Trading is more risky because you cannot know everything happening in the market. Skill gambling like poker you know everything before taking a decision and this is less risky. They are both risky and they are not recommended. Usually people who play skill gambling have less losses than the other ones.
At the moment market is very risky how crashing every day so trading seems more risky because much hard to know what is happening there. Skilled base gambling has some chance to win and poker is looking best option to play. I am agreed with you buddy.
no matter what you do, gambling will always be gambling and the risk of it is going to be always unpredictable and what you put down vanishes if you lose and you get profit if you win.
but in trading there is no money vanishing. you can sell at lower price to prevent losing everything and good traders already doing it, they sell at a small loss and prevent their money being lost all. and in the end you buy back at the bottom to make that small loss back and then some more profit.
besides if you think market is risky then you can stay away until it is no longer risky and then get back in. or if you are skilled enough you can even make money from that risky market and turn the table around.