Here is a brief option to present before such people venturing into trading as a course of being rich in the short term while neglecting investment due to it course long term to be successful
1; Trading is risky that it can empty your savings overnight but when lucky with good allocated strategies, you can be get rich overnight or probably in Short term. This means you are at the pool of gambling with less chances if at all you will make it a success.
i doubt that anyone ever comes into trading without being informed that the downside of trading is the risk that is associated with it. trading is very risky and that is the certainty about it thought people always believe that they have the ability of being disciplined at it. most either they read it or were told by mentors already know how risky trading is but the thought that they can do better than those that are ahead of them is the driving force that makes every new person eager to giving it a shot.
2; Investment has zero risk but demands your patient to get you rich or successful probably in a long term.
Let them decide and make wise or foolish decisions of themselves.
there is no form of investment that has zero risk whatsoever. all investment is filled with risk, but the only difference is that investing is less risky compared to trading.
no one forces things on newbies, the essence of guiding them is just so they do not go astray and make so many wrong decisions based on mere assumption. even the best of investor or trader was once a newbie but learnt also from those that are ahead of him.