I'd appreciate it if you could provide me some helpful suggestions on where I should go to gain the expertise. I've seen several people professing to give good signals, and in the few months I've been here, I've learnt not to trust them because they could be scammers or don't know how to conduct decent analysis
Please let me know what you think a beginner should know and where they can receive the knowledge that will help them become an expert, as well as how long it will take me to get the hang of the complete trading technique. Links are greatly appreciated.
It is too risky to be directly involved in trading because if you don't have the right knowledge it can actually result in losses. Some people have advised you to find out how you should learn to understand first before directly trading. But for me the most important thing is that you have to have a mentor who can direct your trading to be better. Learning without a mentor can indeed be done and there are many videos made by people as trading guides, but not everyone understands trading well without involving a reliable mentor.
If you are serious about learning to trade then look for clearer sources or you can find out about trading through skilled people. Practicing trading skills is not easy because you have to be serious about learning first before directly trading with limited knowledge. So be careful in trading when you don't understand how to do it correctly.