I think trading requires a lot of learning about various types of trading strategies, if you have a good strategy, conditions like now can still be profitable. but not everyone can benefit from the current conditions, because this year I suffered a lot of losses because I was less careful and my strategy was bad
If you cant gain profit when the market goes down and only can gain profit when the market goes up, than youre not a trader but still just an investor.
Trader should also know how to short, i think thats what makes that job looks interesting.