I have always loved trading and everything finance, so it's very satisfying.

An algorithm is just a strategy that's been codified. I guess you could say that what I'm doing is a 'manually executed algorithm' since it's very rules-based. At some point I will either learn enough python to code it or hire somebody to code it for me. In the meantime, I find it valuable to track all the different stocks and my list manually and get a 'feel' for what the markets are doing, even though I still stick to the rules of my strategy.