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I'm afraid I don't agree.............

  So the OP wants to learn where/what his edge is, what type of trading is he psychologically suited to.

   Why go to the cost of Amibroker straight away (more suited to advanced/intermediate traders IMO)

   Why get bogged down learning  to code when there are alternatives.

  Here's my recommendations.....

  Experiment to see if you want to be a systems trader or discretionary

  Systems Trader Pathway: As Tech has stated in other posts it is hard to beat systems trading as a starting point as you quickly learn through backtesting how many indicators/methods are not profitable. Also by studying Backtest results you can see which metrics are important in trading. Trade and Money management very important /entries not so.

Download Ninja Trader and construct some strategies using their strategy wizard which is quite good . Costs = zero .

  Alternatively use the MT4 or MT5 platform (FX) and experiment with the thousands of strategies that are available on the net and when the time is right you can get strategies coded by others at minimal cost.

  Discretionary Trader Pathway:

  Open a live and demo account with a MT4 nano Broker trade on demo for a few weeks to get the feel for and learn about the platform.Then do some live trading on your nano account at minimal cost 1cent/pip.

 IMO the best way to learn..