Has anyone used machine learning to trade?
schemer: 10K is too little. Statistically speaking, a small draw down can wipe out your acount. Most professionals have stop losses to limited their loss to 1-2% of their account. Google "trading money-management". You probably want to paper trade for a while before risking real money. If you are really interested in markets you can follow it as a hobby while working as a programmer. I used Interactive Brokers for trading futures, fx, options and stocks. They are low-cost and provides an API for automation. I write java code for my own personal "proprietary desk trading".