It is mostly due to wrong selection of the company to work with, as majority have contests or competition for show off. I would recommend you to try OctaFX, as their contest of cTrader is just perfect for any newbie; it is just one week lasting contest, so we can show our skills completely and even if it does not work out next week is open to participate again and prize is 150 USD for first position, so I can assure you if you have got any skills even little you would win it like I did previously.