Doyle Shuler, operating from South Carolina, and Richard Hornshaw, based in the United Kingdom, are behind 1 Click Trading, a company promoting cryptocurrency trading signals. Their past activities reveal a history of involvement in various alleged pyramid and Ponzi schemes, ranging from gold-themed products to cryptocurrency frauds.

Shuler's history with such ventures dates back over a decade. Around 2010 and 2011, he promoted gold-related schemes. ISN Coins, for example, relied on an affiliate autoship recruitment model. Preservation of Wealth was also identified as a pyramid scheme. By 2016, Shuler had moved away from gold, shifting his focus to cryptocurrency around 2018. Since late 2019, he has promoted a succession of crypto Ponzi schemes, including Sports Trading BTC, My Passive Trades, and Kangot.

Richard Hornshaw's pattern mirrors Shuler's, though his focus on crypto emerged slightly later. In 2017, Hornshaw promoted World Global Network. A year later, he transitioned to cryptocurrency scams. His first known crypto venture was World Cryptocurrency 101 in August 2018. Two months later, Hornshaw moved to Karatbars International, a company that had also pivoted into crypto fraud. January 2019 saw him promoting HGFX Online, a collapsed forex operation, and the GoFounders pyramid scheme. His involvement then disappears from public records until 1 Click Trading emerged.

Neither founder possesses a public background in legitimate cryptocurrency trading. The source of their claimed "crypto trading signals service" remains undisclosed. 1 Click Trading provides no specific information regarding who developed the "artificial intelligence software" it purports to use, who manages it, or any verifiable details about its performance metrics.

US financial regulations mandate clear disclosure for trading services, including past performance records and credentials of the service provider. 1 Click Trading bypasses these requirements entirely. The company claims to use "proven back-tested algorithms" but offers no verifiable data to support this assertion. Participants are therefore buying signals from an anonymous source with an unknown track record.

1 Click Trading offers no retail products. Its business model relies solely on the sale of affiliate memberships. Affiliates pay a $99 monthly fee in bitcoin. Commissions are generated exclusively through recruiting other individuals who also pay this monthly fee.

The company employs a unilevel compensation structure across seven levels. An affiliate sits at the top, with directly recruited members on level 1, their recruits on level 2, and so on. The company pays $7 for each recruited affiliate, extending down seven levels. An additional $7 per recruit is allocated to the first upline "Super Affiliate." To qualify as a Super Affiliate, an individual must maintain five active, subscription-paying recruits.

Commissions continue to flow only as long as these monthly fees are consistently paid. Every person who signs up for 1 Click Trading automatically becomes an affiliate, prompted to create a referral link during registration. This design ensures that 100% of all payouts directly depend on recruitment. Shuler and Hornshaw are positioned at the top of this company-wide structure through preloaded administrative accounts, from which they collect a percentage of all incoming fees.

An affiliate must recruit enough members to earn back $1,188 annually, covering their $99 monthly fee over twelve months, merely to break even. The company's own risk disclosure acknowledges the inherent uncertainty, stating, "All trading has risk and this is no different. You should always start with smaller amounts and never trade with more than you can afford to lose." This admission appears alongside signals from an undisclosed source.

Pyramid schemes, particularly those disguised as trading platforms, face an inevitable decline as recruitment slows. When these anonymous signal services experience a month of poor trades, the typical outcome is a blame game, with founders attributing losses to "anonymous developers." Participants ultimately lose their investments. Shuler and Hornshaw, like operators of similar schemes, are positioned to exit with stashed bitcoin.

The lack of transparent information about the trading service, combined with a compensation model entirely driven by recruitment, indicates that 1 Click Trading operates as a pyramid scheme. Individuals interested in cryptocurrency trading should consult licensed financial advisors and verify the credentials of any trading platform.