I spent most of my life as a complete scumbag junkie and criminal. I got clean in prison 11 years ago, and decided I wanted to be a professional trader.
I sure did lose a lot of money for a few years, and then through exposure to some of the legends of trading (Van Tharp, Ed Seykota, Linda Raschke, Al Brooks and Ivan Krastins) I was eventually able to develop trading systems with an edge.
After managing to compound a small account into an account big enough to feed my family, I have a strong dislike for trading "educators" who don't actually trade. Everything good that ever happened to me in this life is a direct result of me helping another person, so I'd like to pay it forward by sharing what I know.