Lance... if you don't mind an opinion from another newbie BOT trader in training.... I'm kind of in the same boat. The only thing I feel I'm missing now is the experience. That is the one thing that can't be taught.
I've been trading here for a couple of months, went down 20-30 percent the first month, and gained it back the second month, and lately been staying even. So slowly but sure making improvment.
Study the anotated charts and study the rules over and over. Watch the trades made here and look at the charts for each winner traded and apply the rules to that trade. For me, its figuring out entry and exit points, and thats were the experience makes the difference.
There seems to be a few natural traders here, but what most of the ones here making the consistent bank have, is experience IMO.