it depends on people, one likes trading (like me) another hates it.
my son plays disco sometimes (not here, but on fun server), he has problem because of he needs money, but he hates trading. he said exactly the same like someone here above: F2, F2, F2, F3 is terribly boring. he asks me to play on his server to make some money for him.
I told him - do missions, but missions are not profitable. you cannot earn money to buy new ship.
so, maybe we should raise missions rewards 10 times on eg.