Don't you think the goal for automated system is due to laziness. The goal is to identify strengths and split the tasks which task that computer (Slave) perform better and which task that Master (you) perform better than computer. I think the semi-automated will work. While the fully automated will not yet perform well since too many issues left unresolved such as interpretation of news, psychology, crowd behavior, behavior economic, etc. Think about IBM Deep Blue there's a big difference when a man is playing chess and when he's trading. In chess, one make a move because one see a clear advantage or a better option to reduce damage based on the present configuration and if one can see an advantage, so does computer. While in trading one make a move because one think it's advantageous or because one got scared, greedy or the Guru said it's good and so on. Those factors are not well registered in the present configuration and therefore the computer got screwed. However, we can't say the far future is not possible.
Quote from Batman28:
automated systems are great if they work, and especially for those lazy people who cant sit and wait properly behind the desk and use their.
