I also take your point about the benefits of receiving the correct tuition & education. That will definitely accelerate a persons learning curve dramatically & ensure they have the correct type of feedback focused on their individual style & trading expectations.
Unfortunately, most novices who frequent these types of trading forums are under the false impression that all they need to get ahead in this business can be accessed for free.
Sure, there are some very good threads scattered around the forum world + the odd decent article or pdf etc, but unfortunately for most folks browsing these forums it's not nearly enough to keep them out of harms way.
Most simply don't possess even the barest minimum psychological requirements to succeed long term in this type of environment.
Rom wrote:If "a very disciplined & well organized strategies & models" can be replaced by a pretty straightforward end-of-day trading strategy the need for education, upfront payment and 5 hours sceentime will be eliminated.
If that was the case then everyone trading straightforward end-of-day strategies across the many forums & trading sites would all be ultra profitable & stress free.
The reality of course is very different indeed.
You only have to peruse the many varied trading forums & browse those types of (long-range strategy) threads to see that they harbour just as much despair & despondency as the many varied day trading threads.
Most folks who are attracted to this type of endeavor come to it ill prepared, naïve & carrying totally unrealistic aims & expectations of what's actually required to succeed long term.
And as long as they continue to adopt a "get rich quick" mentality the well trained, adequately prepared professional operators will take their money from them at every opportunity!