If you just want emotional satisfaction, maybe you should play online poker without putting any money in. I suppose you could also just invest in a virtual market, without real money. As soon as money gets involved it can become quite stressful if you don't have set rules in place. In trading, minimizing emotional decisions is critical. You can have too many emotions involved. That's just a recipe for failure. People don't trade just because they don't have anything else to do. It's always to make money.