For over a year plus I have been an active trader's mostly I trade on derivative market, oh yeah the most risky form of trading, since you can blow off your balance to liquidation if the market goes against your position, but that is not why we are here with this topic, but let dive into it straight away.
Future derivative trading is liken to gambling since both activities have similar outcomes and results which is either you gain it all your you lose everything, but with proper management one can still make something out of this risky trading pattern but once you hit the jackpot, it becomes almost a go to point whenever you want to trade.
So the question is, can one becomes addicted to trading same way gambling can be addictive?
If yes what are the sign to know that one is becoming a trading addicts?
There is trading and there is "trading". One of them is not actually trading but gambling. And when someone trades like they are gambling, it becomes gambling. And yes, gambling is addictive.
Anything that has to do with derivatives where you can lose all your money from getting liquidated is gambling. At least, that is how I see it. And the way you wrote " but once you hit the jackpot " just proves that you are in a gambling mindset, when trading derivatives.
Stick with spot trading and
if you (or anyone) are just starting out use a
paper trading app
to learn how to trade so you do not start off losing real money
at the very beginning.