with exchanges going down - trading is same as gambling imo - or even worse 
No, it's not. which exchange is down? there's sometimes downtime probably due to ddos, that's all! storing funds at exchanges is always a risk, you can withdraw your funds after successful trades. Trading is much more nice becuase in gambling. You would see it and knew it because trading can make us millinaire unlike in gambling that the owner of the casino is just the one that would me a millionaire. So definitely trading is much better than gambling for me hehehehe
Same here, I have never gone to any gambling website as I have read many posts here on the forum that many users got addicted to gambling and gambled away all of the money they were having and now living a miserable life.I do trading and also invest in altcoin ICO which is many a times profitable.
Can't you see the same campaign managers and the same team only with different names and accounts with the same shills army are always
involved in these ICOs?
At least when you gamble you have a chance to win but when you send your money to ICO it's gone for good.
You are not taking anything in return when you gamble, in fact you are betting on the exact amount or wagering for more as you increase the odds.
Unlike trading you are giving BTC and taking an altcoin with the current market price equivalent in hopes of selling with higher price later.
I like gambling more than trading.