In coin trading, you are your only enemy. There are no rules in this arena, only you facing you, and you are both winner and loser.
People may think that they are fighting with the market, other investors, or those scammers shark that always have their eyes on your money. In fact, you are fighting against yourself. You are the one who made the decision. You can decide yourself to lose or win, trust me.
As human nature, we all want to make a bunches and make it fast; too much temptation that incites us to gamble with our account.
In the end, only you can chase off the temptation to follow the plan.
IMO, trading is a safer bet than betting your money on a risky investment. Gambling is all about luck and there are a lot of people you can gamble with which makes your chances of earnig from it a lot more lesser, this increases the risk of you losing your investment rather than earning from it. Trading on the other hand can also be risky but as you have specified the only enemy a person will face is her/himself because there no other competitors but ones own decision. Choosing the right investment if you are a very speculative person makes your investment much more worth it and profitable rather than risking it on a gamble. I would prefer investing my money to a platform that doesnt involve greater risk and has greater chance of profit than with a greater risk but lower chance of profit.