To be frank, trading is a better way to go. However, there's a nag to it and that's what scares people off it. To acquire skills for trading isn't an easy task and that can be why most people would go for staking. On its own part, staking isn't as easy and risk free as people make it to look. Security of tokens on staked sites is a big problem but most of those staking may not realize it that there are rogue sites where staked tokens can be stolen by the sites or hacked. Nowhere in business is there "no-risk" in making money.