Can there be a problematic addiction to trading?

[Roseline492]

I recently watched a show about people with problematic addictions, and usually there are gamblers or those who are into betting, guys who have lost control.
But for the first time in this show I saw a guy who thought he was addicted to trading. He was trading options on Binance, and at some point he was able to make a really good profit, and this is not noticeable, because options literally multiply your deposit. At the same time, the host of the show thought that he had exactly the same addiction as gamblers. But I think that this is not true, and those who trade spot certainly do not have an addiction.
And in general, I think that there is no addiction to trading.

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

From all the close related things about gambling and trading addiction there is one thing that I have not really heard about trading because people in trading doesn't react as gamblers and if your money is gone from a wrong trading some take time to redo it again. So what you think of that situation is right because if that person was on the gambling place and do his trading doesn't mean it was an addiction that made it, perhaps the host just wanted to use it and justify his believe that traders can also be addicted without knowing the difference, there is no one they would explain this to will say is an act of addiction.

[BITCOIN4X]

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From all the close related things about gambling and trading addiction there is one thing that I have not really heard about trading because people in trading doesn't react as gamblers and if your money is gone from a wrong trading some take time to redo it again. So what you think of that situation is right because if that person was on the gambling place and do his trading doesn't mean it was an addiction that made it, perhaps the host just wanted to use it and justify his believe that traders can also be addicted without knowing the difference, there is no one they would explain this to will say is an act of addiction.

I think some people get addicted to trading, especially when they start approaching it like gambling. Futures trading is what I'm talking about, are you sure someone won't get addicted to it?

Someone who loses money on liquids will probably re-deposit and try their luck again with the same high leverage or more, it is a form of gambling that a trader is not aware of and they are addicted to it. So there is always an addiction to anything, including trading.

[tvplus006]

I think some people get addicted to trading, especially when they start approaching it like gambling. Futures trading is what I'm talking about, are you sure someone won't get addicted to it?

Someone who loses money on liquids will probably re-deposit and try their luck again with the same high leverage or more, it is a form of gambling that a trader is not aware of and they are addicted to it. So there is always an addiction to anything, including trading.

Regardless of whether we recognize the fact that a trader may be addicted to trading or not, but such a disease is not included in the International Classification of Diseases. Unlike trading addiction, gambling disorder is included in this classifier, which means that it is a medical condition.

[Franctoshi]

I recently watched a show about people with problematic addictions, and usually there are gamblers or those who are into betting, guys who have lost control.
But for the first time in this show I saw a guy who thought he was addicted to trading. He was trading options on Binance, and at some point he was able to make a really good profit, and this is not noticeable, because options literally multiply your deposit. At the same time, the host of the show thought that he had exactly the same addiction as gamblers. But I think that this is not true, and those who trade spot certainly do not have an addiction.
And in general, I think that there is no addiction to trading.

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

Lol, Did you just say there's no addiction in trading?

Addiction is in trading as much as we have it in gambling,  I have guys that trade from morning to theevening they don't leave the chart easily, and they aways get tempted to every opportunity in the market, over trading is another term tagged as trading addiction, if you are a scalper, there's higher percentage chance that you may  get addicted to trading.
 

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I recently watched a show about people with problematic addictions, and usually there are gamblers or those who are into betting, guys who have lost control.
But for the first time in this show I saw a guy who thought he was addicted to trading. He was trading options on Binance, and at some point he was able to make a really good profit, and this is not noticeable, because options literally multiply your deposit. At the same time, the host of the show thought that he had exactly the same addiction as gamblers. But I think that this is not true, and those who trade spot certainly do not have an addiction.

Addiction will always have a bad impact wherever we are and maybe for trading issues it is not much different from gambling if someone has an excessive addiction. This is related to money, when someone is addicted and always experiences losses, then this step is not a wise situation to apply. It is necessary to handle trading more wisely so that someone can control their addiction and not lose a lot of money.

Involvement in spot trading does not have a high level of risk if someone chooses a potential coin but is quite problematic when they have the wrong coin. Like involvement in the manta coin which may have caused many people to lose in the near future because it experienced a sharp decline.

[hyudien]

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

Basically addiction is not only about money, what needs to be understood is what losses will be received in the end, in my opinion if they carry out trading activities blindly without any control so that it can harm themselves even though the person realizes that the losses they experience are many but it is still difficult to stop because of dependence then the person is addicted, on the other hand if they already have control and their trading activities provide personal satisfaction then it can be categorized as a hobby.

[EarnOnVictor]

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

My brother, trading has its addiction!

Anything that is risky and can give money has the likelihood that you can get addicted to it in the bid of trying to make money from it. As we all know, trading is risky, so if you lose today, you often believe you would do better tomorrow and thereby redeposit in the account. It will get to a time that you will keep on redepositing and losing, believing that trading will eventually make you rich one day.

The good stories from some traders aggravate this motivation too, so one can be addicted to trading, and I tell you, I was one of its victims.

[Roseline492]

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From all the close related things about gambling and trading addiction there is one thing that I have not really heard about trading because people in trading doesn't react as gamblers and if your money is gone from a wrong trading some take time to redo it again. So what you think of that situation is right because if that person was on the gambling place and do his trading doesn't mean it was an addiction that made it, perhaps the host just wanted to use it and justify his believe that traders can also be addicted without knowing the difference, there is no one they would explain this to will say is an act of addiction.

I think some people get addicted to trading, especially when they start approaching it like gambling. Futures trading is what I'm talking about, are you sure someone won't get addicted to it?

Someone who loses money on liquids will probably re-deposit and try their luck again with the same high leverage or more, it is a form of gambling that a trader is not aware of and they are addicted to it. So there is always an addiction to anything, including trading.

I no is something that could make people to deposit again after the first is gone but I have never really seen people more obsessed about it as they did on gambling, though I might not be right to say it is general because I don't no if somebody has witnessed it themselves about trading addiction. If trading was as flexible as gambling then they could have even have more addicted people in trading than in gambling because of how the money would have come in bunk for them if they execute well, but the complexity in trading alone has prevented it a lot because is not a match everybody would watch and say I no what is on the second half.

[gunhell16]

I recently watched a show about people with problematic addictions, and usually there are gamblers or those who are into betting, guys who have lost control.
But for the first time in this show I saw a guy who thought he was addicted to trading. He was trading options on Binance, and at some point he was able to make a really good profit, and this is not noticeable, because options literally multiply your deposit. At the same time, the host of the show thought that he had exactly the same addiction as gamblers. But I think that this is not true, and those who trade spot certainly do not have an addiction.
And in general, I think that there is no addiction to trading.

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

From all the close related things about gambling and trading addiction there is one thing that I have not really heard about trading because people in trading doesn't react as gamblers and if your money is gone from a wrong trading some take time to redo it again. So what you think of that situation is right because if that person was on the gambling place and do his trading doesn't mean it was an addiction that made it, perhaps the host just wanted to use it and justify his believe that traders can also be addicted without knowing the difference, there is no one they would explain this to will say is an act of addiction.

There's no problem with being addicted to trading if you always get a profit from the activity you do on the exchange platform, right? But if it's the opposite, that's not good,
and if this is the case, don't trade anymore or just change the strategy you use in trading.

But I don't think I've seen any news about being addicted because of trading, maybe just don't be greedy for profit and you shouldn't think that it's easy to get a profit here in crypto trading because it's not easy to do if you make it a source of income.

[HONDACD125]

It's actually true that there can be an addiction in trading as well but it's just that it's not commonly acknowledged or discussed generally, there can be an addiction in anything we do if we do it excessively, so if someone is too much into trading, they are making profits so they are enjoying it and they don't want to stop, and in that fun, they get too deep into it. That can be called addiction as well because if you are always thinking about your trades, always opening the market and checking the prices and your positions, opening and closing new trades every time, then you are almost addicted to it.

However, there is always a difference between addictions. For example, gambling addiction can be more dangerous than trading addiction because in gambling, the outcome is mostly dependent on luck but in trading, if you understand the market and making trades accordingly, the chances of you losing money or a lot of money will always be lower that too with stop-loss if you know how to use it.

[Kelward]

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

Basically addiction is not only about money, what needs to be understood is what losses will be received in the end, in my opinion if they carry out trading activities blindly without any control so that it can harm themselves even though the person realizes that the losses they experience are many but it is still difficult to stop because of dependence then the person is addicted, on the other hand if they already have control and their trading activities provide personal satisfaction then it can be categorized as a hobby.

Any activities that you engage in that you don't have a control over can be said that you are addicted to it, in that regard I can say that there are addicted traders. Although I have not met a trader that is addicted to it but I can't deny the possibilities of addictive traders. Traders that are greedy and chase loses without a control are no different from gamblers, they too are addicts. But addiction in trading should not be compared to that of gambling because traders should be professionals who understands how the market works. It's easier to be addicted to character based cravings like gambling and smoking than trading that is skilled base.

[mindrust]

People get addicted to various stuff and trading is one of the most popular addiction out there probably. That’s why crypto and stock exchanges have hundreds of thousands of customers. I know some of those people are long term investors who are not interested in gambling but let’s be honest, many people own stocks and crypto because they want to make trades. That’s how these people have their fun. As long as they don’t lose their life savings, I think they won’t get hurt.

[alastantiger]

People get addicted to various stuff and trading is one of the most popular addiction out there probably. That’s why crypto and stock exchanges have hundreds of thousands of customers. I know some of those people are long term investors who are not interested in gambling but let’s be honest, many people own stocks and crypto because they want to make trades. That’s how these people have their fun. As long as they don’t lose their life savings, I think they won’t get hurt.

We have the traders more than the long term investors because most of the investors are still trading regularly because they want to get additional money to help tackle the expensive lifestyle that the world is turning into. People that won't had liked to trade now have no options because if you don't make extra money. You won't be able to meet up with life's expenses. We're having more people getting addicted to trading regularly because of the pressure to make money as they start trading.

Many of them don't have the patience that's needed for them to begin to make profits. Trading needs patience and being accurate with our prediction which comes from many years of experience but since they don't have that yet, they keep losing with desperation attached.

[Strongkored]

I recently watched a show about people with problematic addictions, and usually there are gamblers or those who are into betting, guys who have lost control.
But for the first time in this show I saw a guy who thought he was addicted to trading. He was trading options on Binance, and at some point he was able to make a really good profit, and this is not noticeable, because options literally multiply your deposit. At the same time, the host of the show thought that he had exactly the same addiction as gamblers. But I think that this is not true, and those who trade spot certainly do not have an addiction.
And in general, I think that there is no addiction to trading.

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

Maybe we will see people who look addicted to trading because they are constantly in front of the computer/laptop to see market movements, but in my opinion, it is not an addiction but rather a difficulty in managing time or a lack of experience, also feeling curious to see the results, because that is also what I experienced.

[death69]

Of course trading can become an addiction. To say it can’t is to misunderstand both how the brain works and how capitalism exploits our behavioral loops. The line between “safe” and “compulsive” isn’t defined by the financial instrument. It’s defined by the internal mechanics of the person doing it: how they use it, what void it fills, and how they react when they’re told to stop.

If trading isn’t addictive, why are so many traders unable to step away from the screen even after hitting profit targets or blowing up accounts? Why do people “revenge trade”? Why do some celebrate green days like euphoric wins and mourn red days like personal failure? That sounds a lot like gambling psychology to me - variable reward cycles, high dopamine events, emotional anchoring to gains and losses.

We need to stop making binary distinctions between gambling and trading. Yes, one can be done with more strategy and intention. But if someone is using trading as a proxy for identity, emotional regulation, or existential worth, it’s already crossed the line. This isn’t about Binance or options. It’s about the human need to matter, and how that need can get hijacked when the market becomes your mirror.

[Nalain420]

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

Basically addiction is not only about money, what needs to be understood is what losses will be received in the end, in my opinion if they carry out trading activities blindly without any control so that it can harm themselves even though the person realizes that the losses they experience are many but it is still difficult to stop because of dependence then the person is addicted, on the other hand if they already have control and their trading activities provide personal satisfaction then it can be categorized as a hobby.

Any activities that you engage in that you don't have a control over can be said that you are addicted to it, in that regard I can say that there are addicted traders. Although I have not met a trader that is addicted to it but I can't deny the possibilities of addictive traders. Traders that are greedy and chase loses without a control are no different from gamblers, they too are addicts. But addiction in trading should not be compared to that of gambling because traders should be professionals who understands how the market works. It's easier to be addicted to character based cravings like gambling and smoking than trading that is skilled base.

I saw many people who are losing huge amount of money in trading and they did not learn this from any teacher but they have firm believe that they will be successful one day. But that is not practical because one should learn from the expof other persons because they did mistakes and they learned from these mistakes. And we will do the same mistakes if we are traveling in that journey, but if we will learn from them then we will avoid these mistakes and will face less loss.There are millions of people who are interested in cryptocurrency and they are trading cryptocurrency which is very vast and people are getting benefits and also they are losing money because that is business and one day we can earn and next day we can lose money.

[JeffBrad12]

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

There can be addiction to anything, the most important thing is self control and being responsible.
I think adrenaline you got for trading could cause you to get addicted, also the urge to make up for losses when trading can do the same thing.
But ultimately it comes back to yourself, are you responsible and can you control yourself.
I'd call it addiction if someone can't control themselves, so I think addiction to trading is real. especially with leveraged positions. at the end of the day, be responsible.

[Cryptmuster]

I think some people get addicted to trading, especially when they start approaching it like gambling. Futures trading is what I'm talking about, are you sure someone won't get addicted to it?

Someone who loses money on liquids will probably re-deposit and try their luck again with the same high leverage or more, it is a form of gambling that a trader is not aware of and they are addicted to it. So there is always an addiction to anything, including trading.

I don't know about dependence on trading, in my understanding it is a little different, during the training period the trader will lose money, the most important thing is that at first it is small money. Over time, the main thing is to understand what you can earn on and what you can be good at, I doubt that there are many successful traders who trade futures, I am more successful in spot trading, and futures for me are a dubious type of trading, I think that here they lose more than they earn and I do not understand what makes people return to this type of trading after another liquidation...

[Zoomic]

I recently watched a show about people with problematic addictions, and usually there are gamblers or those who are into betting, guys who have lost control.
But for the first time in this show I saw a guy who thought he was addicted to trading. He was trading options on Binance, and at some point he was able to make a really good profit, and this is not noticeable, because options literally multiply your deposit. At the same time, the host of the show thought that he had exactly the same addiction as gamblers. But I think that this is not true, and those who trade spot certainly do not have an addiction.
And in general, I think that there is no addiction to trading.

What do you think about this? What arguments can be given that trading cannot lead to addiction?

I don't know if I can classify this scenario I'm going to drop here as a problematic addiction but I see it common among first time traders and it doesn't always tell good of them.

I have often seen cases where some first time traders are always on the system, monitoring every price movement, depriving themselves of adequate rest and possible interactions with the outside world. This most times is not that much about greed, but lack of confidence, anxiety and inexperience.

I have noticed also that along the line, some of this traders who face this kind of mental stress and "short term addiction" often quit to relief themselves of the stress, especially if such emotional stress hasn't been profitable in any way since it always pushes them into making some impulsive decisions, including taking loans to fund their trades.

[Rgram]

Addictive to trading? That seems something new or rare to hear, but all in all this is again humans greed. I dont think that addicted to trading person is really interested in the process of trading, but is a person, who got lucky to wave of pump and dumps in its beginnings, made good money on it, and now he searches for a moment to repeat that. I think we can call day traders as addicted, because all they do is trading during all day earning little by little with each deal. Kind of "quantity over quality" thing.

Yes no doubt at all..

I give it to day traders glued to that screen all day five days in a week..