Hi J'ai,The fact is, gambling is when you have no control of the outcome of any event in which you have placed a wager, regardless of the preparation you did beforehand.
J'ai;2374524.............. said:Sorry folks, but trading is gambling it's just that some people cannot accept this fact..........
..........The fact is, gambling is when you have no control of the outcome of any event in which you have placed a wager, regardless of the preparation you did beforehand..........
People have different perception's on lot's of thing's in life.
They certainly do, for example the catholic church call amphibious rodents like the beaver or the South American capibaras, the largest rodent in the world, fish just so they can eat meat during Lent, yet everyone knows they are not fish. As a modern day Shakespeare would say "Gambling by any other name is still gambling".
To me gambling is going to the casino or horse racing getting dressed up and having fun with friends or family with a few drink's. Could never imagine day trading the ASX or DAX in the same situation or mindset as above.
That's your denial talking!!!
I cannot control my future.
So a useless argument - forget it - dont worry about wind up merchants - just get back learning how to trade properly and take control of you life !!!!!
In your first paragraph you claimed "I cannot control my future", then in your penultimate paragraph you state the opposite and claim "you can take control of your life".
Which is it Forexmospherian???
I read what you wrote perfectly, thank you! I'm saying that according to this definition casino owners/managers and betting shops are also gambling as they can't control the outcome of the spin of a roulette wheel or which horse wins a race any more than their punters can. If you're suggesting otherwise - then the Gambling Commission and other regulatory authorities will be very interested to talk to you!Sorry you have not read what I wrote. I said that placing a wager or trade in which you have zero control of the outcome regardless of any preparation done beforehand is a gamble.
Really?! You appear to have a very different understanding of how casinos and betting shops work than anyone else I've ever encountered. Be that as it may, if you acknowledge (as you appear to be doing) that there is a difference between the owners of such businesses and the punters who use them, then you need to re-read my last post and address the point I made.I must point out Tim that Casinos and Betting shops do not gamble they simply take a cut of the winnings from each lucky gambler.
After reading your other material on T2W I would have thought that you had more intelligence than what you are displaying here. You haven't read what I wrote and you have also taken both sides of the debate without even knowing it.
What I said was that gambling is when you place a WAGER that you have no control over the outcome.
I cannot control my future.
So a useless argument - forget it - dont worry about wind up merchants - just get back learning how to trade properly and take control of you life !!!!!
In your first paragraph you claimed "I cannot control my future", then in your penultimate paragraph you state the opposite and claim "you can take control of your life".
Which is it Forexmospherian???
Easy really
I cannot control my future - I cannot control the outcome of my trades - but I can control my life by using probabilities to my advantage - just like insurance companies do.
So every trade I take today - be it 10 or even 25 trades - all of them could go against me .
But probability says they will not - and even if I exited 7 bad trades with 3 pip loss on everyone - 3 good trades at 9 pips each make me a profit.
Similar - I could win the lottery this week and make say £3 million
But probability says I will not - and so I dont plan to try and make a living out of just buying lottery tickets.
Every thing you do in life is a gamble - ie when you walk down the stairs - cross the road - plug in a light switch - drive a car - eat fish - etc etc - but normally probabilities work in your favour
Gamble or gambling is just a word - like sex or death or clever or stupid etc
Because you can apply it in so many ways why is it of great importance ?
PS - Betting on anything other than Intraday Forex trading is a gamble to me - the only reason intraday FX trading is not a gamble to me is because I have a probability method / system that works - I just never have discovered any on horses or dogs or casinos etc - but there again I have not spent over 12k hrs doing the research ;-)
Hope this helps and explains my logic
Regards
F