To relieve boredom I'm going to take up video games, or games in general. Obviously poker is the game most similar to trading. Can anyone think of any others?
I used to play Starcraft a lot way back in the days. Unfortunately I missed the whole poker craze, never got into it.
The only first person shooter game i ever got into was DOOM even further way back in the days. I haven't been much into first person shooter games ever since. I'm more into games that involve strategy, and management of resources in a zero-sum way.
Darts are fun, dont take up much space. Keep hitting the board, you should hit good numbers eventually. edit; Plus the precision, strategising , odds/evens aspect, strong elements of skill vs randomness, neverending room for improvement, meditative aspect, etc.
About 10 years ago, I spent several months glued to my PC playing Wall $treet Rider. Cool game, shareware but really worth having. You could still get it as a freeware and then if you like it the full version is around $20.
is sports betting an option? JUUUST like trading. The tape (stats) dont lie. Sometimes you are too late and the line has moved too far for it to be a good bet (chasing) while other times you cant believe what a no brainer the bet is (easy money) And most similar, nothing is EVER predictable (nothing ever being predictable)