Introduction: I failed as a trader, so I'm trying a computer program

I got interested in trading in 2008 during the financial crisis. I knew there were ways to make money no matter which way the market moved, but I didn't know the details.

I started trading in 2009 and had intermittent success, but overall failed miserably. I made numerous key mistakes, the one that recurred most recently was thinking I knew what was going to happen. Specifically, this guy could never be elected:

But he was, and I was caught on the wrong side of the trade ..

One place I've had some success is with day trading, though I don't like staring at the screen for long periods. This leads me to a plan ....