Speculation is nearly the same like gambling, but trading is activity that the same like others business that we should be use risk management and trading plan. Beside that we should be have knowledge about technical analysis and how to predict trend of crypto market.
I agree with what you said. Trading is a risky business and we must always have good management and a plan.
Trading is risky, but we can prevent the risk by learning about trading so we can also try to make a profit. We need to learn more details so we can solve every problem we might have in trading, and besides that, by learning more about trading, we can improve the skills. Trading with skills will not the same as gambling because of our analysis is from the chart in the market.