You want even more fun trade commodities! In the early 1980's I had an account with Squab and made some money with stocks, not a lot but it helped when the printing industry went all computer and offset camera operators were no long needed. I had some money saved.
In the early 1990s I met a commmodities broker made some money, lost some money but in the end was a little bit ahead. But you really need to pay attention.
As more and more people were getting into the markets and trading became so fast just did not have the time to research and focus.
When Clinton repealed the Glass Steagall Act I knew we were in for some big trouble. Even though many think the act would not have stopped the credit default swaps from crashing everything. Who knows.
I knew there was something going on and not until watching this episode did I know the back story on the markets. WOW!