I am on the road .

Overall, I am not positive if you're trying to break the mold of the typical trader training,
or working on yourself to get past internal resistances to follow such a route which you believe is fine.

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since 19th January 2012 (2 months 7 days). I have dropped more than 2000 ($2836.04 to be precise ) since I started, I would like to see how much more I will shed before feeling the pinch. I've already put aside money I am ready to lose.
You won't EVER feel the'pinch' until you lose everything, borrow and shed it, and start trading pennies since that's all you've got.
Rather, attempt demo simulator. Demo does feel like a waste, and simulator only takes an hour or two per day at full speed. You already have some real-time experience, so give it a rest and study exactly what you've done there plogically (since that a vital difference between demo and real).

You likely know all of this. Measure 4) sounds important, tho.

As for 1), actually, that doesn't sound like too bad an idea. Simply run charts(/news) facing you rapidly for an hour or so per day for months, observing and making notes how patterns fit together.
Pattern recognition is fairly standard for anyone. Then you've got a better idea to pick and choose what to study, saving time out of misdirection.