hello i’m shey , i’m here to learn
I’m new and I’d really like to get a tutor or mentor so it can be real smooth for me , i have no clue of what i’m suposed to do
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Hi Shey,
Welcome and greetings!
Relying on a tutor or mentor early on, without the basics even, can lead to complications (like scamming and incompatible trading styles). To avoid that it’s best if you take the time to understand the basics.
Trading is forex takes some work and practice (with or without a mentor). Try the free online course first and engage in forum discussion. Ask questions if anything confuses you or you need any clarification. That’s the fastest way to accelerate your learning curve.
If you still feel the need for a mentor you’ll atleast have the basics down and be in a better position to determine whether the a certain mentor is the best for you.
best regards, Dims
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Hey Shey and welcome to the community!
First off you are doing good by showing humility and asking for help. There is a great free forex course on here to get you thru the basics.
But after that, as a Forex coach, i always recommend tutor or mentor. It is single handedly the smoothest most effective learning curve to success in forex. Anyone who says different is either a trader with no consistency or never had a mentor before which would disqualify them to speak against it.
Trading is more then reviewing information and then boom u know how to trade. So when you have finished the course thru high school or college go ahead and message me or come to some of my threads to ask questions
No, that would qualify them to assert that trading without a mentor is possible.
What’s your argument in this instance? That trading is impossible without a mentor?
bro… dont be in your feelings. im not speaking on possibilty, anything is possible in this world therefore anybody can speak on anything. im saying to speak against or about the difference between with or with out a mentor that said person is not qualified to make proper analyzation. Trading is possible without a mentor yes but that success curve and learning curve is proven to be longer and harder. theres no argument on my point sir
No, you’re telling a newcomer to not listen to any advice from someone recommending against a mentor. What’s worse is you’re positioning yourself to being the only good source of advice to vulnerable newcomers. Not cool.
if you’re going to try and solicit mentees you were already given an excellent recommendation in this post:
“It might help your efforts if you post up a little concerning your trading approach, skill areas and expertise and your experience. You know there are many mentors out there and you could do yourself a favour by showing why anyone should pick you out of all of them.”
Because your approach right now is no different from the approach fake YT gurus take: “Listen to me and no one else”
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On balance you have given a new member some good advice. But I have to disagree with your statement above. Why would anyone who has never had a mentor before disqualify them from speaking on the matter? It is only this statement that I would caution the new member about, followed by the “message me” offer That sounds to me to be a lead into a “private conversation”.
read my other reply to this exact question. said person has no reference point to speak against or in favor of mentorship. cautioning against decievers in general is good but not neccesary to caution against mentorship as a whole when someone is specifcally asking for a tutor. a better thing would tell then how to find a legit one. but again they cant do that if they havent done that before
bro your overthinkng no one said im the only good source. dont lie on me bro… so lets not do that cuz its not cool either. but as far as sources who are actual mentors? i havent seen many so when someone asks specifically for that type of thing im going to speak up and say yes im one of them. but yes it is stupid to recommend directly against it when first u your self are a struggling trader and need mentorship your self. but also if u gonna advise against something i understand its not against mentorship its against fake traders and deceivers which are in every category of life so correct your advice to be more general. dont make it seem like mentorship is not a viable route to learn to trade. you wouldnt even be replying to me if you had understandng of trading world in regards to mentorship
Let’s be clear. You’re not qualified enough to determine what I need. You’ve done nothing to prove it. As far as I’m concerned you’re a struggling trader yourself desperately seeking mentees for whatever purpose. Only difference is I’m transparent about where I am and what I’m doing.
If you can demonstrate knowledge of macroeconomics, fundamentals and data analysis I’ll reconsider my opinion. Till then you’re just someone who’s made a lot of assumptions and been very condescending about it.
Hi Shey
This is my first time writing in the community and I can tell you that been here and knowing that my small opinion can change people’s life ie exciting, well I wouldn’t suggest you to be 100% or even 80% reliable on your mentor ( most of the them are there to eat our money ) but what I would advise you to do is to seek for information, especially here at Babypips you will not regret
Hi shey80. I’m new to FX and to Babypips, my account isn’t even 30 minutes old! I’m personally “prepping” by taking the free course on this site and I’ve listened to a couple of audiobooks on the subject of FX as well. My aim is just to immerse myself in the language of FX and grasp the basics so that when I do take the big leap to begin working with a mentor, I’ll be able to follow along better than I would than if I just started cold. I’m picking up some of the concepts of things already, and it’s only been 5 days since I started learning. Hang tight, I’m wishing you much success with or without you finding a mentor here!
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Hi, thanks for your reply. Are you saying that a mentor and a tutor are one and the same thing? Herein lies a potential problem for newcomers. They use the word mentor without knowing the difference between a mentor and a tutor (coach?). I am not saying you don’t know the difference, I am saying that I find newcomers using words that are not the way I interpret them to be. Not saying I am right or I am wrong. Just saying that it is important to know what the newcomer really means when he or she asks questions.
By the way I have not been mentored specifically in trading, but I have been mentored in life from an early age, by some people I look back on with a great deal of humility.
I have mentored many people in my life, and since 2012 have maintained a record of the 18 individuals I decided to mentor. My most recent mentee was on this forum. I chose to mentor him because I thought he deserved it - his approach was different. I haven’t seen him post on here in a couple of months so maybe I frightened him off - who knows?
That is the basis on which I disagreed with your advice to the OP. Neither of us is 100% right or 100% wrong. It is up to the OP to sort out the wheat from the chaff.
By the way, in case anyone is wondering, I don’t mentor people who ask me. I observe their behaviour and if appropriate, I may ask if they want any one on one help. Given that I never charge for it, most people will understand it’s not something I take on unless I think it can help the recipient a lot. If not, I leave them to the thousands of other people only too keen to offer (paid) help. 
I completely agree with this. Plus, most reputable mentors/tutors don’t really want to work with someone who doesn’t even understand the basics.
Saying that, I think @YoungTrepTrader’s reply was decent. I never had a mentor, everything I learned, I learned the hard way, through trial and error. And it’s been very expensive. I don’t recommend anyone go that route.
However, had I not gone that route I may not be where I am today 
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Yea, just re-read his statement carefully this time. He said it’s the smoothest most effective learning curve. And I find myself agreeing with it.
@YoungTrepTrader - Looks like I over-reacted. Sorry about that. FWIW I also didn’t say someone shouldn’t have a mentor. Otherwise I wouldn’t have said this: