Of course, the approach you're taking may work for you - do let us know. But on EA's, do the research before purchasing one.
DislikedWhat's stopping you from doing both? That's the approach I'm taking.
As a programmer, I'm finding it better to learn programatically as that's how I'm used to things. At the same time though, I'm not committing myself to any fully deterministic system(s).
Worst case scenario, I hope to have an expert advisor that at least provides me with alerts which I can then further analyse..Ignored