...asks the man who only just registered on this forum less than 2 months ago, and doesn't know the difference between trading and gambling. And for the record I've been trading full time since 1998 and have posted only 2 unprofitable years. I would ask you the same question but somehow I suspect I would get less than a truthful answer.
I posted the sources of my definitions. Feel free to post a definition and cite the source that supports your argument... otherwise, I think you might be the one who is picking definitions that suit your purposes (or possibly even fabricating them).
If you know the answer, then why open a poll? And you seem to have a great answer to your question. All businesses on this planet seem to be gambling.
To show how many idiots think they know what trading is really all about! It is about time the so called "elite traders" were put in their place, as it appears that some here think they are actually the site itself! I have never seen so much rubbish spoken about trading, by so many so called "experts", and the reality being that that are but like a grain of sand in the desert! It is no wonder the ordinary person who tries to make money at trading ends up so confused that he/she can't tell the difference between Up and Down!
I have a feeling I am talking to some stubborn teen, you said if one risks capital then he is gambling. In which case you apply it the term gambling not just to trading, but to absolutely all business activities, as all business activities carry risk to capital.