Why are the big name U.S. Investing champions so obsessed with selling their investment strategies?

ms33 said:
I'm only aware of his entering the US Investing Champion twice. What were the other 38 events? I don't doubt his trading skills only the claim that they are transferable. He encouraged me to buy crypto and that has been a money-maker for me.
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Minervini has entered the USIC 3 times - 96, 97, 2021.

1996 he was ahead but the SEC shutdown the Competition for some reason. Prior to Minervini starting his Retail trader courses he was teaching institutional traders, which is probably part of the motivation for entering the Competition in the first place.

Who are the other USIC Winners who are flogging stuff?
 
ms33 said:
When I deflected hearing Mike Webster's crypto pitch (IBD's Director of Research again), he called me every dirty name in the book and said that applied to my mother too.
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Mike Webster is a weird, unstable dude who loves animals but hates his fellow humans.
 
ms33 said:
Oliver Kell and Goverdhan Gajjala.
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Oliver Kell blocked me on Twitter a few Years ago after I said his Book was too expensive for the size of it :D Doesn't Kell run a Fund of the same name, so looking for Publicity I wonder?
 
Firstly the object of entering an investment championship is to prove you are capable of trading.
You want to prove you can trade so you can sell trading courses or manage OPM.

Secondly if you are known as a successful trader, how often would you receive requests to teach someone how to trade? Steady income with no risk, why wouldn't you take advantage of that?

Trading can be taught. And the financial industry has convinced us that we are too dumb to look after our own money. And there is this belief that you can buy success. If I wanted to sell courses I'd certainly enter one of these contests. I think you'd have more credibility than standing in front of a lambo with a fistfull of hundred dollar bills.
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I appreciate you taking the time to explain that trading/investing is a business.
In any profession smart people who are economically astute usually capitalize on
their past performance.
 
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Darc said:
Oliver Kell blocked me on Twitter a few Years ago after I said his Book was too expensive for the size of it :D Doesn't Kell run a Fund of the same name, so looking for Publicity I wonder?
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Mr. Wedge Pop that is when he's not experiencing an EMA Crossback. $15 book for $600.
 
mikeriley said:
I appreciate you taking the time to explain that trading/investing is a business.
In any profession smart people who are economically astute usually capitalize on
their past performance.
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Very true. Michael Jordan is earning most of his large income nowadays from Air Jordan (or whatever they're called) sales, he doesn't know anything about making shoes.
 
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