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Yes I did say learning.

What I did learn

• I'm more risk averse then I thought I was

• Amibroker has a steep learning curve and I'm a long way from developing any sound code and successfully back testing the results with any confidence

• I realise that I will need to buy, beg or borrow system code that I can tinker with, tweak and learn. I don't think I'll have the tenacity to develop the level of Amibroker competence I'd be happy with

• It's bloody hard to keep things simple

• After reading enough content to make my eyes pop out of my sockets I could find an expert with an impressive set of charting tools to justify just about any result that I could dream up.

• It's bloody hard to keep things simple..... yes this one keeps popping up

• Common logic and basic economics don't seem to apply to the markets when fear, greed and fomo are in play.... Well at least not in the short term.

• I now know more about what I don't know

• Paper trading has limited learning value for me as it doesn't exercise / test the emotions enough, which seems to be atlest half the game. I'm better of trading a small account and just paying for the learning process with trading fees.

• Lots of small learnings like developing portfolio tracking tools and excel skills, trading accounts etc.

• My exits are still work in progress, ie. Finding the right balance between being too cautious with tight stops.. fear factor.. or allowing more space to avoid over trading.

Yes still learning and the more I learn, I learn more about what I need to learn.... if that makes sense.