Step one should be to determine the largest drawdown that you can expect to incur over the next 12 months. Step two, multiply that by a reasonable factor, lets say by a factor of 3. Step 3 is to beg, borrow or steal every penny you can lay your hands on, and trade it for as long as losses don't exceed your drawdown limits.

I have to say I'm amazed that anyone would sell a system for 500 bucks. It complete insanity to do so. Im even more amazed that anyone would consider investing such a minuscule amount on a system that they believe actually works.

If you don't actually know how and why the edge works, then blow the 500 bucks in the nearest casino, I suggest placing the whole lot on a single spin of roulette, then walk away regardless of the outcome.

You can certainly make money from automated trading, but its a great deal more complex than learning to trade a discretionary method, and the key thing to note is that in reality for most automated retail traders the profits are far from consistent, and it'll take more than a few weeks forward testing to determine if the method has merit.