Of course you can lose all. It is main rule that you need to remember. And you can earn(in long term) only 20-80% per month.

Is Forex reliable?

You do not need additional software. MetaEditor installs with MetaTrader4. Than you need to open it and write code of your ExpertAdvisor.(if you want to write your owne EA) If you want to use other EA's than just download it and replace to EA's ...

Automated Trading Systems

No, I do not record my trades. For what? There is history of trades in MT4. And if you want to analyze all trades you can use FF explorer or FXbook.

Do you record your trades?

If you want to trade with 100+ pips profit, you need to analyze H4-D1 charts. What method? Price action on zones of support and resistance for example.

More than 100 pips

If it was end of week(friday evening) than it is ok.

Spread increase due to end of the month?

FXOpen?

True ECN/STP Broker recommendations

Did you tried to trade based on support and recistance zones?

5 years and still no strategy