want to learn from someone who will say, in front of you, "I read that one wrong."

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We do not guarantee returns. We do not trade on anyone's behalf. This is market education, not personal investment advice. Working through this properly takes at least three months of consistent effort. Markets carry the risk of loss — decide what you can afford to lose before you enter.