the topic of the thread is supposedly
>how does a person learn more about trade automation?
before you automate something you need to know what is it that you want to automate. for example if i wanted to automate my cooking, i would first think about which dishes i want to automate. i doubt there is a book on amazon called "how to automate cooking", but in fact the industry of making food processing equipment is very well developed: most of the food you buy in the supermarket is made by machines and you can get a degree in college specializing in building these machines. Just dont ask for a little black boxie with hole in front and hole in the back : you pour eggs in, omelet comes out --- you through in a pack of Barilla, out comes bolognese.
The point is your question is too general, in fact you might just as well ask us "how to make money?"
So, before you start buying computer equipment, coding, and subscribing to data feeds , may i suggest you decide what is it precesely you want to do with it. Later, If you ask very precise questions, like "what temperature do i need to heat up the egg in order for the protein to solidify?", i am sure the experts on this board will be happy to help you.
K
PS What i personally do can and should be eventually automated, but works just fine without automation, thank you. In fact, think of it this way, there is always a bid/ask spread, a computer could help me to get in at the bid and sell at the ask, even if it is not able to make money as a market-making bot. It would just reduce my execution costs. I may add that institutions on Wallstreet by and large automate trading in this sence, they try to *reduce* execution costs, not make money auto-trading.
