Most rookie investors think they can achieve success learning how to trade the stock markets on their own or from some cheap share trading e-course developed by an inexperienced "Market Investor"; no wonder 80% of them fail miserably.

However just like any other profession, share dealing should be learned from a professional stock market investor with experience and sound trading systematic rules. I bet you wouldn't try to learn medicine on your own or from a voodoo trickster, would you?

If you committed the time, I am sure, you could learn medicine by yourself. But how many patients are you willing to lose before you leverage from the experience of a good mentor. I ask you now, how many dollars are you willing to lose before you seek the help of a professional investor?

Many people think successful investors are born with some genetic gift, but the truth is they just had the right training. Stock market (more on markets here) is the most profitable market of the world and anyone that has the right education and commits the time to learn will be able to gain some dollars from it.

There is a good clue that will help you know that you are on the right path, that you have found a good system or a trustworthy mentor-investor.

First a good sound system will never leave things to interpretation. Rules will be precise and they will be applied in a mechanical way. Trading the market is not art it is science. I always wonder how do all those trickster investors, that sell funny systems, can track their success rate if there is always a subjective element in their approach. How are they able to gather measurable data if there is always an element that is left to interpretation?

Doing things right from the beginning is crucial for a rookie investor's success, it will help you save a lot of dollars and avoid much of the pain involved in the learning curve on how to trade the market. You will realize in time that you need no special skills or natural talents to become a successful trader. You just need the right education and the discipline and commitment to learn.

I know from experience that the best share traders in the world are not born; they are made. Anyone can be a successful investor. If you are lucky enough to find a good mentor and you leverage from their knowledge the odds will be definitely in your favor.