Trading is no way. To be honest, HODL is risky also, But Trading is gamble and is like 10x more risky
everything is risky, both trading and the way you hold your investment. but if you want to become truly financially independent, you should think about investing in your future.
Of course, you also can't equate trading with gambling. read more about trading in this forum, maybe you will gain more knowledge of how you will differentiate between trading and gambling. there's been enough topic material to it all in the past.
Whatever form of investment it is certain that there will be risks, but everything will be according to the circumstances, and it cannot be equated that all will be the same, some will indeed have a big risk but some are also small and it depends on the investment. but by continuing to increase knowledge about the investments that will be made, it can be ascertained that we can reduce and minimize risks that we do not expect.
indeed there are those who think that trading is equated with gambling, because guessing something even though trading can be learned and able to produce well not just by speculation.