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I did this exact thing and it was the worst way to learn as I had to intervene but had no idea why or how. I am now of the opinion that EAs simply don't work anyway so save yourself the time and just focus on learning to trade.

A simple way to look at it in my opinion is that forex is a business. A $6tn a day business at that. You wouldn't enter into a business venture without a plan so why on earth would you in forex?

Truth bomb. There is no "best strategy". Forex strategies are bespoke to the individual and formed over time with practice and trial and error. The notion of this so called "best strategy" is created by lazy people looking for shortcuts to making money and sold by those looking to exploit them.

Chasing money will only end in tears. Of course most of us come into trading for that reason but if it is a sole motivator then you will just get disheartened very quickly.

Nearly always starts out this way but think sooner new traders put this goal down their list of priorities the better they get on with trading. Chasing the money is a poor motivator when you'll be losing it mainly at first.

I don't use them but if they work for you then stick with it.

I don't think you ever stop or that there is an arbitrary number of years to study.

Babypips is good for learning basics and jargon but once you want to start going beyond that look on YouTube. I too found ICT very useful but I'm not going to say this method is better than that. You have to to find what works for you. That, unfortunately, is the process we all have to go through.

The majors are the ones I'd stick to, though personally I find enough meat in EURUSD alone.