8) Find a mentor, not a "guru".
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton
This is a lesson I learned early. In my first career as a political operative, I followed this advice and basically made it impossible for one of the best strategists in the country not to drag me along with him. Shout out to John Yob (
@strategic ).
In trading, I was lucky enough to find Sami Abusaad at
@t3live, who is an incredible teacher. The Pristine Method (TPM) is what he teaches, and I can't think of a better place to start learning price action. I eventually evolved into much more of a momentum trader and learned from JR Romero
@PicardTrades (kind of Al Brooks meets Wyckoff). I wouldn't be where I am without Sami and JR.
@T3Live is one of the few trading educational places where it's designed to create successful traders. You won't find photos with rented lambos, PnL screen shots, and beach side laptop trading photos. Instead, you will find a roster of true professional trader and trading educators, no fluff. If they are doing any of those things you have a "furu" not a mentor. You can't go wrong there and no they are not paying me to say that. You are likely to find a mentor that fits your style. In addition to Sami and JR, I've spent a little time in
@epictrades1 and
@RedDogT3's rooms. Both are incredible as well. They often run 1 week trials in there various Virtual Trading Floors (VTFs) so keep an eye out for those (cont.)...