Futures trading is similar to gambling, don't do it if you don't want to lose especially if you don't have the skills.
If you want to be safer then it is better to invest, you will not lose as long as you do not sell halfway and accumulate with the DCA method this is one of the best ways to collect bitcoin you will not think harder like trading by investing you will be a little calmer.
Trading is risky just like gambling but trading is nothing compared to gambling. In gambling, you will always need luck, but in trading, you can solely depend on your expertise and flourish in it if you know your way out. But the issue with people is that they do not know how to trade but are just forcing things, this is why you can even compare trading with gambling Still, what I agree with you on is that people can resort to investing instead of trading as a less risky option. But it still has to be strictly engaged, otherwise, an investment could be silently more dangerous than trading at times. DCA is also a very good investment style but we should not let it enter our heads as a safe haven for investment as it on this thread. The right application is key.
I don't understand how investment could be more dangerous than trading. What's the logic behind this your claim. When it comes to investment which is targeted for the long term hold, all you have to do is buy your bitcoin and hold it for specific number of years that you have mapped out. Where as trading you are up against many variables and you face many uncertainty. Knowing the entry and exit point, reading of charts and if you are wrong you lose your money. The psychological and emotional torture, couple with you always getting your eye glued to the screen monitoring the market and battling with your emotions on when to and when not to take profit. Trading is not for newbies and the weak, where as investment anyone can do it and have rest of mind, so where does the danger come from in investment? Secondly I don't see anything bad in letting DCA getting into the head of an investor. After all it is an efficient easy way to investing in bitcoin at your own pace, which is beneficial to the investor in all angles.
When you trade you are increasing the risk on your asset and any investment that one is not fully engage in or an investment where the investor is not adhering to certain rules and good decisions can one way or another lead to highs risk which is not different from someone who is trading because they will at the end have something in common which is losing their portfolio entirely. What is the point of investing when at the end an investor will adapt a trading pattern. The only difference is that he is continuing investing and may likely have a goal and a target to meet.