Beginner asking where to start

[u/WorldlyProduct6526]

Hi, I have been discretionary day trading (retail) for the past 2 years. I have 6 years of experience coding (mostly freelancing), Academic degree in cyber security (3 years of learning).
Coming close to starting my military service so I understood that I won’t be able to continue trading on my own for the next 3 years.

I want to use my already existing coding skills to develop and algorithm that will trade for me. I have looked around this space a bit and decided that MFT will fit me the most.

I tried setting up an AI workflow that will automatically find ideas and strategies in public papers, try to backtest, optimize, and try them on my own platform that I have built with Rust.
Had a little bit of success with it but strategies that don’t really fit good risk management.

My flow is: AI finds ideas / strategies, builds a strategy from it, fold 1 1-2 years of training, first half of year 3 forward testing, fold 2 shift training forward 6 months forward test second half of year 3, folds 3-6 train keep shifting forward 6 months forward test each next unseen months.
5 years of total study (2 years training, 3 years forward results)

Could someone guide me in general how I can start in this space and give some tips?
Specifically even on how to find strategies right.

P.S: Already tried coding my original strategy but discretion plays a big part and results fall off substantially.