it is not that easy , the process to make a call and monitoring the market all the time are so complicated . no wonder there some people ended up with a bad way to trade like picking a random bet on roulette. it is up to you but still generally trading much more promising.
Trading is just like gambling for some people because they dont know what to do so they buy everything and hope that the price will increase but if someone know what they are doing then it is always better to trade. Alot of people even know about this but they dont know how to trade that is why they will keep on staying in gambling
i do believe a lot of people trading with gambling style , yes they are frustrating to find a formula to make their prediction in always near to correct and accurate , so in this kind case both can be in the same level of risk , but of course not always.
trading better in case you know the fundamentals and have done it for years , also successfully make it as a steady income.