That is a pretty good point, everybody can get lucky and make a nice profit either in gambling or in trading. As long as this one-time profit is not in the millions, then this won't make us rich and it comes down to what we doing with the money after. Becoming wealthy is not a process that finishes in a few weeks, this takes years and a lot of dedication to make it work. My old boss always said that if you want to achieve financial independence then look at the journey as a marathon, not a sprint. Being lucky helps of course a lot in our efforts to accumulate money, but if we don't have a plan and the tools to secure this money for the future, then we are going to lose it mostly likely again. Reinvesting any future gains is the key to building a successful portfolio that keeps growing over time. We shouldn't be only relying on the short or medium gains in our investments, and instead build a long term investment plan.