No matter if it's free or paid, I would never consider using those signals again. Lesson learned in my end. When a Polish colleague of mine introduced his free signals to me, he insisted that I should give him a try despite that I am not a fan of trading signals.
Yes that's right, I also think it's not entirely useful for us, especially beginners, okay I understand it can help make it easier for you to make a profit without having to bother analyzing the market, but you also have to think about how you are developing. Honestly if you continue to rely on signals from some trading groups it will only slow down the development of your own knowledge, it is very precise and they should know this, do not let you get stuck in the comfort zone by always getting instant signals there.
So I did for a few times. In the end, I only won 20% of the time and the rest are just losses despite him setting his own TP and SL ranges in a certain pairing that he signaled.
And I think somewhere 2 months ago, he personally invited me to his trading seminar where he will be introducing his own "VIP trading signal course", in which I have declined his invitation despite that we were good colleagues.
Yes you did the right thing in that decision, honestly it won't do any good, they are just profiting from your presence. Like I said, it will only slow down the development of a trader. Just look at the way professional traders do it, they have their own way of looking for profits in the market, I would not say that they get that knowledge from trading signals, obviously not, but from the results of their learning process. So the point is if you want to have a chance of success as a trader then you have to do it yourself, very valuable knowledge is obtained from the results of your own experience, so enjoy the process, do not give up easily and always learn from your mistakes for something better, believe me.