Big risk takers, are not necessarily always ahead financial in the society, Calculated big risk takers on the other hand are the ones ahead. To win, you must take a calculated risk. If you sometimes just jump into a risk without proper and prompt calculation, you may not survive financially.
Even a calculated risk taking process involved some risk and hence can make you lose a lot. They are not necessarily ahead but thought to be ahead.
Thing is that there will be risks in speculative markets but being knowledgeable about the market and knowing what you are investing in makes a lot of difference in your holding patterns and choices.
Taking risk is good but if we can minimize the risks it will be better.
You can do that with practice and research.
Thats why we need to keep learning every single day so we can managed the risk.
Everyday is an exxageration. There is a world outside crypto trading too. If trading is not working out maybe your call is something different.
Sometimes we need to take the risk but if we just taking the risk without any information or we don't know what we invested in it's kinda stupid.
It is not just stupid but dumb. However only the ones who have been trading will be able to know this.