I was researching recently about crypto mining, I was a go getter for this a 6 months ago, the thing that was a problem for me at the moment was lack of guts to be honest with you.
Bitcoin for example was estimated at that time somewhere about 900$, and with my calculations and all, investing 1400$ in a bitcoin miner machine which was quite good, my math showed that the problem would be the time of an eventual profit. Because there was a risk that the bitcoin was even then at high value so I couldnt possibly imagine different than that its price would go rather down than up, so I quit. Now its estimated at 2500$, I know what a missed opportunity, but it is not a mistake if you learn something from it. Now when i signed up for steem, I started researching heavily in cryptocurrencies of all kinds, and all kinds of mining. Mining still is a good investment, but with no gurantees ofcourse you 20-30 % chance of a loss, but hey I'll go with 70% right off.
Seriously now, from my point of view the best and strategically the best move you can make is this, take 200 bucks, and invest them in every possible cryptocurrency out there, Ethereum, Litecoin, SteemDollar, Zcash, Ripple, Monero, BitCoin, etc... Because one thing is sure one of these will one day be a global universal trading currency, and as the time goes on you will notice with which one did you make the most profit and based on those statistics you invest slowly but surely. And who know, maybe one day that 200$ make you settled for a lifetime.
Cheers!