day trading
You would not start trading the day you decide to become a day trader no more than you would sit down at a card table, with your life savings, having only plaid Go Fish in your lifetime. Learning to trade profitably takes skill, practice, patience, discipline, and someone to help you along the way. In doing a little research, you will find that there are more day trading indicators, schools, and platforms that you can shake a stick at.
Just because someone tells you they are a day trader does not mean they can actually trade, so it is vital that you check into the mentor you are taking on before you hand them any of your money to teach you. Ask for some proof of their work. You could ask them to take a screen shot of their Ninja Trader daily report in order to catch a glimpse of their win/loss percentage. This is a very solid way to get an idea of how someone really trades. Are they winning more than they are losing? And if so, do you really want to take advice from this guy?
Perhaps they are using Tradestation as their charting platform. If this is the case, then you could ask them to take screen shots of the charts. More than likely, they have the program set up to plot the entry and exit automatically when they are taken. This will be great insight as to the precision of that particular trader. Are they late or early on entries or are they right on the target?
Either way it goes, get out there and dig into who is teaching you and what you’re learning. Make sure the person or people are legit. If they are truly trading as they tell you they are, there will be no problem in showing you proof. If not, you know to pack it in and move it along.