Tell Me Why You Do It (Why do you teach instead of just being a Trader)

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A brief update: I believe teaching helps you become a better trader. You get new ideas by talking to students... and there's enough money for everyone, even if more than 1 person trades the same strategy. From an entrepreneurial point of view, it makes sense because many people asked me to teach them how to trade. It's also socially useful to have you on guard about the many scams out there. Lastly, it's not free because "free" makes people lazy... Money makes them want to have a return on their investment.

It's important to pay attention to who you learn from, of course... but without a valid teacher, how can you learn something? In the end, what matters are only students results (and my students won the same World Trading Championship I won, which last 1 year - not 1 week - with real money) ;-)

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“Tell me why?” That’s the question, “Tell me why?” Bronski Beat. Well, probably, they were not asking me, but “tell me why?” tell me why are you teaching?

“If you are a profitable trader, why are you selling education?” This is a question that comes up from many, many sources, and it’s a reasonable question. I was asking the question myself when I started looking for a good education in trading. I ended up at Larry Williams, a legend in trading, and he gave me a number of answers. But the best answer was when I saw his material, his approach; and starting from that, I was able to build my approach.

So, actually, I offer education, first of all, because it’s a help for all those who want to be serious in trading. So, “Okay, but you’re paid to do that.” Yes, I’m paid because it’s a value that I’m offering; it’s my time that I’m offering. It’s normal to be paid. It’s a matter of opportunity. It’s sort of business: an opportunity of diversification. I have income from education, I have income from trading. I don’t know when trading is profitable or not profitable; education is more stable. It’s a stability matter. So, look at it as an opportunity. Start thinking in a business tuned mind, and it will be positive also for trading; believe me.

“But if you make so much money, why do you need the money from education?” Yeah, that’s true. I don’t need that money, actually. I don’t need it, but if I gave out everything for free, if I did that, believe me, you would not value it. Because if I don’t value my material first, nobody could do it afterward. And if you don’t value what I give out to you, you would not use it the right way and you would not take full advantage of that. You must be committed; you must show me your commitment to purchasing education, and I give you my commitment to producing quality education—it’s a very simple equation.

Another thing, if you want to become a medical doctor, you go to university, you study for a long time, you pay for education. And, probably, you will never go to somebody who has not studied to get surgery—I hope so. If you want to become an engineer, to build bridges, you go apply to university, you pay for education and you become an engineer. So, why shouldn’t you pay if you want to become a successful trader? Why? Just because you are studying from somebody who makes money; it is not a good reason in my opinion. At least I don’t believe it’s a good reason.

If I go to learn to play tennis to Roger Federer, I would never say, “Teach me for free because you’re rich enough.” I know he’s dedicating his time to me; it’s obvious I have to pay for it. Well, I will never be a good tennis player in any case, but that’s a matter of age mostly. But it’s so reasonable, so it’s a misleading concept. Why? Because it’s obvious—this is the most obvious answer to the question.

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Andrea Unger

Andrea Unger

Andrea Unger here and I help retail traders to improve their trading, scientifically. I went from being a cog in the machine in a multinational company to the only 4-Time World Trading Champion in a little more than 10 years.

I've been a professional trader since 2001 and in 2008 I became World Champion using just 4 automated trading systems. 

In 2015 I founded Unger Academy, where I teach my method of developing effecting trading strategies: a scientific, replicable and universal method, based on numbers and statistics, not hunches, which led me and my students to become Champions again and again.

Now I'm here to help you learn how to develop your own strategies, autonomously. This channel will help you improve your trading, know the markets better, and apply the scientific method to financial markets.

Becoming a trader is harder than you think, but if you have passion, will, and sufficient capital, you'll learn how to code and develop effective strategies, manage risk, and diversify a portfolio of trading systems to greatly improve your chances of becoming successful.