Both of them still profitable as long as you know how to do, but if you are late miners or dont have hardware to mine it's better to trade

Advantages of mining
1. You can mine everyday and forever
2. Everyday you have small profit, after ROI (hardware)

Disadvantage of mining
1. Electricity Cost
2. Wrong decision to mine a coin
3. Wrong hardware
4. Follow/buy hardware to increase your hash speed


Advantages of trading
1. No need to buy hardware
2. If you get profit, it will give you big profit

Disadvantages of trading
1. Risky for noob
2. Price volatility
3. Need to read news
4. No small profit after ROI