Are you making 50K on 500K or for that matter 5k on 50k? That's 10% per week. If so please PM me I'd like to talk.
You need to use common sense and do the proper vetting before losing your money. Ask the right questions, get a 2nd opinion, and make a smart business decision. Gurus are 99% frauds, and when they don't show a proper P/L when you give them your money this is not 'paying the market'. this is just being dumb. Writing off something doesn't make it the right decision, since most jokers have 25k and giving a guru 5k isn't smart because it is a write off. don't be conditioned that you must make all the same mistakes as other suckers. don't ever use a guru, give guru your money, get conned by a guru, etc....you can watch enough free videos to know which ones are super horrible and hindsight crap, which is about all of them. books are worthless, seminars are worthless.....use your brain, think, they want your money and it's easier to sucker you than make it from trading. it's ONLY when they have a proper P/L and made it legitimately that you can trust them. Even those guys, like Buffet, have such deep pockets that it might not help you at all. But I would rather read Buffet (I don't) than listen to youtube Guru on how he could have made 1,000 points in 9 seconds.
You sound pretty mad. Tom Demark & Rober Miner were consultants to our first fund. They know 99% more than anyone I have ever come across when it comes to technical analysis and their fees were worth it. But, you are right, the average YouTube/Twitter schmuck doesn't know dick, especially Rob Hoffman, Sykes et all. They're all clowns. The truth is if you are serious about trading you go to where professional funds go for guidance or you work with a trader who has experience on the floor/fund. There is no chance, however, of learning on your own. For guys like John Carter etc. I dont even know why they teach hes such a good trader that its a waste of his time, even for $1m extra a year to put up with these retail assholes.
Put down the crack pipe Captain Queeg. (Google it) 