I live in Las Vegas, USA... I am a full-time trader and an occassional gambler. Trading involves probability, research, self-discipline, strategy, intellect, science and art. Gambling involves green felt, bounces and lucky draws. One makes you money, the other entertains you for a price... but you get free drinks with the latter. And the stock market doesn't have any pretty waitresses.
Anyone that calls trading gambling is really saying, "I have no clue what the markets are about. I really wish I could make money, but I'm too lazy to study even one stock or index and would rather slave away at a job for the rest of my life and settle for less. In the meantime, I'll mock you because that makes me feel momentarily superior and represses my fear that you could be getting rich with all of your hard work. And if you do get rich, then I'll say you were just lucky or it was all chalked up to just happening to be in a bull market when no one else was looking."
Fools.
Happy trading to all of those that have the courage to look at a chart make a decision and pull the trigger.
Roger
The Trader
Live In Vegas