Welcome to Breaking News to Trading Moves. In this episode, we debate one of the most uncomfortable questions in retail trading: are most trading mentors genuinely skilled market operators, or are they failed stock traders who learned to sell courses?

The discussion starts with a simple comparison. In medicine, an X-ray can show a clean break. In trading, the picture is far less clear. Opportunity, education, marketing, ego and exploitation all blur together. Millions of retail traders enter the market hoping to trade their way to financial freedom, but the odds are brutal.

The case against trading mentors

One side argues that the day trading ecosystem can work like an extraction machine. Brokerages, exchanges, platforms, course sellers and influencers can all profit from trading activity whether the trader wins or loses. ...