Go Travel. One day you will die. When you look back what will you want to remember? 3 months doing god knows what at a brokerege firm (that wont even pay you!) or the good time you had travelling in the USA?
Effective?!
Excel is far more flexible and sophisticated strategy builder than any EA can ever be. Too bad you need plenty of $$$ to have access to one. But you are on the right path Jedi
How about luck in trading?! I have made over $10K buying oil on 90$ and selling at 100$ - and I knew nothing about trading. This gave me cash (I started with 2k) to go out there and try different strategies on different markets - in a way learning for free .
I dont think luck can do the work...