Learn With Automated Trading

The way I learn is to get my hands in and get dirty. I guess it is kind of like the old saying give a man a fish and he eats for the day, teach him to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. I would like to learn what is going on with the trading market and hopefully be able to set up my accounts with automated trading. This way I can get in and get my hands dirty if I need to change something going on in my accounts and actually figure out what is going on in the market.