How is trading *not* gambling?

[X-ray]

There is a bit of luck in trading, but as you have already said you do not depend 100% of your luck. In trading even if you give bad luck you can manage your losses. In gambling you simply lose.

That's right, whereas in gambling you will 100% lost when you just have the "bad luck" but in trading even if the altcoins you were invested having price dumping you can still hold your coins and waiting for the price increase again,luckily if the coin went far above the highest price, you will turn your lose into a profit, simple as that

[romero121]

As several users quoted trading is a better option for one who needs a stable earning. With gambling if lucky can earn a lot in a short time else can loose the same in a single day. With trading you can make a variation in your profit by close examination of the price movement as we have got lots of trading accessibility.

[Viscore]

As several users quoted trading is a better option for one who needs a stable earning. With gambling if lucky can earn a lot in a short time else can loose the same in a single day. With trading you can make a variation in your profit by close examination of the price movement as we have got lots of trading accessibility.

Both are good options depends on your capital or bankroll, if you have a small amount of bankroll, the best approach is do it in gambling because if you spend it in trading, you need to spend more time and it will not take you to the top like what you are expecting. The word is, "be realistic", always consider more what you can offer than what you want to achieve.

[ethereumhunter]

There is a bit of luck in trading, but as you have already said you do not depend 100% of your luck. In trading even if you give bad luck you can manage your losses. In gambling you simply lose.

That's right, whereas in gambling you will 100% lost when you just have the "bad luck" but in trading even if the altcoins you were invested having price dumping you can still hold your coins and waiting for the price increase again,luckily if the coin went far above the highest price, you will turn your lose into a profit, simple as that

its true, with trading although you made wrong decision when you buy the coins, if there is another pumping of the price, you are not loss the value of your bitcoin but you can get profit. but in gambling, you can loss all of your bitcoin. in trading, before you buy the coins, you need to make analyze and calculation so you minimize your loss if something bad happen.

[iram3130]

This is one of the questions which is in mind of most the people from the start. You can't loose everything if you know the basics or if you have even the slightest bit of experience in Trading. But Gambling is purely based on luck, there is no way you will know that you will gain or loose. So Trading may be similar to Gambling for some people but it is not Gambling actually.

but i think theyre point is trading is like gambling because of the word Risky! we need to take risk to earn or gain profits but i do agree if you know the basics and only small experience in trading you will earn and not loose all of your money unlike gambling you will loose it no matter what. Well as my self trading is not gambling but if talking risk then it is the same

There is a risk in every business. There are risks even if you are doing a job. What matters is the size of Risk. In Gambling, it is too much compared to Trading. That is one of the major difference between these two.

[Mallampue]

trading and gambling is different
trading need an analisys and gambling need a lucky.

[Superzpay]

How different is trading from just gambling? I know there seems to be a  big difference with technical analysis and whatnot, but in the end aren't you just betting on something completely random?

Sometimes it looks that trading and gambling are the same thing if we involve in a place of trading where we cannot predict about the price but when we spend more time in trading and we can be able to predict the future of assets then it become different than gambling and become beneficial.

[terrate]

No, i will says trading same v gambling which others say different.

but just give u a tips, u can plan your bankroll.

And decided maybe 1%, 2% or something for your every trade.

That's is the practice which is trading but not gambling.

[BitcoinPanther]

No, i will says trading same v gambling which others say different.

but just give u a tips, u can plan your bankroll.

And decided maybe 1%, 2% or something for your every trade.

That's is the practice which is trading but not gambling.

The difference is that when you are trading and you saw your stocks is declining in price (losing)  you can at least get parts of your investment buy cutting losses while in gambling if you lose you loss all your bet. 
Another difference is that in trading (same scenario) even if you bought your items in higher amount and the price is declining, you can still book a profit by taking advantage of rise and fall of the price.  In gambling if you lose you lost all your bet.

[jeraldskie11]

How different is trading from just gambling? I know there seems to be a  big difference with technical analysis and whatnot, but in the end aren't you just betting on something completely random?

There is a big difference between trading and gambling. If you say trading, it is an exchange of altcoins. You can earn here by just increasing the value of it then exchange it back to bitcoin. Then if you say gambling, there is a winner and there is a loser. You can earn also here if you know the tricks.

[RoommateAgreement]

it depends on who is trading and gambling.
i have seen many people who are making bets on price, meaning they buy a random altcoin then wait to get lucky and the price of that goes up! so obviously in case of these people trading is like gambling.
but if you stop for a second and learn how to notice a good investment and how to trade then it changes from being a random bet to the most profitable act.

[carlerha]

As several users quoted trading is a better option for one who needs a stable earning. With gambling if lucky can earn a lot in a short time else can loose the same in a single day. With trading you can make a variation in your profit by close examination of the price movement as we have got lots of trading accessibility.

Both are good options depends on your capital or bankroll, if you have a small amount of bankroll, the best approach is do it in gambling because if you spend it in trading, you need to spend more time and it will not take you to the top like what you are expecting. The word is, "be realistic", always consider more what you can offer than what you want to achieve.

but in gambling you mostly depend on your luck while in trading you can use your previous experience and knowledge, so in gambling we do not have any role to make win. it totally depend on our luck, if we are luck we will win other wise we will even lose our own money, therefore to trading has the edge to of using experience and knowledge to increase the rate to winning.

[geopolisch]

How different is trading from just gambling? I know there seems to be a  big difference with technical analysis and whatnot, but in the end aren't you just betting on something completely random?

There is a big difference between trading and gambling. If you say trading, it is an exchange of altcoins. You can earn here by just increasing the value of it then exchange it back to bitcoin. Then if you say gambling, there is a winner and there is a loser. You can earn also here if you know the tricks.

The problem is right there brother, you haven't understood trading in its core .. trading does not means buying an entity and selling it .. its not that simple and flat. Rather its trusting a company and the team behind them and backing them financially and hoping/believing that the shares will go up with time. But gambling is not having such part.

[Kevin77]

As several users quoted trading is a better option for one who needs a stable earning. With gambling if lucky can earn a lot in a short time else can loose the same in a single day. With trading you can make a variation in your profit by close examination of the price movement as we have got lots of trading accessibility.

Yes right, gambling is being controlled by a user or a group of people and hence they will always look to make their own profits.

While trading is a open sort of thing where no single person or group is controlling and hence chances are much better to earn there. With gambling there is never a obvious profit while with trading sometimes we have easy and obvious profit moments.

[Sponsoredby15]

Because you wont lose money if you do trading right. Buy low sell high

[bitllionaire]

There is a bit of luck in trading, but as you have already said you do not depend 100% of your luck. In trading even if you give bad luck you can manage your losses. In gambling you simply lose.

That's right, whereas in gambling you will 100% lost when you just have the "bad luck" but in trading even if the altcoins you were invested having price dumping you can still hold your coins and waiting for the price increase again,luckily if the coin went far above the highest price, you will turn your lose into a profit, simple as that

its true, with trading although you made wrong decision when you buy the coins, if there is another pumping of the price, you are not loss the value of your bitcoin but you can get profit. but in gambling, you can loss all of your bitcoin. in trading, before you buy the coins, you need to make analyze and calculation so you minimize your loss if something bad happen.

in fact trading always give you chance to recover your lost if the price fell down, for example i have invested some money in bitcoin and the price of bitcoin fell down and if am not going to sell my bitcoin, i will like to say that still i have a chance to recover my lost if the price goes up, while in gambling one you lose you money then there is no chance to recover it, unless you invest some more money but still there is a chance that you will even lose your own money.

[capoeira]

Let's asume I open a bar. I try to get all the information necessary to be sure that it will be a success. But at the end, I can't garantee it. I could end up being forced to close it after 3 months with a loss (I made less money than I invested in it).
Is opening a bar gambling? no
Can you gamble by opening a bar? sure. If you chose a random location with a random concept you would be gambling.

[pinkpanther03]

How different is trading from just gambling? I know there seems to be a  big difference with technical analysis and whatnot, but in the end aren't you just betting on something completely random?

No, They have big difference, and that is in trading you invest in the coin that you know the value will really increase, also you are keeping your coins. Why? because once you invest in trading, it is already your asset, while in gambling once you invest you are throwing your investment.Out of 100%, the 99% is chance for to loose in the game only 1% is your chance to win in the games.

[hisuka]

Trading and gambling is different. Trading its like your buying of altcoins and selling of it. Trading is continuos learning were your knowledge is used and strategies. While in gambling is your ready to loss all your money since the purpose is to entertain.

[xIIImaL]

Trading and gambling is different. Trading its like your buying of altcoins and selling of it. Trading is continuos learning were your knowledge is used and strategies. While in gambling is your ready to loss all your money since the purpose is to entertain.

Not that much fair answer. If you invest in gambling and play means you or not sure your fund will remain same or you will get the profit. If you do trading, you can use the escrow in all your trade then your money will be safe and you can easily make profits using pump and dump of bitcoin price.