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1) As a trader, one’s aim is to focus on the next 100 trades instead of the next 10. Long-term success, profitability, and consistency are two of the main things traders should target. However, a gambler’s wish and desire is to make quick money.

2) A successful trader/investor has a backtested trading plan that he sticks to and optimizes along the way, adapting to changing market conditions. On the other hand, gamblers like to trade based off what other people think and tweet, or by simply opening a random Buy/Sell position and hoping it plays out successfully.

3) Profitable traders always diversify their portfolio and risk no more than 1-2% per trade. On the contrary, gamblers go “full margin mode” on a single trade without setting a Stop Loss and end up blowing their accounts and blaming the markets.

4) Chasing markets and rushing the process is not what real traders do. Instead, they follow their plan and wait for the price to play out and match their entry criteria before executing. Nonetheless, gamblers like to overtrade, open positions based on nothing, make biased decisions.

5) When enduring a loss or two (or three), traders neither get emotional nor try to revenge the markets. They know that if they obey risk management principles and open high risk-to-reward positions, they will cover all their previous losses and get back to making profits. Gamblers, on the other hand, get angry and start attempting to revenge the market by making foolish decisions and entering many illogical trades.

6) Last but not least, if you want to be successful and profitable in this field, you have to treat trading as a business and take things seriously. Those that think markets are a playground or a casino machine will never succeed in this space.

I was looking through the weekly Tradingview education and I came across one that was really interesting. It discussed what separates a trader from a gambler.
Unfortunately, most people confuse trading with gambling, When they trade(gamble) and lose money, they blame the market or blame what causes the incompetence and justify it with poor excuses.
It is not easy to be a professional trader, but practice makes you confident in what you do for a job. This is not a guaranteed or comprehensive trading strategy, but the few points are excellent for anyone to be a trader.

I was looking through the weekly Tradingview education and I came across one that was really interesting. It discussed what separates a trader from a gambler.
Unfortunately, most people confuse trading with gambling, When they trade(gamble) and lose money, they blame the market or blame what causes the incompetence and justify it with poor excuses.
It is not easy to be a professional trader, but practice makes you confident in what you do for a job. This is not a guaranteed or comprehensive trading strategy, but the few points are excellent for anyone to be a trader.




Source: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/TRrwICB7-Traders-vs-Gamblers-Know-the-main-differences/

Stock market is not gambling, we have made it gambling. No one can be blame except yourself.

To summarize, Gambling is more likely on luck, while Trading, you can't rely on luck here.
I believe trading is one of the difficult jobs to make money since there is money involved here, you may lose them.
On the other hand, gambling is for me is like a game of luck, anyone can play with it and the risk here is much higher compare to trading.

I agree with all have been said by the others. In trading, the decisions and move being taken are somewhat calculated, are based on analyses, and are goal-oriented. Whereas, gambling majorly involves of moves that are based on luck, gut feeling and calling of the moment. From such characteristics, you may determine whether a person is gambler or trader.

This is really important to know, and as a trader you should know this so you can aware if you are doing gambling or you are trading in the market correctly. There's a lot of impulsive traders who are just riding with the hype without having their own analysis and that's it, that's gambling and its too risky to trade without having any knowledge about the market. A trader will always based his move on his own analysis at his own timeline, this is not just a simple buy and sell.

Most traders, especially new traders, follow other people's signals because they do not know how to analyze the market, making them confused and determining the good time to enter the market. That will be a gamble for them since they only follow other signals without analyzing by themselves.

But the other new traders know that is not right for them and decide to learn more about trading and spend their time searching for the next lesson. The difference is how they want to learn to analyze the market and just follow the other signal without analyzing it themselves.

Once they can do that, I believe they will slowly become a professional trader.

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Thats fairly good comparison. Though it is not needed as everyone has their own style of playing as trader and gambler. But its worth understanding what trader is capable of that is not the part of Gambler and Vice Versa!

A person might be involved in both the activities and thus could be strong enough in handling his ethics while gambling the money in casino. There are smart peeps who play wisely and just like trader and thus make ton of money.

However, on an average most of us are differentiated as per your comparative table. The reason: we are not able to strongly control our motions while being trader or gambler.

Sometime they do call Trader job as dirty-white collar while gambler is just gambler as the name suggest.  :P

The photo you've got displayed there is quite small and really stressful trying to stretch the length of my eye sight. Though, there exists a distinct difference between traders and gamblers. Even at that, we can't ignore the fact that, some traders actually gamble on trades rather than doing the actual analysis to arrive at some logical conclusion that could necessitate you taking a buy or a sell on a trade. Besides,  what can we say about spot trading,,, doesn't it employ the gambling concept  about it?

Gambling is pure luck as it could always take any side but trading, tarting have got pointers that gives you an insight on what direction the market is going to turn. You just have  to do your analysis diligently.

For some newbies, trading makes it too hard for them so their trading style falls more like gambling. And its not surprising because they often lack the experiences that a good trader must have. But as newbies keep experiencing and learned from them, and with due diligence on gaining knowledge and creating good market analysis, they will be good traders in the end. However, gambling do not need market analysis and special strategies, so the chances for losing is still high compared to trading.

Relying on the signals of someone else is a big mistake, why? Because it shows ignorance and incompetence from the one that is using the signals, after all if that person could analyze the market on their own then they will never take those signals into account, however those using the signals think it is the best way to make money quickly, as they recognize their ignorance and they do not want to take the time to learn and use signals as a substitute for their lack of knowledge, however if  they do not know how to trade then how can they tell if the signals they are receiving are good or not? They can’t, which is why so many of them lose their money.

Unfortunately, most people confuse trading with gambling, When they trade(gamble) and lose money, they blame the market or blame what causes the incompetence and justify it with poor excuses.
It is not easy to be a professional trader, but practice makes you confident in what you do for a job.

You got some point, but I've read so many discussion already about trading and gamblers, but their meaning depends on a person's POV. Trading could be either on a high leverage or low leverage, depends on the trader.

It's like chess. You always look for the next 3 moves or better when you are a pro at it.
Gamblers pay attention to what's in front of them while traders are looking at the future. You will just get yourself rekt if you didn't learn the movements of the market. It takes hours of monitoring and reading the charts unlike a lucky chance in gambling.
But that's just the way it is, without those gamblers where will the traders get their profits from?

People that say that trading and gambling are the same has never actually traded. Or maybe they did try trading but didn't actually know what they were doing. The illustration that you showed is correct. Trading requires skill and knowledge. Trading is more in making some long term gains and profit. But gambling requires no skill and depends all on luck. People gamble so they can get rich real quick. On trading they have control over their funds and risks. But in gambling, they have no control over the risk and the outcomes. Trading only becomes a form on gambling when people try to trade to make profits real quick (investing and trading shitcoins).

Trading and gambling have their own risks. While gambling lives only for short term and most of it are known to make negative returns, trading on the other hand can last for long, and there is more chances of making positive returns. However, there are also cases why traders turn into gamblers when they are trading with more excitement believing to get rich instantly, as long as they trade only to win, that looks like more on gambling.

In short, the two columns made me reflect and it turns out that when I think about it, I personally haven't been able to fully become one of the two which is truly ideal, whether called a trader or a gambler. We're still mixing up the two concepts and making it look as if they're in one column. That's the fact, no one really makes me admit, just a trader who joins in and gamblers who are always surprised to bet big and find it difficult to accept defeat.

  I guess its clear to you now that trading is very different from gambling. And you could be a good trader or a successful gambler if you like depending on your own choice and the risk you want to take.  But if you prefer to do good in trading, learn to improve your skill and upgrade you strategies in trading so you won' be trading and end up being a gambler in the long run. That usually happens with traders who are not totally focused on their own goal.

Level of risks will vary and how you do tend to handle it out because not all would really be mindful about that certain risks and they would just simply make out further steps without thinking.

Risk is something that should really be handled out and if you cant able to do that they would really be seeing a big problem towards this one because you couldnt able to determine which

one should be done and which one shouldnt be done.As long you are aware then you could able to sustain yourself on this unpredictable market.

Once you do realize off these things then you would able to distinguish on whats their main difference which means that you would definitely be mindful about your actions on not to have a gambler
like mind when you do make out some trades and since you do know already that you could make profits or sustain yourself in the market if you done it well then its up to your own actions
and decisions on the possible outcome that you would experience. Determine the level or kind of risks not only on investment or gambling but on other industries as well even
though it wouldnt be so clear but you could actually able to notice it out.

I would like to offer one more characteristic of gamblers in trading industry. Gambler-trader is following different "professional" traders from internet and youtube. Please, never rely on someone's opinion. Everything is not like it really seems. Here could be risk strategy what to do and how to save your funds but in general no guarantee. 

 I guess its clear to you now that trading is very different from gambling. And you could be a good trader or a successful gambler if you like depending on your own choice and the risk you want to take.  But if you prefer to do good in trading, learn to improve your skill and upgrade you strategies in trading so you won' be trading and end up being a gambler in the long run. That usually happens with traders who are not totally focused on their own goal.

Yes, it's correct. That's trader make profits and gambler get loss every time. Gambler has no knowledge about market analysis, when he sees a coin increasing he buy that instantly. that's why he often gets loss. The gambler always does short-term trades, but the trader knows fundamentals so he does long-term trades.

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I personally have also realized that, like it or not, market conditions seem to make us gamble to become gamblers or become traders. However, so far these actions have made me of course be careful and try to invest more than trade. Due to the fact that it is suitable for my activities in investing. Not to be missed, gambling has always been a mere entertainment alternative to relieve weekend fatigue.

Now back to the principle of trading which relatively makes it difficult for beginners, as a result finding a dead-end in trading led to the concept of gambling.

well, the very big difference i know from gamblers and traders is, gamblers purely expect luck in doing that, while traders are based on analysis, research and also other things to get it. Moreover, in the world of traders you are not risking your money 100%, even when the price drops, you still have the same amount of assets. whereas in gambling, when you lose, you lose everything.

Yes, it's correct. That's trader make profits and gambler get loss every time. Gambler has no knowledge about market analysis, when he sees a coin increasing he buy that instantly. that's why he often gets loss. The gambler always does short-term trades, but the trader knows fundamentals so he does long-term trades.

The most striking difference that I have ever experienced is when we choose a coin based on hype, not analysis, and follow a few other friends to buy the coin. Next, just hope that the pump cycle will approach the coin and wait for the price to actually pump. Furthermore, if the price continues to be dropped, it doesn't matter because there is only a small amount of money.
In this case, doesn't this include gambling because it's like relying only on luck?
This was what I ever did at the past time, playing with shit coins and meme coins.
And, this has to be stopped before we are addictedwith this kind of cycle.

It is what it is in gambling, you will get more loss streaks in case of chasing loss but things work differently in the trading world. Money management is the main key in both, having a self-dedication can save your day in trading while everything depends on your luck at the moment you decide to gamble. The more you play on gambling platforms, the house edge keeps eating your balance since slots have an average of 96% RTP while in trading you can minimize trading costs with correct platform/brokers decisions.

It's sad that there are so many traders today who behave like gamblers. They expect instant profit when trading crypto, it will only make them
experience failure. Crypto trading requires a fairly long process, in order to understand how to make a profit correctly. So we can't expect instant
profit when we trade crypto. Then there are traders who trade without careful planning, they only trade based on signals from other people which
are not necessarily accurate. Becoming a successful trader is very difficult and requires struggle, so make sure we learn how to be a true trader,
before finally deciding to trade crypto, so that our behavior when trading is not like a gambler.

I don't believe in some of the distinction presented because is not only gamblers that has the mind for quick return on investment but traders does that too. What are them looking for is nothing other than good return on their capital they invest in either trading or gambling.

Source: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/TRrwICB7-Traders-vs-Gamblers-Know-the-main-differences/

I don't believe in some of the distinction presented because is not only gamblers that has the mind for quick return on investment but traders does that too. What are them looking for is nothing other than good return on their capital they invest in either trading or gambling.

Traders in a long run always make money. And there income and profit are sustainable.They may not get money everyday. They also make losses but they still follow their plan and strategy consistently. Opposite to gamblers, they can make a lot of money on lucky trading but its is not sustainable and consistent.Gamblers only depend on their luck.


Stock market is not gambling, we have made it gambling. No one can be blame except yourself.

As much as their is some truths in the OP i really believe traders and gamblers are all the same. Both take risks and sometimes they take high risk trades/wagers, both can be affected by emotions which can influence how they trade... Btw not all traders are long term traders... others are scalpers and also not all gamblers are high risk takers others take long low risk bets which reward them ultimately.

I don't actually find any difference between trader and gambler because both of them are risking their money so eventhough we can say that they have different platforms where they risk there money still both of them have the same vibes. Maybe im risk tolerance there are little difference but we cannot actually differentiate people by just like that.

I think both are based on luck since most times the predictions and analysis we take before trading isn't usually accurate, but to say about the risk??
Yes I concur, the risk involved in trading isn't on the high side as that of gambling. Both take risk and both operate on luck.

I think both are based on luck since most times the predictions and analysis we take before trading isn't usually accurate, but to say about the risk??
Yes I concur, the risk involved in trading isn't on the high side as that of gambling. Both take risk and both operate on luck.

Both are risky but as mentioned on which the level of risk on both things could really be that different and it is justifiable and could really be seen between successful gamblers and successful traders.

You could count it with your hands in between industries thats why you should set specific mindset when dealing neither between the two.Dont be a gambler when you do trade because

it would surely give out some good possible odds or chance for you to have that profitable trades in the end of the day which is totally opposite on gambling where
risk is on the roof excluding though into those strategic gambling games though.

Indeed, aiming for a profit is what we aim for whether it was gambling or trading. But what makes us different from trading is that we become more strategical to win the market and the more we need to enhance our knowledge and skill, unlike in gambling where we just rely upon luck and nothing else. But to compare the two which one probably gives us more losses, I believe it was gambling. However, being please with what we do is very important than money but yeah, don't make fall of yourselves into gambling if you aim for returns as this is very unlikely.

Another difference that exists between trading and gambling is that in gambling your odds are known in advance, basically you know on average how many times you should win the roll of a dice and how much money you will lose, this makes gambling highly predictable, even if the results will not favor you, however when it comes to trading you need to develop a sense of the risk and the odds you are taking on your own, something that is not easy for most traders, and it is one of the most common reasons why they lose money in the markets.

In gambling, you will have less control of your finances because your only goal is to win, but at the end of the day gambling makes you poorer while gambling operators ensure that the house will always end up making money. Winning in gambling has a very slim chance, which gives big opportunities for the house edge to gain all your lose capital. However, trading does not depends on luck, but definitely rely on your learned knowledge, skill and strategies that will give you an edge over the other traders and help you gain the profits. Though both have their own risks, but trading with right attitude has more guarantee to make profits than losing your capital.

That is why I love trading! The more you learn about it and develop trading skills, the chances go up to make a profit at the end of the session, unlike gambling. You can learn everything about "provably fair" and global slot RTP pool but having the knowledge doesn't make your hand strength. Other traders share the info about the specific market pairs and we keep sharing new techniques while everyone keeps chasing losses in the gambling platform until they win or bust bankroll.

I think both are based on luck since most times the predictions and analysis we take before trading isn't usually accurate, but to say about the risk??
Yes I concur, the risk involved in trading isn't on the high side as that of gambling. Both take risk and both operate on luck.

Highly predictable? I dont think so. Yes, you could make out some calculations but speaking with the outcome then it isnt something that you could assure off specially
when you do deal off with luck based type of games in the market today  on which you could presume out that you could really take on advantage which is really
a very wrong kind of mindset to have.When doing up trading then you should really get rid of gambler like mind because it would just make out some mistakes.

When I said that something was highly predictable I was talking about gambling and not trading, for example if you flip a coin one million times on average heads and tails will come close each to appear half a million times, you do not know the face that will appear each time but you will know on average how many times they will appear and calculate your results based on that, my argument in fact when it comes was the opposite, trading is way more complex and as such you need to develop your own strategy to try to predict what will happen next and how much risk you are incurring with each trade.

I don't think that you should consider short-term trading as gambling because I think that there are successful short-term trading, I would agree with your other points as to what's making someone a gambler, and with all those points, I identify myself as a gambler although I don't believe that trading is like a casino.

Gamblers take advantage of everything they believe would provide them with quick cash, and when it fails, they become furious, and the same way they take crypto trading. They assume that they can just invest in a coin and receive a 10X return right away; nevertheless, they are frequently discovered to lack fundamental knowledge of cryptocurrency trading, and they are frequently the false investors that dump new projects in the name of gambling.

Unfortunately many newbies  have that kind of mentality, which is sad because that means they are going to lose a huge amount of money to the markets as it is very difficult to predict not only which coin will go through a 10x growth but when it will happen, after all stories of people that held a coin for years and the coin experimented no movement only for them to sell their coins and then the coin skyrockets shortly after are not rare at all.

There are many stories about regretful action around this market, but to pinpoint the kind traders who act like gamblers, they are very prone of losing a lot, without proper knowledge and good trainings before stepping inside this market, the chance that they are risking too much with their money is at stake.

They tend to take the high-risk investment believing that they are doing the right thing, they only realize mistakes when they suffered from
big losses.

It's knowledge upon the market that will lead each traders not to work as gamblers while investing around. 8) :)

Unfortunately many newbies  have that kind of mentality, which is sad because that means they are going to lose a huge amount of money to the markets as it is very difficult to predict not only which coin will go through a 10x growth but when it will happen, after all stories of people that held a coin for years and the coin experimented no movement only for them to sell their coins and then the coin skyrockets shortly after are not rare at all.

There are many stories about regretful action around this market, but to pinpoint the kind traders who act like gamblers, they are very prone of losing a lot, without proper knowledge and good trainings before stepping inside this market, the chance that they are risking too much with their money is at stake.

They tend to take the high-risk investment believing that they are doing the right thing, they only realize mistakes when they suffered from
big losses.

It's knowledge upon the market that will lead each traders not to work as gamblers while investing around. 8) :)

One good example of a trader who is somewhat similar to a gambler is when a newcomer in crypto ventures in futures trading. This is a very risky move for me like you are in the game of crash or you are investing in a new alt hoping to get 10x or 100x return. There are similarities in behavior of both individuals, but if a trader is a smart one, he can reduce the chance of losing it all or at least prevent from further losing because you know when to stop.

Touching futures or leverage trades when you are still a noob is totally a suicide or something that shouldnt really be done in the first place.This is why touching this area is never been recommendable.

When you do deal with trading then you should get rid that kind of mindset on being a gambler via means on making out trading decisions without any analysis and considerations.

You would really find it problematic later on if you do realize that you do need something before making any move because it would surely counts.

You are more on doing gambling instead of trading, future trades are for experienced people who understand the risk and the benefits of this kind of business. Better to stay away if you are just new to this business, take time to research and do your homework, it's your hard earned money that you will go to stake.

The system is far different from how regular trading works. Once you made a mistake, there's nothing that you can do but to add new funds, while with traditional trading you can continue to hold and wait for the price to bounce back.

The gamblers should always get prepared that the market does not work in a way that everyone think it's going to go. Market is unpredictable and those who are gamblers would tend to loss more when things go wrong. Although there is always a urge to leverage more when one thinks the market is going to dance to our tune. I think the newbies trader sometimes do fall in this situation because of weak knowledge about the market.

For newbies, better be ready to lose money in the beginning, I think that is a given fact. You can't simply trade and be 100% on making money. So for me it's good to lose money but at the same time learning through experience. For gamblers, they doesn't care, as long as they think they will profit, they will bet everything they had. As compare to a good trader, wherein he looks for market signals before putting money into the game.

The gamblers should always get prepared that the market does not work in a way that everyone think it's going to go. Market is unpredictable and those who are gamblers would tend to loss more when things go wrong. Although there is always a urge to leverage more when one thinks the market is going to dance to our tune. I think the newbies trader sometimes do fall in this situation because of weak knowledge about the market.

For newbies, better be ready to lose money in the beginning, I think that is a given fact. You can't simply trade and be 100% on making money. So for me it's good to lose money but at the same time learning through experience. For gamblers, they doesn't care, as long as they think they will profit, they will bet everything they had. As compare to a good trader, wherein he looks for market signals before putting money into the game.

Newbies have sometimes create their beginner's luck and tends to win over their first trades. But that won't sustain for the coming days and months. If you don't act as a good trader and don't have the required skills and strategies to win a trade, you will never be successful in trading. Gambling, on the other hand, is pretty driven with luck and some expertise. But since gambling offers no assurance to win in the long run, gamblers often lose their capital and finds it hard to recover them. If they will never stop in trading, they will never stop from losing their bets too.

For newbies, better be ready to lose money in the beginning, I think that is a given fact. You can't simply trade and be 100% on making money. So for me it's good to lose money but at the same time learning through experience. For gamblers, they doesn't care, as long as they think they will profit, they will bet everything they had. As compare to a good trader, wherein he looks for market signals before putting money into the game.

This is what eventually ruins a great deal of newbies, they come to the market with complete mistaken expectations, but of all the misconceptions they have of the market probably the worst of all is that they actually believe they can come to this market, make money and never lose it, a good trader losses money from time to time but that does not affect him, but why is that the case? Because at the end he knows that his system is solid, and even if he losses a trade on average he should earn money with each trade he makes.

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those who decide to completely stop trading certainly do not fully understand the knowledge needed in trading, and they then say trading is very risky and some even say it is gambling.
This is a natural thing when beginners do it. But this will be a good lesson or an experience for beginners who don't want to give up and continue what they have started, rather than having to stop because of one failure.

those who decide to completely stop trading certainly do not fully understand the knowledge needed in trading, and they then say trading is very risky and some even say it is gambling.
This is a natural thing when beginners do it. But this will be a good lesson or an experience for beginners who don't want to give up and continue what they have started, rather than having to stop because of one failure.

The gamblers should always get prepared that the market does not work in a way that everyone think it's going to go. Market is unpredictable and those who are gamblers would tend to loss more when things go wrong. Although there is always a urge to leverage more when one thinks the market is going to dance to our tune. I think the newbies trader sometimes do fall in this situation because of weak knowledge about the market.

I think you are right because being a trader is a part to get to perfection. one needs to have made some mistake that will make them better. If you analyse the crypto market and at the end things couldn't walk in the way you planned it, using the mistake to set pass makes one to understand more about the Market and make proper adjustments next time.

I think you are right because being a trader is a part to get to perfection. one needs to have made some mistake that will make them better. If you analyse the crypto market and at the end things couldn't walk in the way you planned it, using the mistake to set pass makes one to understand more about the Market and make proper adjustments next time.

The more we try, the more we will know where the error is that must be corrected.
in trading we can't just theorize we have to be brave to try so that with a lot of experience it will make us better,
In addition to increasing understanding of the market, we need to always improve both knowledge and skills as well

I dont see how you can do such adjustments unless you are day trading which by itself is more risky than spot trading. When day-trading traders use the indicators to understand how market moves, this is called technical analysis and it is only correct in about 50% of the cases. So you can make the decision to stick with day trading or stick to bitcoin long term buying and selling to get profit.

Also the term perfection does not exist in speculative assets. You can develop your methods but the basic concept remains the same. The whole game depends on the timing and patience.

Let me accept this to be true, but some traders are just losing because of the type of trading they are exposed to, some people started as a day trader and scalpers but continuing losing, just like me that started trading since almost two years ago but continue to lose, the loss has been as a result of still lack of knowledge and entering trading at the wrong time, but I do not know when the right time will come that I will make profit than losses. I decided to change to swing trading which is better. Also not everyone are meant to be a scalper or a day trader, swing and patient type of trading can be all what some people should be doing rather than wasting their time and effort and yet losing money on day trading and scalping.

I would say sticking to long term bitcoin buying (and not even selling) is a preferred method for me not only because it has better chances of making money but it is also a lazy method as well. I mean think about it, we are talking about making money by literally doing nothing. You buy bitcoin and ... do nothing. That is a great method and I like doing that.

However if you feel like you are a great trader then you should be going at it, go try some trading and if you are making money from it then keep that going, there is nothing wrong with that, the only downside would be not being a good trader, in which case you could go back to being a hodler.

I would say sticking to long term bitcoin buying (and not even selling) is a preferred method for me not only because it has better chances of making money but it is also a lazy method as well. I mean think about it, we are talking about making money by literally doing nothing. You buy bitcoin and ... do nothing. That is a great method and I like doing that.

However if you feel like you are a great trader then you should be going at it, go try some trading and if you are making money from it then keep that going, there is nothing wrong with that, the only downside would be not being a good trader, in which case you could go back to being a hodler.

For newbies, better be ready to lose money in the beginning, I think that is a given fact. You can't simply trade and be 100% on making money. So for me it's good to lose money but at the same time learning through experience. For gamblers, they doesn't care, as long as they think they will profit, they will bet everything they had. As compare to a good trader, wherein he looks for market signals before putting money into the game.

distinguishing traders from gamblers is very easy, the trick is if we trade by a rule,
or the trading rule is to analyze, read a fundamental, and update the news, that is a rule to trade well,
but if we ignore it all and trade without having knowledge or skills, then it is gambling, how? you know it yourself

If you feel comfortable doing the trade, why bother to stop, if you already established a good strategy better to move forward and keep trying to take advantage with how the market behaves, but if you don't have any working strategy, it's also good to buy and hold let your asset be treated for long-term investment.

We all see how big bitcoin become and if the progress continues we never know if how far this asset will be going,

it's your own decision making that will allow you to take good compensations from this market.

Trading needs skills and knowledge while gambling needs luck. Trading is a long process of learning while gambling needs perfect timing. Things will still depend on how an individual is going to handle these fields because, to be honest, a wise gambler could also apply the positive traits of a smart trader especially if an individual knows how to control and handle his emotions.

Unfortunately, most people confuse trading with gambling, When they trade(gamble) and lose money, they blame the market or blame what causes the incompetence and justify it with poor excuses.
It is not easy to be a professional trader, but practice makes you confident in what you do for a job. This is not a guaranteed or comprehensive trading strategy, but the few points are excellent for anyone to be a trader.

I don't think that you should consider short-term trading as gambling because I think that there are successful short-term trading, I would agree with your other points as to what's making someone a gambler, and with all those points, I identify myself as a gambler although I don't believe that trading is like a casino.

well, the very big difference i know from gamblers and traders is, gamblers purely expect luck in doing that, while traders are based on analysis, research and also other things to get it. Moreover, in the world of traders you are not risking your money 100%, even when the price drops, you still have the same amount of assets. whereas in gambling, when you lose, you lose everything.

Traders and gamblers share a common thing, both have risks. But traders have their own way to lessen the risk because they make preparations prior to trading. And by making theirselves exposed to technical and fundamental factors in trading, they create higher chances to win their trades. However, gamblers do the opposite thing. They always gamble with no preparations, just pure luck. And when they start to gamble, they mostly go all in. So they end up losing everything.

True, investing and gambling are two completely differen things, but they both include some level of risk and decision-making, notably the danger of losing money in the future. Diversification is one of the most important  ldistinctions between investing and gambling. ç
Investing allows you to diversify your risk across all asset classes, whereas gambt lers put all of their money into a single pot with no risk management in place. With this, you can easily distinguish a trader from a gambler.

It is not easy to be a professional trader, but practice makes you confident in what you do for a job. This is not a guaranteed or comprehensive trading strategy, but the few points are excellent for anyone to be a trader.

This is the reason why traders succeed more than gamblers. Traders are focused more on technicals and fundamentals that becomes the bases for their decision making while gamblers stick to pure luck and and create decisions without solid bases and established analysis.

distinguishing traders from gamblers is very easy, the trick is if we trade by a rule,
or the trading rule is to analyze, read a fundamental, and update the news, that is a rule to trade well,
but if we ignore it all and trade without having knowledge or skills, then it is gambling, how? you know it yourself

Traders and gamblers share a common thing, both have risks. But traders have their own way to lessen the risk because they make preparations prior to trading. And by making theirselves exposed to technical and fundamental factors in trading, they create higher chances to win their trades. However, gamblers do the opposite thing. They always gamble with no preparations, just pure luck. And when they start to gamble, they mostly go all in. So they end up losing everything.

If you want to tag, all you have to do is have some idea about cryptocurrency and you need luck for Raju and a long process of testing and learning when you need time to gamble, things still depend on your personality.  How do you manage the fields? To be honest, an intelligent Azhari can apply a smart business positive, especially if the person here knows how to control their emotions.

There is a little difference in the the thinking of the traders because there are many traders who are just traders not gamblers but they way they want to earn more and more money in a less time, that gradually their habit converts into gambling through different circumstances, there are many traders which work with consistency and got their profit.

There is a little difference in the the thinking of the traders because there are many traders who are just traders not gamblers but they way they want to earn more and more money in a less time, that gradually their habit converts into gambling through different circumstances, there are many traders which work with consistency and got their profit.

Chasing markets and rushing the process is not what real traders do. Instead, they follow their plan and wait for the price to play out and match their entry criteria before executing. Nonetheless, gamblers like to overtrade, open positions based on nothing, make biased decisions.

there are also gamblers who creates their strategy and make sure to follow in order to take advantages, experienced gamblers are same with experienced traders, they are good in analysing the possibilities, with hands on experienced they also anticipate how would be the turnaround of their gambling.

for extra points. for people trading in the crypto world, most of the assets to choose from are assets owned by large companies. however, the price of the asset moves based on demand and need. Because of this, the basis of trading is analysis from various sources, while gambling is analysis based on luck. In addition, a loss in gambling is a 100% loss of assets, while a loss in trading is simply a loss of the value of the assets that we have with the same amount, and there is still a high possibility for the price to return.

I think you are right because being a trader is a part to get to perfection. one needs to have made some mistake that will make them better. If you analyse the crypto market and at the end things couldn't walk in the way you planned it, using the mistake to set pass makes one to understand more about the Market and make proper adjustments next time.

there are also gamblers who creates their strategy and make sure to follow in order to take advantages, experienced gamblers are same with experienced traders, they are good in analysing the possibilities, with hands on experienced they also anticipate how would be the turnaround of their gambling. But unlike with trading, there are many aspects that influence the market while with gambling, most of the time it's luck that influenced the wins.

High-risk if you just simply put your position and not to study how the business works, trading can be learned while in gambling just like what I just said, more on luck base to win.

What has been noticed here is some truth of their own as far as the past is concerned I really believe traders here at high tide I think it takes both risks and never it alone they take high risk trades I hope here can flow with emotion but  Not all of the traders who can prove their business here are long-term traders here but others here and these are not important here in the end it is supposed to reward them.

Yeah, like when we play a dice game, we cant simply bet and roll the dice at the default settings or multiplier which is 2x because most of the times we can lose in an instant but a skilled gambler will modify the setting and use a different multiplier to lessen the risk of losing and to greatly increase his chance of winning but no matter how you follow your start, losing is sometimes unavoidable and the same thing can happen to a high skilled trader, they can experience to lose too even if they are not completely gambling or relying on luck.

All of us know the difference between the gambler and the trader but we sometimes relate one another because they have similarities.

like when we play a dice game, we cant simply bet and roll the dice at the default settings or multiplier which is 2x because most of the times we can lose in an instant but a skilled gambler will modify the setting and use a different multiplier to lessen the risk of losing and to greatly increase his chance of winning but no matter how you follow your start, losing is sometimes unavoidable and the same thing can happen to a high skilled trader, they can experience to lose too even if they are not completely gambling or relying on luck.

All of us know the difference between the gambler and the trader but we sometimes relate one another because they have similarities.

Trading is very risky with high risk and low rewards. Any person aspiring to be trader needs to be proactive and prepared to make losses. The learning phases is never easy becoming a trader. One needs to have made some mistake that will make them better. If you analyse the crypto market and at the end things couldn't walk in the way you planned it, using the mistake to set pass makes one to understand more about the Market and make proper adjustments next time.

plus on the factor of those price increase or gains on percentage form then it would really be on that way.Risk is there but unlike gambling which it is more higher and not really sustainable for long term
thats why its not ideal nor a good move on considering on having a gambler like mind when you are dealing with trading because thats not how it works.

I don't know how it makes it hard to distinguish a trader from gambling as obviously the two is different and even we know what we really are be doing.

Trader- often to make a trade, buy and sell, and make a profit from the market. Requires knowledge and skills in order to make a profit.
Gambler - that is clearly betting. It requires knowledge and skills as well but what makes this being bold is that we need luck in order to win.

When one is into trading his mind needs to focus on long term profiting than quick earning. Trader with the gambling mentality can't make profit out of trades. It is well said, a gambler easily gets emotional after loss, which doesn't suits with trading. The traders try to make something out of the market moves, whereas gamblers look for luck than following strategies.

I find both form of traders to be successful, but the percentage differs. The success rate of a trader against a gamble mentality trader will be like 85:15

Traders are more on long term profiting so they should need more knowledge and skills to sustain their trades and end up being successful. This is why they have to focus more on analyzing the market patterns because that will be their bases when to trade as long as they see the market is stable. However, gamblers always aim for quick profits and so they tend to lose their capital too quickly compared to traders. They may have prior knowledge and skills in gambling but they mostly depend on luck whenever they start betting.

Traders are more on long term profiting so they should need more knowledge and skills to sustain their trades and end up being successful. This is why they have to focus more on analyzing the market patterns because that will be their bases when to trade as long as they see the market is stable. However, gamblers always aim for quick profits and so they tend to lose their capital too quickly compared to traders. They may have prior knowledge and skills in gambling but they mostly depend on luck whenever they start betting.

I dont believe for having low rewards because it would really be depending on some factors or how much you had put up on a particular position whether it is big or small then it would really vary on that
plus on the factor of those price increase or gains on percentage form then it would really be on that way.Risk is there but unlike gambling which it is more higher and not really sustainable for long term
thats why its not ideal nor a good move on considering on having a gambler like mind when you are dealing with trading because thats not how it works.