Trading can only be gambling if you don't have any knowledge on what you are doing. There are people that buys a particular coin only because of hype and not doing any research about it where in the end many of them lose money because they bought at peak.

Trading also has less risk because there are things like charts and candlesticks that can help you analyze the risk before executing a trade unlike gambling where you just rely on your luck if you are going to win.


Fake volumes only happens on low cap cryptos or usually shitcoin, trading those can be a gamble because those coins can pump or dump very quick so if you want to be conservative trader, it's better to stick to cryptos that are already popular.