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title: 'The Biggest Course Seller Quits Trading (My Honest Opinion)'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=VLGZBzpfQ0g'
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date: 2026-08-05
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# The Biggest Course Seller Quits Trading (My Honest Opinion)

> Source: [The Biggest Course Seller Quits Trading (My Honest Opinion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VLGZBzpfQ0g)

## Summary

The video is a reaction to a former prominent trading course seller, Zartex, who announced he quit trading. The creator discusses the implications of such a message, especially for those who bought his courses, and critiques the advice given, such as the need for large capital and the idea of retiring from trading. He also explores the psychological phenomenon of cognitive dissonance and social conformity in the trading education industry.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to Zartex** [00:01] — The creator introduces Zartex, a former prominent trading course seller in the Spanish-speaking world, who was ubiquitous in ads and claimed to teach a method to achieve financial freedom.
- **Discovery of the video** [01:26] — The creator stumbled upon a video by Zartex titled 'Living off quit' where Zartex explains why he quit trading, sparking the creator's interest and leading to this reaction video.
- **Zartex's background** [02:34] — Zartex shares his background: he worked at a broker in London providing support, started uploading YouTube videos on Japanese candlesticks, and eventually launched his first training course, making a lot of money.
- **Critique of broker experience** [03:17] — The creator points out that being a broker is not the same as being a trader; it's about bringing in clients and providing support, not necessarily having trading expertise, yet it was used to give authority.
- **Transition to selling courses** [04:13] — Zartex realized he could charge more for courses than for his time, so he launched his first training and started making a lot of money, eventually quitting due to legal concerns.
- **Goal of passive income** [05:05] — Zartex's goal was to achieve a lifestyle with 3,000-4,000 euros per month in passive income, and he discovered Bitcoin as a way to save and grow money without effort or risk.
- **The irony of quitting** [05:43] — The creator finds it offensive that someone who made a lot of money selling a trading method would later say trading causes stress and burnout, especially when he has already achieved financial security.
- **Zartex's reasoning** [08:49] — Zartex explains that he quit trading because he found a better way to grow his money (Bitcoin) and saw more disadvantages than advantages to continuing to trade.
- **Impossibility of consistent profits** [09:15] — Zartex claims that making a living from trading consistently is impossible, citing that even the best traders have negative years, and suggests needing at least 50,000 in trading and 50,000 in cash to withdraw 1,000-2,000 a month.
- **Disagreement on capital requirement** [10:12] — The creator disagrees with the capital requirement, arguing that it's not necessary to have that much money to make a living from trading, and that it's unfair to discourage others when he has already made his money.
- **Darwinex as an example** [11:04] — The creator mentions Darwinex as a good broker but notes that its results are filtered by a risk engine, so they don't represent the full reality of trading returns.
- **Diversity of trading profiles** [12:01] — There are many types of traders: CFD, Forex, crypto, funded traders, etc., each with different objectives and methods, so one cannot generalize based on one platform like Darwinex.
- **Scaling accounts is possible** [13:08] — Some traders can grow small accounts to millions, but it's not the norm and requires low risk tolerance and exploiting temporary advantages; it's not accessible to everyone.
- **Misleading marketing** [14:15] — Course sellers often use the true story of scaling with little money to sell it as the norm, but they don't show the pyramid of casualties below the successful ones.
- **Making a living from trading** [15:32] — The creator argues that making a living from trading is possible without as much capital as Zartex says, and that it's incongruous for someone who sold courses to now say it's not viable.
- **Hypocrisy in messaging** [16:11] — If Zartex had said from the beginning that you need a lot of capital, he wouldn't have sold so many courses; the positive message is a marketing strategy.
- **The sniper analogy** [16:37] — Zartex compares trading to a sniper waiting for the perfect opportunity, but the creator argues that this is unrealistic because you can't know which trade is high probability without a large sample size.
- **Importance of sample size** [17:18] — The more exposure you have to the market, the more representative your sample, and the better you can evaluate your strategy; being a sniper with few trades leads to small sample size and unreliable statistics.
- **Increase sample size** [19:00] — The creator advises to significantly increase sample size within system parameters, as the more often you're in the market, the more data you have to identify winning strategies.
- **Profit concentration** [19:38] — 80-90% of profit comes from 10% of trades, so you need to make many trades to find the really good ones; risking too much on few trades can lead to blowing your account.
- **Risk management critique** [20:03] — The 1% risk rule is for beginners, not professionals; risk depends on market conditions, asset, volatility, and many factors, so it's not a one-size-fits-all.
- **Zartex's math is flawed** [21:08] — The creator critiques Zartex's example of needing 100,000 to make 2,000 a month, showing that with 50% annual returns, you'd double your money, but after paying yourself a salary, you'd run out in the second year.
- **Capital management is different** [22:02] — Managing other people's capital has capped returns because you need to show low risk, but it's a valid way to make a living, not the only one.
- **Selling training requires proof** [23:10] — If you sell training, you should be an exponent of that trading style and demonstrate your results, like San Sistemas does with track records and live trading.
- **Trading to retire is a bad idea** [24:08] — The creator agrees that trading to retire is generally a bad idea, but it depends on individual circumstances; some people can supplement income or even live off trading with a normal salary.
- **Cognitive dissonance** [25:27] — The creator explains that someone who bought a ZTEX course and then hears he quit trading experiences cognitive dissonance, a psychological shock because they believed in the method.
- **Success is relative** [26:35] — Not everyone needs to earn millions; if you can supplement your income or live off trading with a normal salary, that's a success.
- **Funding accounts are risky** [27:13] — The creator agrees with Zartex that quitting your job to rely on funding accounts is stupid, as these companies often have rules that go against your interests.
- **Historical context** [28:07] — The creator recalls that years ago there were no track records or standards, so many course sellers generated wealth due to lack of knowledge, and Zartex was everywhere.
- **Lack of proof** [29:28] — There's no proof that most people who got rich in the trading world are actually traders, and the creator has always said to be cautious with profiles that threaten you.
- **Cognitive dissonance explained** [30:08] — The creator explains that cognitive dissonance leads to a shock of reality because you believed in something very strong, and social pressure makes you defend it even if it's not true.
- **Asch conformity experiment** [31:10] — The creator shows the Asch conformity experiment to illustrate how social influence can make you lie about what you see, just to fit in with the group.
- **Application to trading** [33:03] — In trading, many people trained with course sellers without results, but they didn't want to stand out from the group, so they defended the method even if it didn't work.
- **Don't feel bad** [33:55] — The creator advises not to feel bad if you've been scammed; it's how society works, and marketing and social pressure influence these situations.
- **Sellers may not know** [34:47] — The creator thinks that many course sellers don't actually know their method doesn't work; they believe they are helping, and they create a persona that isn't real.
- **There are winners** [35:49] — There are incredible traders and training programs with track records, like San Sistemas, Edw Trade, and others, so don't give up on trading.
- **Happy ending** [36:43] — If you've been scammed, don't feel stupid; it's how the world works, but there's a happy ending if you work hard and find the right people to train with.
- **Final advice** [37:10] — Don't get discouraged; trading is a process, and there are people who make sense, so find them and don't give up.

### Conclusion

The creator concludes that while Zartex's decision to quit trading is understandable, his message is hypocritical given his history of selling courses. He emphasizes the importance of critical thinking, the dangers of cognitive dissonance, and the need to seek out credible traders with track records.

## Transcript

in trading, in the world of learning trading, for very long, right?  From therefore, the person we are going to react to today, well, maybe it doesn't sound so familiar, in trading for some time now, like me, maybe more than 4 or 5 years, I
think I estimate that to be the period 2021, 2022, even 2023, I think.  The person you probably looks familiar, and that's Tartex, okay?  Tartex was basically the biggest
world for a certain period of our years, 2 years I think, you can correct me if I'm wrong , it was in all the ads, in ZTEX was in it, okay?  saying that he had a method to teach how to make money in
achieved was financial freedom, right?, and being able to make a lot of money through clear example, and I'll talk a little about this, of what many others know today, people who come out and buy all the YouTube ads, buy all the
when you put on a video that has something to do with finance, with something about trading, a certain person comes up and well, it's very tiresome, isn't it? same thing, the same speech, the same message.  Well, in that case it was Zarte, who is
from that era.  Okay, so, uh, uh, why am I bringing this up here on the channel now when I don't intend to spread hate or anything like that?  Hey, you'll see what this is has something magical about it, and suddenly the algorithm, for some reason,
showed me this video you're seeing here on the screen that says "Living off quit."  I had honestly lost track of this guy completely.  No, really, I didn't remember because it already happened and I don't know what he's
doing now.  Uh, no, this video isn't against Yis, I don't know if you're watching this, Lu Yis, but ZTEX isn't against you at all, it's more about the profile, the Zartex product, okay?  Because of that
have your own thing now, I understand that you've turned the page and it's a different world now.  But because it really surprised me, you know? Because when I finally see this, right? The biggest exponent of selling trading courses in the Spanish-speaking world, if not the
a video—he uploaded this a year ago—about why he quit trading. It sparked a lot of interest in me, so I started listening to it, and it brought up
discuss with you all, to try and start a debate here on the channel, as always.  So, let's see what Zartex has to say about why he quit trading, and from there we'll talk about some things that I think are
give me the money I needed for training, travel, needed, including equipment and food.  [music] Uh, I went to London to work at a broker, and at the broker providing support for opening and closing Metrader accounts and helping
tutorials that [music] people asked me for, I mean, people asked me for support and so I would started recording it, and I uploaded a video explaining Japanese candlesticks to YouTube and that's how it all started.  Look for it. Japanese candlesticks tardex [music] was my
official way, right? Okay, I'll pause here.  Since you ahead, because before he gives some context about who he was, all that, going to say now, okay?  First of all, because a lot of people are
thing, then I found that trading could help me achieve that, I don't know what. I went to people say, "No, I used to be a broker." Being a broker, honestly, the idea that someone has been a broker might excite a lot of people, but a broker is
basically just someone who brings in clients for a broker. That is, it's someone who 's there to open accounts on the platform, to try to be a call center. In many cases, they provide support to clients. That's not being a broker. Being a broker is the infrastructure of the
broker, that is, offering market intermediation. When someone works for a have trading knowledge, not at all . I mean, you can have just enough to provide services to clients, and that doesn't
or authority in the world of trading or making money in trading. And a to give themselves authority, as if they've... Working for a broker and knowing about trading started asking for my time, they even started paying me for my
hours and I said, "Damn, I'm not going to be charging 100 bucks an hour when I can charging 100 bucks an hour when I can charge 200 for something I course and that's what I did, that's how I launched my first training and started making a lot of
trading.  In fact, in 2018 even knowing that it wasn't actually possible, without a license and all that nonsense. Then I quit because of that, because it was n't supposed to be legal, even though it was from
family members and I don't know what.  And I kept trading, obviously I got the best training, Zartex Pro, I started making money, and once I had the money I said, "Okay, let's see, [music] I have all this money. What's my goal right
covers the lifestyle I've always wanted, my three or four thousand euros a month in passive income. [music] My goal isn't to double this money, it's not to lose it. And this coincided with the stage where I truly [music]
discovered the best way that has ever existed in the history of humanity to save money, which you can probably imagine. If not, ask me in Bitcoin, I suppose, right? And it was going to allow me not only to
save the money I had earned, but to make it grow without dedicating my time, which is what I was looking for when I started trading, without risking my money, which is the goal when you start accumulating wealth, [music] you
you start accumulating wealth, [music] you treat it like a treasure. And my time. Well, and above all, without effort and without emotional stress [music]
and without worries and without disappointments. Let's stop here for a moment. Um, important things he's said, which is the topic of Think about it, back in be earlier than I thought, uh, I thought it was more like three
here a long time now. So I think I opened the channel in there's Izarte that's really making waves, right? The truth is I don't remember the dates very well, and back then in 2019-2020 nobody was talking about Track Records.
Honestly, I give myself quite a bit of credit for that, quite a reason why Track Records today. And you can see my first videos, uh, my first videos already talk about it  From Track Record on DarwinX, but well, the idea is that at that
time people were selling trading courses online because there was very little, very little talk about trading online, like today, right? Today there weren't as people, there wasn't what there is today in the trading world, not by a long shot.
talked about trading, they made a lot of money selling courses, and therefore at that time there wasn't an established collective narrative where everyone demanded proof, data, track records, live trading, it was a
bit more of a jungle, okay? It was like the path still had to be created, and therefore there weren't as many requirements. What happens to you? Imagine that you're in your early twenties, a young guy working for a brokerage firm doing some kind of
sales or support work, and suddenly you start uploading videos to YouTube and people empathize with you, a young guy, very Athletic, uh, his message was very, he communicates superbly, and that impacts a lot of
trading and you become a millionaire, basically, right? And all that leads you to become very wealthy or earn a lot of money in a relatively short time, right? And you use trading as a sales tool, so to
speak, but obviously without proof, and to this day, I honestly haven't money trading, which I don't deny, uh, I mean, I don't want to get into that, that doesn't matter, that's up to each person, that doesn't matter, but
basically, you see yourself as very young, still growing, you don't know wrong. You consider, I understand, that you're doing well, that what you're trading training to thousands of people who are going to train with you and
start trading that way. What happens? All this leads you to  And make a video after some time of making money selling those that you're quitting because you've already made enough money to do
and that way your money is protected without the effort, without the want you to understand a little where I'm going with this , that honestly offends me a bit, the fact that someone who made a lot of money
someone who made a lot of money selling a trading method would at some shouldn't trade because it causes you stress, it causes burnout, it causes risks." It's a pretty
listening and I thought, "Damn, what a jerk, right?"  It's actually a bit ugly." Now money, the lifestyle, and I've found my purpose, I've this thing to dedicate my time and effort to, which is
teaching, what's the point of me continuing to risk my damn money when I'm going to make a profit just the same if I put it into this asset? This is why I quit trading, because I saw how it was no longer
satisfying me, I saw more disadvantages than advantages to continuing to points I want to make clear. First of all, trading to earn a living. It does consistently every month, every quarter, or
every year is impossible. You've seen the best traders, for example, trust, who have negative years or bad years of 4, usually the best year, but oh well. [music] So, the way I
having a lot of money. At least 50,000 in your trading account and 50,000 with the broker to withdraw 1,000 or 2,000 a month. Let's say 2,000, 2,000, plus another 50,000 in your trading account, that 50,000 is enough to earn
Then, with the peace of mind of having a salary to pay yourself for two years, you can trade that 50,000 with confidence, sniping the perfect opportunity to double your
most powerful lessons [music], in my opinion, that my legacy has left me. things.  Saying, the first thing I would say is that trading isn't really about I remember, why he quit trading. Uh, so he's talking about that, right? That he got tired of it, that it
a misguided risk-taking from his perspective, especially considering he's already money to make that decision. But someone who doesn't have that money needs to many people succeed. Obviously, this business is very difficult, very
delve into it here. If this is the first time you've seen one of my videos, watch others. But that does n't mean you have to, let's say, send the message that since I already have the means trading isn't worthwhile. I think that's a bit unfair,
especially since, well, this comes down to the fact that I think it's great that anyone, let's say, does training, sells training. I've also recommended, he's encourage you to train with him because there are truly some with
Fortunately, unlike back provide training, teach how they trade live, and have a track record. The industry has changed a lot, thankfully, he said. So, regarding the idea of ​​making a living from
trading with a salary, what he says, I completely disagree with him, Darwinex. I agree that Darwinex is undoubtedly the best broker you that it's not representative of reality because there's a
Therefore, the results, the returns we see in Darwins—in this case, a product created by Darwinex to replicate a manager or trader and attract investment—are processed by a risk engine that
trader's return against the S&P 500, for example, right?  So, with a bar, which is that the results you see in a Darwin aren't exactly the same as what They're filtered by Dacx to protect
about returns, results, and give examples, you can't just focus on that. First, because Darknex isn't the whole world, and you you see that there are other people, other profiles, and other places. You have
For me, if you're a CFD, Forex, or even place to be. But then there are also crypto traders, , and funded traders. There are people who don't meet the same
requirements or criteria as just one place. So,  There are people who nothing to do with Darkwinex, but that's because they have different objectives. In other capital manager, you have to go through Darwinx because it's the best place to
example—your worst-case scenario loss versus be very well balanced. You have to show investors that Ftex says happen to them: losing 200,000 in two or three days due to a
mistake. Instead, you have to show them that you're an incredible and impeccable risk manager so they you can scale and earn a percentage of the millions you can eventually manage. That's one way to trade. There's also
fantastic, and I hope many of you go that route, but that's not people who are able to grow an account, a few thousand...  Dollars, even millions of dollars. This happens, this occurs in certain markets, at
trading methods. It exists, I know it 's strange, I know many don't believe it , but it's simply a lack of understanding in the trading world, and we 's not your fault. ZTE probably had the same experience because they weren't fortunate enough
necessary paths in trading to understand certain profiles and see what the real industry is like, right? Because that's what's behind the scenes, and you only Forex and all that nonsense. Important disclaimer. These
people I mentioned who have managed to scale accounts from small amounts of capital do that not everyone is capable of taking. You have to have a very low risk tolerance, you have to be very close to your money, and know that your
trading has to exploit certain temporary advantages that might reverse at some capital.  So, here in trading, it's based on a balance between gray, scales out there that are very difficult to define and that depend on
many psychological, monetary, and market-related factors that success. But what I want to tell you is that many traders who sell courses, etc., use the true story that it's
possible to scale with little money—which is true—to sell it as if that's the norm, the most common thing, something accessible to everyone. And that's not the truth. It can be done, yes, but if you have more money, all the better. If
financial health, if you don't depend exclusively on trading, if you have a way to have a safety net that allows you to take certain other option, if you have little capital and want to use trading
there are people who succeed, and I hope so.  It could be you too, but I want you to understand that the odds are stacked against you . And when you see someone who's managed to climb an account from 2,000,
3,000, 5,000 to the millions that exist, you're only seeing the . You're not seeing the whole pyramid of casualties below them who didn't achieve it by doing the same thing. So, what I mean by this is that,
doing the same thing. So, what I mean by this is that, to sell what they want. They don't show you the real thing because it's not interesting. gray areas of reality, that's not appealing because it doesn't build teams. Well, it's
because they want to sell you something, and others who will tell you no, that it's unless you're...  A lot of money. The reality is always gray areas, and I want you to understand that. So, on the one hand, making a living from trading through a
possible. You don't need as much capital as he says. It's true is, because you can distribute it, manage it better, diversify better, and have a better portfolio, but it's not necessary by any
means. And again, something that seems incongruous to me, and what bothers me the most, is that someone who has made his money again, who has made a trading training, saying it was accessible to everyone—because that's what was being
not anymore. All the people who trained with you and who had your method, now you do it. So, if you had said it from the beginning, "Look, lot of capital," you probably wouldn't have sold so many courses because people
who sell courses and  Those who sell massive training programs eliminate certain messages, that often take away people's hope because otherwise they wouldn't sell, right? So they just give you claims, they give you very positive messages like "this is for
because otherwise you don't reach many people. So, again, this video really surprised me when I was watching it, and it made me a little gently as possible, really. Obviously, if we were having
coffee together, I'd talk about it differently, but it's not necessary. But it is n't know, controversial, right? To say this after having reached thousands of opposite. The sniper who waits for the
normally would, [music] because otherwise, well, sniper, waiting for the right opportunity, no  I know what. And knows that's not how it works. You can't wait for an opportunity because you don't
which trade is high probability. Someone who tells you this again from my experience—and I'm willing to debate it—hasn't done much trading in exposure. The more exposure you have to the charts, to the markets, the
significant your sample is, the more representative, the more representative, the more dilutes the variance. In other words, you have many trades, some are
that generates a ratio, a win rate, different statistics that help you know your strategy is winning in a somewhat sustainable way, based on way to know exactly when you have to be a sniper,
sniper, might not be the one you expect.  Therefore, you're allocating too much risk or you're overestimating trade that you're not exactly sure is an A+. That A++ that you really should take
advantage of is a consequence of having made far fewer, or rather, many So, when you make many low-quality trades that help you stay afloat, to generate data, there comes a point when you can identify
volatility, structure, or whatever . That's if you think you need to step on the gas more, try to take more risks, but that's not waiting for exactly when they're going to happen, you don't know if it's tomorrow, the day after, or in
a year, you just don't know. So, if you're too much of a sniper, what you're going to small sample size. And if your sample size is very small, the statistics, the Machiavellian way. And even if you're a very good trader and your setup is
have mathematical experience with your decision-making pattern, you haven't charts or markets at a risk level to know if those trades are worth it. You might make five , ten, or twenty of those "
a plus, that are really good—and you've taken on much more risk. But since you have n't done the necessary preparation, you fall into a period of negative variance, so to speak, where consider so good go against you and you blow your account. So, don't
trading. Try to significantly increase your sample size, always keeping it within the system's parameters. And the more often you 're in the market, the more often your strategy, your portfolio of strategies, is in the market,
You can do 1000 tests, you can do 1000 things, but what will really real market, because there are many ways to...  of deceiving yourself, of falsifying things, and of making mistakes. So, the more you expose yourself, in this case, the
controlled risk, with clear parameters for the risk of ruin, of drawdown, of things agree with that. You'll end up losing money because [music] 80% or 90% of the profit comes from 10% of the
you find a really, really, really good one, you have to make a lot of money on that one. You can't risk and make a tiny bit after having made eight bad trades way I see to make a living from trading. [music] In my case, every time
trade to generate a monthly return, I ended up losing money. return, I ended up losing money. After the expected return. In the case of having 50,000 in the trading account  And 50,000 [music] in
if you have 100,000. That is, you can trade the 50,000 as if you were risking 2%, risking €1,000 instead of € 500, which is what is usually recommended. Risk 1% of your account. Now, this 1% thing is also typical, isn't it?
risk message that doesn't make any sense. Someone who really does this professionally, who makes money from it, is never going to tell you it's a 1% risk. It just does n't make any sense.
on the market, it depends on the asset, it depends on the volatility, it depends on many a standard amount on each of your positions. The 1% thing is said at the you start out, because of this  This way you can afford a series of
account, right? Because this way you're losing 1%, and it's very difficult, or almost impossible, to reach 100% if you don't go crazy. But that doesn't mean it's optimal risk management, nor is 2% or 3%; it depends on many things. Whether
are so many factors, really, nobody can tell you that. So , well, let's continue because we've proven to you that you're damn consistent.
okay? You run the risk that the 50,000 [music] you have in cash put into your trading account. That's when you'll start to get stressed. That's when your expected return at the end of the year will be reduced. What's
expect to get from your trading? If you're a [ __ ] machine,  50% annually, 50% of those 100,000, okay? So, with those 50,000, you double it every year. Every year, double it, and some years you'll break even, and some years those 50 will
become 25. And of the 50 you had in cash, from which you've taken 25 to pay yourself a salary of 2,000 a month, 24,000, now you'll have to Therefore, in the second year you won't be able to live off trading anymore, okay?
trading. Well, again, what he's saying is nonsense end, when you've been doing it for 5 years, I also believed that, right? 6 years, uh, not so much that, but it is true that if you dedicate yourself only to capital management,
living from capital management. Obviously, returns, as I said, are more capped, but not because you ca n't earn money on returns— more than 20, 30, 40, 50% annually— but because it's important to
manage other people's capital, if you're an investor who's going to entrust you with millions or tell them, "Yes, I earn a lot, but when I lose, I lose 50% of my leave." So it's a different game, a different trading style, a way of making a
living from trading, and that's based on finding benchmarks, the Nasdaq, whatever you want, right? So, when you have a index in terms of risk or return, and there are balances to be found. That's not
people  which generates much more than 50% annually, much more, because they carry out all markets. And it's neither better nor worse, it's just another way of trading, another way of someone only tells you that's possible,
one side of the coin, they're teaching you one method, and especially someone who experience in the world of trading.  to sell a training program, because if you're selling a training program, it should be the best example of that environment.  And
be a capital manager, because from what I'm hearing, his objective Darwinex or on capital management platforms , trying to have an , trying to have an
your flow, your vibe, your, I don't know how to say it, your trader profile, if that's it, it means you have to be an exponent of that type of methodology, of trading style, to sell training like San San Sistemas, I was saying, that is, if
with someone, you train with someone like Sansan Sistemas who has that "I," who then you can sell training without any problem because you demonstrate daily that what you say you earn, you earn in the markets; you sell
massive training, in this case with a method, they tell you that speech and they, that problems, which is what always happens in the world of trading.  And in this case, , okay?  So again, I think it's wrong that they're saying this.  Third,
trading to retire.  Let's see if this keeps recording.  Keep recording. gave you an example where, from the second year onwards, you can no longer live off trading, okay?  [music] In case you have more than those
300,000 so that [music] that doesn't happen to you , eh, and you can continue living off trading, what you want in that situation is not to lose those 300,000.  Therefore, the smartest thing you can do is invest it in a quality asset that
of your skill [music], regardless of market conditions.   I honest, I've already found that active [music]. I've already found that active [music]. Okay?  So, trading to retire,
in my opinion, is a bad idea.  For those looking to make extra money for retirement through trading, if you have money, it's best to maintain a humble lifestyle so you do n't spend it.  And if you don't have money from
trading, you're not going to make any extra money.  I'm telling you.  Last point, Now we're talking about funding accounts, right ?  But again, look at this, right? To say, damn, is to imagine that he hasn't done it, has n't had training, has
money with the training because he really did earn a lot of money.  So, I because many people in the traditional industry tell you that, they say, "Hey, look, this is for retirement." This is understandable and can be defended
in many ways, but when you've already gone through a sales process, a wealth generation process, and a message contradicts that, it's a bit hypocritical to say it, isn't it? I mean, I'm putting myself—and that's why I want to make this video—
bought a ZTEX course, in this case, someone who bought a ZTEX course and then create a bit of cognitive dissonance, which I'll explain in a moment, and that's why I'm making really. And again, a disclaimer about retiring, because I see I haven't
We're back to the same point, and forgive me for insisting, but I want you to . You can retire from trading after 5 years.  You can start trading, you want, after 40 years of trading. In other words, it ultimately depends
on many factors. Some people are more than happy trading 3,000, 4,000, or 5,000 a month; some supplement their income with millionaires . So, it depends on
everyone wants to earn as much money as possible, but not everyone is achieves the right trading strategy, not everyone has to earn millions. Obviously, if you manage to achieve your
Look, I have a job I like and I can supplement my income with this," or "I'm retired and I can supplement my pension," or "I can live off this even with a normal salary in my country"—great, congratulations,
reached the pinnacle of success.  Pyramid scheme. But obviously there are cases where you can earn millions of dollars, you can earn tens of thousands of dollars a month trading. It's not the norm, it's not as easy as it's made out to be
, it's possible, there's work behind it, there's sacrifice, there's a bit of luck involved, there are many factors that influence it, and therefore, again, regarding 's telling you, "No, retiring from trading doesn't make any
depends, right? What I think does make sense, which he does mention, is that you should capital into trading when you're at that point , but rather diversify, invest, you know? I don't want to elaborate too much on this. [music] I've
seen it with my own eyes, I've worked for a broker, they're demo accounts, and therefore whoever makes money is a loss for the broker, and so they take you out , they remove you from the account. Funding. [music] So, to think you're going to
salary and quit your job, and your life and stability will depend on some [music] money from them. Uh, I think that's frankly stupid. So Quitting your job to dedicate yourself to
take advantage of the funding model industry, but it's true that companies that go against your interests. Uh, I agree with ZTEX on that. Okay? So, given this, given this, I'm speaking as a
trading community, which has a channel, basically, uh, but I try to speak to you as I see these kinds of messages. It hasn't only happened with him. those of us who have been here a long time have gone through different
online traders selling training, right?  So, I remember 10 or 8 years ago, like I said, there were no track records, the standards weren't what they are thankfully, and therefore they generated a lot of wealth through the
basically due to the lack of knowledge of many people who didn't have the criteria or tools to discern who was serious, who wasn't, and who was real and who wasn't. I think Zartex cannibalized everything at that time because it was everywhere. I think
that, but it was everywhere, all the ads were there. It was crazy, 95% of people tell you, I remember it I talk about other people or other trading profiles who do this, and I
'm not criticizing the selling, I'm not saying their training was bad no track records, that there was no way to know, to discern if that doubt that he was a winner. That depends on each of
you want to defend. I don't care about that . What is true is that there's no proof that most people who have gotten trading world are actually traders, right? So, since that proof doesn't exist,
beginning of the channel and all, I said, "Hey, look , with some profiles threatening you, they end up doing crazy things that make you take down the right?"  So, the same thing happens here if I remove the video, because you already know why
.  The point of all this is that I'm putting myself in someone's shoes, as I said putting myself in someone's shoes, as I said before, someone who was trained by someone like Zartex or many others.  In this case I'm talking about Zartex because it's the video that came
YouTube algorithm, but it could have been any other video that came up and I would have said the same thing use this because I think many of you will understand my point of view, and that is that if you are someone who trained with someone who sold training in a
video that tells you that trading is useless, that you need a lot of money, not even enough to retire, that is cognitive dissonance, it is a psychological construct that leads to a shock of
reality because you believe in something very strong.  You believed, [music] you believed told you that it was so, because everyone defended that it was so, because think that Zartex and many others had thousands of visits, hundreds of
comments, thousands of students and therefore a kind of collective noise was created in which everyone tells you that it works, without even knowing if it works, because surely many of them, maybe you trained
with someone who I say training like ZTEX, you won for a while or that the strategy or the method or whatever is something transferable or that he was a simply the law of large numbers.  It's new.  So many people
try it, it's bound to work for some of them, right? And that can happen.  Therefore, cognitive dissonance, and because many of you won't believe me, right?  And you're going to say, "No, it's works if it doesn't actually work." I want to show you this video of a minute
very famous psychological experiment called, as you can see here, the AS social conformity experiment, the one you are going to see how the brain, let's say makes you see things or say things that are not real just to try not to be the
who has made a mistake.  Okay, let's see it . psychology's oldest and most popular pieces of research.  A volunteer is told that he's taking part in a visual perception test.  What he doesn't know is
and he's the only person taking part in the real test which is actually about group conformity.  Please begin.  The experiment you'll be taking part in length.  Your task will be simply to look at the line here on the left and
right is equal to it in length.  So for example, the actors have been told to match the wrong lines.  The volunteer will be monitored to see if he gives the the opinion of the group and gives the wrong answer.
two. Uh, one two
one. Once again, the correct answer is two.
times and results have been supported again and we will conform to the group again with very social creatures we're very much aware of what the people around this think uh we want to be liked we don't want to be seen to rock the
boat so we will go along with the group even if we don't believe what people are saying we still Eh, basically what we have just seen is how social influence makes you able to lie, even if you know that
the whole world of trading, ZTEX, courses, etc., to him, imagine the number of people who were training with some of these people without getting results.  But when they asked him if he had results,
know about it, or two, which is more common , you didn't want to stand out from the group because if there were many people in your you didn't want to be the one who said no, because then you were the black sheep, they
pointed you out, you were the idiot who had paid money to lose money, trading, because of the wrong training, therefore, you defend to the tooth and nail, even though you know it's not real.  But notice that we even
tried to lie about whether one line, one segment, is longer than another.  Imagine the most complex aspect: money, ego, and self-esteem are involved.  So, with this kind of
trading courses, etc., and the Zartex issue has impacted me because , that before there were other people, that now there are others, that others, this is not going to stop, it is a wheel that does not stop.  It's a
complicated issue.  So, what I want to tell you is, don't feel bad for more idiotic than others.  Don't think that, I don't know, that they laughed at
angry either.  It's more a matter of thinking that That's how society works.  As you can see, everything is designed for marketing, so looks out for our own interests, and that makes you always
movie.  Every single one of us.   I don't know, I probably do things that I consider right, or wrong, I really don't know, but in the end when very few people when they do this kind of thing and sell training and whether to be a
winner or whatever and sell a method that then doesn't work, I think they really don't think it won't work.   I simply think they don't know it doesn't actually is because perhaps they haven't yet acquired
really think this is more complex than it seems.  I've thought about it many times, I don't think there are that many psychopaths, probabilistically there are very few anthropopaths and therefore in the end everyone defends their idea that they
helping, that they are helping someone to maintain trading concepts, that they financial independence, that in some way they will positively impact they say it is, right?  And you create a kind of persona of yourself that
you sell, and it's not really who you are.  So, if you 've fallen into those kinds of situations, if you 've bought some training from whoever, and it hasn't worked for you, and you quits trading or wasn't a real trader or I don't know, makes up any old
story to say they're not a trader, don't feel bad because you're not the only ones. It's made in a way that's true; human beings are very complex, and the forms of manipulation, marketing, and social pressure influence
marketing, and social pressure influence all of that to happen.  And that doesn't mean you should or think that there are no winners; there are incredible people trading, the tools available today to train with the right people.
records, there you have san systems that give training.  In Small Caps you also have others who provide training like Edw Trade, La Sabineta, Charlie, Acraolsa Futures, and you have many people too. I do n't know about Funding, but Vicente Pons... I do
n't want to delve into this here because I've already made a video about it, but there are people who really make money, who make a lot of money, who are incredible traders, who now required to do things that weren't required before .  Track record, live trading room
, broker history, anything that increases the probability of success for your students and for the people being trained.  So, if you have fallen into that you believe you have done a training that is really good, but it isn't
really, don't feel stupid or idiotic, and don't think you've been laughed at. how the world works, how social networks work and their impacts.  It sucks to lose money because of that, but I assure you there's a
happy ending.  If you work a little, if you fight hard and find the , if you don't succeed, that's okay, don't worry too much.  There are many other your niche, but if it's in trading, I assure you there are people who are
sense, and I hope you find them, okay?  Traders, so don't get discouraged , it's just a process, don't give up on trading like Zartex did in this case invest for the long term, think about products that will retain value for you.  That makes perfect
listen to it, but anyway, a because the truth came out, I was watching it, uh, I was lying down watching and have to talk about this."  But hey, anyone watching
comments section if you have any opinions.  Please don't be too aggressive with your because I'll have to block or delete them since I don't want to But above all, I want you to understand the
frustration I feel when I see someone who sold so much about trading now disown it. And well, I wanted to share this with you, okay?  Nothing else.  I hope it goes very well, lots of profit, and I'll see you in the next video.