And to add to that, the fundamental problem with novices relying on signals in financial markets is that past performance is not a guarantee of future results,

And to add to that, the fundamental problem with novices relying on signals in financial markets is that past performance is not a guarantee of future results, and that applies particularly in short term trading where the "picking up pennies in front of a steamroller" strategies that generate superficially impressively consistent results do so because they're trading against a risk which will wipe out most of traders' capital and all their gains when it occurs every few years...