@ norbert. When the ES volume dropped off I went into real estate. Fixed and flipped houses in FL in a beach community. Did commercial real estate investing in the NW. Spent a lot of time with family. Oh, oh, had a tier 3 weed farm and was a weed grower for 3 years. All this made me realize, the risk-reward-effort was worth looking at trading again. I mean I put in X00K into a weed farm, Trump gets elected instead of Clinton, Sessions a known weed hater becomes AG, they reinstate the forfeiture laws, so without trial, or evidence, they can now seize everything I own, because I am doing a weed farm. I put in 3 years of long hours and in the end after taxes make $60.00. Almost started an Oyster farm, but abandoned that, as ocean warming and acidification are the wrong trends. So trading looks better. No employees, no weather concerns. Don't need a bull or bear market either. And I have sufficient capital. As for ET, I wanted to gauge the new crop of retail traders. IMO, they are more enthusiastic, greedy, egotistical, and better exposed to ideas. And I know that their perspective will yield a gem once in while, even (probably) if they don't even know it. But I see the same old pitfalls that will be hard for them and I think it will be a worse ringer for them. 12 year bull markets and Fed induced bounces are VERY forgiving environments. If one did not make money, they probably had none in the market.
You should watch Youtube videos on stock trading and visit different stock trading related forums and participate in the discussion there.