Not disappointed in the advice specifically but disappointed in the low number of replies / opinions considering the number of people on the forum.
Also, to be completely honest, quite surprised that on a 'trading' site the responses I had were generally of the 'don't bother', 'it takes years to learn' etc....
I can understand that for some things (learning to be a doctor, dentist etc) but surely technology has moved some things on (quick example: friend of mine yesterday asked me to help re-decorate his home, I agreed and took a 'gadget' paint-sprayer that I bought (and used once previously) for about £200 or so. He was very anti me using my 'toy' as he put it as he's a professional tradesman and learnt 30+ years ago that a paint brush is the best tool...long story short, I painted 2 bedrooms and a dining room, walls and ceilings in the time it took him to do 1 bedroom and he had to admit my 'finish' was better than his (no brushmarks!)...... so for the cost of £200, the application of some braincells I was able to 'beat' (or improve upon) a skilled tradesman.
Now obviously that's a specific situation but is the community here really of the opinion that you have to spend years studying, learning and trading to 'qualify' to make a reasonable return..?
Has technology really not helped the trader? Do none of the EA's mimic the seasoned professional trader?
If no EA can replicate reasonably consistently the efforts of a successful trader then that suggests that such a trader works more on intuition than logic, on feelings more than rules, in which case surely there's no real difference from trading to going to a casino and watching a roulette wheel; wait until the same colour has come up 2 or 3 times and then bet the opposite colour because the probability of the same colour consistently repeating reduces with every spin.