Plea for Help / Feeling so Defeated

Hi All, this will be long but there is a tl;dr at the bottom.

So I have been trading forex, indices, cryptocurrency (not all at the same time) for a number of years now on and off. I have been through all the rubbish groups, signal services, discords, telegrams. My personal opinion of those is that they aren’t great, at all. If someone is truly profitable at this, they why do they need to sell mentorships, courses and the like when they could just make a bomb from their own account. During these years, I was never long term profitable and never properly got involved, learning concepts, strategies, backtested etc. I was an institutions dream in the sense I was dumb AF and the market could easily make some money out of me.

About 6 months ago, I ended up falling for some scam and a royal piece of shit ransacked me and left me with about 5% of my lifesavings. I fell into major, suicidal depression and I took some time away from the whole scene and have recently decided to come back, with the aim of really locking in to become successful at ForEx trading. I have been messaging around and spoken to a few guys who seem successful (without the bullshit minusha of courses, overpriced mentorship), but I still just feel so overwhelmed. I look into ICT and then start to doubt him because it seems 50% of people call him an overzealous fraud who got caught with demo accounts and blew some challenge, whilst the other 50% swear by him. I then tried to look into Steve Mauro BTMM which was pretty much the same – 50% of people saying he is a salesman with no proof of success or trades, and the other 50% swearing by him. His theory also feels quite wishy washy and the whole MM conspiracy is something I don’t buy into. I feel like I am drowning in information and have no idea where to start, I literally have enough telegrams and individuals all promising to make me successful that they are pouring out my ears, along with ICT concepts, BTMM concepts, Wyckoff, Brinks trades, FVGs, PD Arrays, Support, Resistance, ORB strategies … I could go on all day with all the information I have read into but have no idea what to use, who is right, who is wrong etc.

I would MASSIVELY appreciate any one who can provide any help or insight, as I just feel like I am drowning in resources with no knowledge of how to implement them or get successful. Whether you just want to drop a comment or single DM for encouragement, to explain what you found helpful or what finally clicked and lead you to profitability, or whether you want to offer more hands on help – PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do reach out. I feel like I am wading through treacle and the more I learn the slower I am becoming

Tl;dr: I’ve spent years bouncing between forex, crypto, and every “guru” Discord or signal group imaginable, only to realize most are just marketing machines for failed traders; now, after losing 95% of my life savings to a scam and returning with a desperate need to succeed, I’m completely paralyzed by “information overload” and conflicting theories like ICT and Wyckoff. I feel like I’m drowning in resources and “treacle,” constantly doubting every strategy because of the 50/50 split between fanatical believers and those calling them frauds, and I desperately need someone to help me cut through the noise and finally find a path to actual, consistent profitability.

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