Can trading be considered as gambling??

[betlord90]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

[RealPhotoshoper]

It's almost the same , for me personally it's the same. In trading you are trying to predict the market moves as in gambling you are trying to predict an outcome of a sport event. There's no much difference in both situations. Surely in trading you have more news to back your choice but in the end you are still relying on luck to come out victorious.

I agree with you. Both activities are similar in some aspects. In both you need to predict the results of the market or of the numbers, in both you can make a lot of profit and become rich, in both you can work at home on internet.
I prefer gambling, because I know how to do it better, but I know trading is profitable too and many forum members are earning money this way.

this topic will never end if you guys kee debating stuff like similar to make a prediction etc.
trading cannot be considered as gambling , it is different if you know well about trading.
do a random prediction in trading will still left you money if lost but not with gambling games.

[Farma]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

I think, very much difference between trading and gambling. although they both rely on luck, but, in trading, you do not need to rely 100% on luck, because you only need a strategy and analysis were mature, and able to make sure that the decision you took was correct.

[rickadone]

I consider trading as a professional activity. It requires analysis, research and others knowledges. Gambling you just require luck. But yes, maybe there is a thin line between then. It depends on how you do trading.

yes that is a face, trading is really a professional activity while gambling can not be consider as professional activity, because gambling is banned in so many countries and is consider as illegal activity in so many religions.

In fact I never heard from some that his profession is gambling, gambling is a short cut activity for making money but the risk factor is always there, because it totally depending on your luck and your experience and your skill cannot help you too much in gambling for considering as a profession by giving consistent income generating opportunities.

[crwth]

To be successful in trading, you must understand the probabilities and possible outcomes of the prices and other factors that affect the value of the coin (trading with coins) you must carefully analyse so that you would know what to do when prices go up or down and there are corresponding actions that goes with it.

To be successful with gambling, you also have analysis, if you are smart like counting cards or something like that, you could be successful but it all still based on luck + house edge.

[Babayega31]

I consider trading as a professional activity. It requires analysis, research and others knowledges. Gambling you just require luck. But yes, maybe there is a thin line between then. It depends on how you do trading.

yes that is a face, trading is really a professional activity while gambling can not be consider as professional activity, because gambling is banned in so many countries and is consider as illegal activity in so many religions.

In fact I never heard from some that his profession is gambling, gambling is a short cut activity for making money but the risk factor is always there, because it totally depending on your luck and your experience and your skill cannot help you too much in gambling for considering as a profession by giving consistent income generating opportunities.

For me i would not consider that trading is gambling and as we review most trading sites is literally talking about trading not gambling right? But if we look closely its more like gambling because your investments involves risk at all and without proper knowledge in trading or in sports betting in gambling you may lose what you have invested.

[serjent05]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

Nope, trading is not considered as gambling.  There is a different definition of this two.  Different level of risk involve and different affecting factors.  How can the two things be the same when they don't share the same factors of risk nor affecting factors.  Trading is affected by outside factors such as development, news, fud, hype etc, while gambling rely solely on its internal system.

[EdenHazard]

I consider trading as a professional activity. It requires analysis, research and others knowledges. Gambling you just require luck. But yes, maybe there is a thin line between then. It depends on how you do trading.

yes that is a face, trading is really a professional activity while gambling can not be consider as professional activity, because gambling is banned in so many countries and is consider as illegal activity in so many religions.

In fact I never heard from some that his profession is gambling, gambling is a short cut activity for making money but the risk factor is always there, because it totally depending on your luck and your experience and your skill cannot help you too much in gambling for considering as a profession by giving consistent income generating opportunities.

For me i would not consider that trading is gambling and as we review most trading sites is literally talking about trading not gambling right? But if we look closely its more like gambling because your investments involves risk at all and without proper knowledge in trading or in sports betting in gambling you may lose what you have invested.

correct , trading have a lot of things smells like gambling in several aspects .

first when you put your money and make prediction on the price it is like you bet on roulette and prediction on red/black. it is almost no difference right? but people keep saying that trading and gambling are the two different thing, i don't know.

[BitcoinPanther]

I consider trading as a professional activity. It requires analysis, research and others knowledges. Gambling you just require luck. But yes, maybe there is a thin line between then. It depends on how you do trading.

yes that is a face, trading is really a professional activity while gambling can not be consider as professional activity, because gambling is banned in so many countries and is consider as illegal activity in so many religions.

In fact I never heard from some that his profession is gambling, gambling is a short cut activity for making money but the risk factor is always there, because it totally depending on your luck and your experience and your skill cannot help you too much in gambling for considering as a profession by giving consistent income generating opportunities.

For me i would not consider that trading is gambling and as we review most trading sites is literally talking about trading not gambling right? But if we look closely its more like gambling because your investments involves risk at all and without proper knowledge in trading or in sports betting in gambling you may lose what you have invested.

correct , trading have a lot of things smells like gambling in several aspects .

first when you put your money and make prediction on the price it is like you bet on roulette and prediction on red/black. it is almost no difference right? but people keep saying that trading and gambling are the two different thing, i don't know.

Lol you don't know because you actually don't know.  try to pull your pen and paper. Do a research about trading and gambling come on it is not hard!  Google search is just a tab away.  Don't rely on anything the member of this forum just said. Don't even believe what I said do your own research.   If you do, am sure you will have a change of thought .  And I say trading is not gambling.  The obvious reason had been stated in this thread. 

[boyptc]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

Only the risk are the same but on how trading and gambling works they are totally different. I guess that is their similarity but overall trading is much different from gambling but many are loving to do both at the same time just like me. I just love to monitor the prices of alt coins while I'm having fun gambling with dice games.

[milewilda]

I want to know what you guys think about this, I have stopped gambling but still trade so does this mean I am still gambling?? I don't trade on basis of luck I trade using my skills would it still be considered gambling??

Please tell me what do you think.

You could also call trading as a gambling because you do risk your money to earn money and the risk of losing money is also there the same as gambling but the edge of trading is that you could able to use your skills and knowledge in able to sustain in the long run in doing trading on which could really possibly give you decent amounts that you cant see on gambling but profits doesn't come on fast pace unlike on gambling its somehow slower but in constant basis depending on how you trade smartly.

[carlisle1]

I want to know what you guys think about this, I have stopped gambling but still trade so does this mean I am still gambling?? I don't trade on basis of luck I trade using my skills would it still be considered gambling??

Please tell me what do you think.

In some aspects maybe it could be considered as gambling not only because you are risking your money as we all know investments also have a risk . We can also consider it as a gambling because you are just like betting when you are trading your money/btc into other currency and you are waiting for it to have a good price without knowing what can be the consequences are .

[SvenBomvolen]

   I'll say the same as many others, trading is like gambling definitely! No matter how much you know about some alt-coin its not a guarantee that will worth a lot. Team behind alt-coin is same like in team in football, doesnt matter how good they can be, thy also lose from time to time.
   Skill is important for trading, but I also saw traders that run for luck and to buy cheap alt-coin that will worth like btc one day, thats not happened yet.

[serjent05]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

Only the risk are the same but on how trading and gambling works they are totally different. I guess that is their similarity but overall trading is much different from gambling but many are loving to do both at the same time just like me. I just love to monitor the prices of alt coins while I'm having fun gambling with dice games.

Only the word "risk" is the same in there.  but the level of risk is far different from trading and gambling.  Trading can nullify the risk involved in it if the person just do his own research and learn all the aspect of trading.  I don't know why people can't see the difference between trading which is  affected by external factor and gambling relying on the internal system setting.  What is the same in that aspect?

[Gameroid]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

to me i do not thing that both are equal i think trading is more easy and less risky as compare to gambling, in gambling you totally depend on your luck and there is very little use of your skill and experience.

[boyptc]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

Only the risk are the same but on how trading and gambling works they are totally different. I guess that is their similarity but overall trading is much different from gambling but many are loving to do both at the same time just like me. I just love to monitor the prices of alt coins while I'm having fun gambling with dice games.

Only the word "risk" is the same in there.  but the level of risk is far different from trading and gambling.  Trading can nullify the risk involved in it if the person just do his own research and learn all the aspect of trading.  I don't know why people can't see the difference between trading which is  affected by external factor and gambling relying on the internal system setting.  What is the same in that aspect?

Yes exactly on what you have said. That is also called an advantage in trading but if you are that experienced in gambling, you can apply it also when you gamble but that is not going to give you a guarantee and advantage that you can win a game unless you will play sports bet and poker because it can just make you professional gambler who can take a risk.

[MinerHQ]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

to me i do not thing that both are equal i think trading is more easy and less risky as compare to gambling, in gambling you totally depend on your luck and there is very little use of your skill and experience.

The risk is equal in both trading and gambling. But if you look for profit way the trading is better. Here the profit chance is high to compare gambling. But in trading, only your skills and knowledge will not help you to make a profit. The time also very important we don't know what will happen tomorrow in market price. And you need more experience to make money in trading.

[lOvE mE forEvEr]

I noticed like that, when I learned all about trading so that benefit, but in reality is different, all the kind of analysis I've learned but could never deliver certainty of profit, since then I do not want to trading and select and gambling.

[Botnake]

In a way yes, if we are going to compare gambling and trading, we can considered Trading as gambling because the risk that we are taking in Trading is almost the same that we are taking in gambling, but not as big like the risk in gambling. In Trading the only problem that we are thinking of is being scam by someone while in gambling the only problem that we are thinking of is losing and the strategy that we are going to use, for us to win.

Only the risk are the same but on how trading and gambling works they are totally different. I guess that is their similarity but overall trading is much different from gambling but many are loving to do both at the same time just like me. I just love to monitor the prices of alt coins while I'm having fun gambling with dice games.

Only the word "risk" is the same in there.  but the level of risk is far different from trading and gambling.  Trading can nullify the risk involved in it if the person just do his own research and learn all the aspect of trading.  I don't know why people can't see the difference between trading which is  affected by external factor and gambling relying on the internal system setting.  What is the same in that aspect?

Yes exactly on what you have said. That is also called an advantage in trading but if you are that experienced in gambling, you can apply it also when you gamble but that is not going to give you a guarantee and advantage that you can win a game unless you will play sports bet and poker because it can just make you professional gambler who can take a risk.

Experience is just one of the factors that will give you an advantage to win in the long run but what is the main factor that is necessary is your intelligence, gambling is a hard way to make money compared to trading, but it's the most lucrative way when you discover the secret to winning.

Of course, it will always be secret as no successful gambler will reveal their method to win to keep it still effective in the long run.

[Ducksun]

Yes for some part it can because it has almost the same risks and you are a sort of betting on something in my eyes.