Another problem is that if you are doing your trading/speculation in the modern "bucket shops" you run into the very same problem Jesse Livermore had in the 189

Another problem is that if you are doing your trading/speculation in the modern "bucket shops" you run into the very same problem Jesse Livermore had in the 1890s, you get banned from the premises and your profits taken away. There are hundreds of stories of people actually getting lucky/good in modern FX bucket shops and not getting all of the money.