Take 1 event: If you make a gambling type bet there is no way to guarantee that you won't lose your stake. On the other hand it is possible to put on a trade & guarantee that nothing will be lost Some will be scratching their heads right about now
and nothing will be gained....in the end you will lose to the house, unless you are paper-trading like NYU
No risk=not a gamble, obviously not a lucrative proposition, though I believe I just proved that trading is not gambling, though it can be. Hopefully, you know which type of a trade I am referring to.
then with that logic you could say since most trades carry some risk in order to have some gain trading then must be GAMBLING.... assuming "no risk = Not a gamble" therefore "risk = gamble"
You are twisting words now. It's simple, in trading it is possible to eliminate risk of a loss, in gambling games it's impossible to achieve.
You can not eliminate risk in trading. If you do, you are not trading. trade   /treɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [treyd] Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, trad⋅ed, trad⋅ing, adjective ânoun 1. the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade. verb (used with object) 12. to buy and sell; barter; traffic in. intr. To engage in buying and selling for profit. To make an exchange of one thing for another. To be offered for sale: Stocks traded at lower prices this morning.
I can eliminate risk by keeping it in the bank whats your point and even then, as we can clearly see by recent events , can in itself be a huge gamble I know what you mean and what you are trying to express, but you yourself said "no risk = no gamble" and im saying therefore "risk = gamble"..maybe you can divuldge your edge and show us some riskless trades.
Oh, I believe that you've grown tired of talking about this, but its because you're probably starting to finally realize how you continue to contradict yourself over and over again. On one hand you say that no matter what is said in regards to trading being gambling its an opinion and it can neither be proven nor disproven, and then you immediately follow it up with a blanket statement like "trading is gambling, thats that, and you can either believe it or not." But how can this be true? According to you who knows so much there are no facts in regards to this subject, only opinions that can't be proven or disproven. Or is that only when its convenient for you and your pathetically constructed arguments? I've noticed that a lot of other users have consistently asked you for information, links, definitions, and sources to help support some of these arguments. I have also noticed that even though many users on the other side of the argument have properly documented their arguments, you conveniently never post anything. Could it be because there is no credible source out there for you to reference? And I may just be some lowly college student working on my masters who isn't as good at pretending to be a trader as you are, but at least I can spell simple 3rd grade vocabulary words like "believe" properly. I would tell you that I learned in school that "belive" is actually not a word, but I don't think you'd "believe" me about that either. Just out of curiosity where were you when they taught "I before E except after C" in grade school? Let me guess, you were busy pretending to be a trader? Bottom line is you're either a hack or you're a fraud. You're just making up nonsense and probably had no right even posting on this thread in the first place. But you did, it was a mistake, and now you've got to try to figure out a way to save face without having to admit you were wrong. But unfortunately, in this case, you're worse than wrong -- you're a hypocrite talking out of both sides of your mouth. So good, bow out now and be gone. Me, a lowly college student working on his masters, who has never traded a day in his life, has more right posting on this thread than you do anyways. You've been in over your head for a while now -- or do you spell it "hed" ?
BURNNNNNN!!!!! Way to go kid that was awesome! If you can see through their lies and bull you'll do just fine in the markets.
Just because trading classifies as gambling that doesn't mean one can not be skillfull or can not make a living out of it. After all, there are pro pokerplayers too. The whole trick is to bend the probabilities in your favour (aka having an edge) and trade only when the opportunity arise. Now there are certain kind of gambling where you can not increase the probabilities of your winning unless you play more, like lottery. On the other hand if you know a lot about horses or sport teams (just like stocks or TA) you can increase the odds in your favour...