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Your automated system will require human input. I lost a bunch of money in Jan - I saw a huge drawdown, discovered a fixable flaw in my strategy, panicked and closed my positions. Human inputtime - do I close positions and shut down?

Had I stuck with the flawed strategy, I'd have made (a small amount of) money.

Dont think that you dont need to manage your psychology simply because you are running an algorithm.

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Yummyfajitas, that's exactly why I do not want human input. Also, I'm not trying to make money on every bet, but to make more money in my winning bets (less fees) than I lose in my losing bets.

What I'm trying to convey is that you do have human input even for a pure algo strategy. If you acknowledge it exists, attempt to minimize it and manage what remains, you are far less likely to have it cause you problems.

That's fair enough. Total autonomy can be pursued, not necessarily achieved, so better to accommodate and minimize the imperfections

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