Trading becomes gambling when someone who trades does not have knowledge about it and keeps on losing money. That means he is gambling with his money, but some people confidently compare these two things together, and I think they are not the same. However, the practices that can lead trading to gambling is when a trader keeps losing money and refuses to find a way to sort his problem out because when you lose too much and you are not making money out trading, that is gambling.
Well, I believe that those who compare trading to gambling lack knowledge of crypto trading, because if they did, they would not compare it to gambling. Those who compare trading with gambling, in my opinion, are those who invest for the short term, otherwise, I do not believe people who have held for a long time would compare trading to gambling. However, I'm wondering how some people compare this because no one can predict the price of Bitcoin, and no one can suggest what the Bitcoin price will be in the future, whereas anyone can predict the outcome of a game or any other gambling they risk their money on.
I wouldn't want to sound rude but it appears as though you might be confusing yourself with almost all the things you're saying about the relationship between trading and gambling while comparing it to investing in Bitcoin.
What do you call someone that tries to predict what the price of a volatile asset like Bitcoin will become within a set out timeframe knowing that he is not in any way in charge of what's responsible for Bitcoin price movement or even goes on to sells his holding too soon hoping that Bitcoin will DIP so he can buy back? Is that not same as gambling knowing that you're basically doing trial and error with your Bitcoin? It's even those that have invested for the long term and that knows that when you're selling to buy back cheap or selling at any slight profit you find yourself that you're actually gambling with your investment, they are in the best position to call you a gambler and not a short term holder who is not even far from one that's gambling with his investment through trading. What's even the difference between predicting the outcome of Bitcoin price within a certain timeframe and selling Bitcoin when you're in slight profit for the purpose of buying back just because of the speculation you've done?