Re: Traders or Gamblers? Most of Us Don’t Know Which One We Are

Quote from: shield132 on Today at 07:16:30 AM

Quote from: Paddy man on August 05, 2025, 02:35:25 PM

Let’s be honest — how many of us are actually trading and how many are just gambling with a chart open?

We set up indicators, draw lines, and talk about TA like scientists… but then enter trades based on emotions, Twitter hype, or the fear of missing out. The truth is: most people in crypto trading don't have a strategy — they have a hope.

Ask yourself:
– Are your trades backed by a system, or are they just reactions to price?
– Do you journal your trades, review them, and test improvements?
– Or are you just chasing green candles and rage selling red ones?

There’s nothing wrong with being a gambler — as long as you know that’s what you’re doing. But calling it “trading” while acting on gut feelings is the fastest way to lose your stack and blame the market.
So… what are you really doing? Trading? Or just playing a risky game in disguise?

Let’s talk. Cheesy

At first, when I started active trading, I was really gambling and acting out of emotions. I remember my impulsive I was when I was losing in trading, I was immediately buying a new coin on Binance and then waiting for hours to see the price of my investment going up. I startedtrading during bull run and I was a little bit lucky because almost my every investment choice was profitable but I lost a lot of money later when I started trading with futures. I also noticed that once I took anti-anxiety pill and that day I traded very well.
Long story short, I changed my strategy and now I only invest when it's the best time for investment, I no longer chase profit every day and this works better than anything before. I've easily made 50% and 100% profits.

For sure that all of us do have passed through into this kind of situation specially when we are still that a noob on which we would be having those kind of gambler like kind of behavior or decision making just because we do lack knowledge and skills on which its normal. It would be that up to you whether you would be trying out to adjust and learn from those mistakes or you would be just that simply give up and would be finding out for another industry on which you would be trying out to invest into? It all matters about into your mentality when it comes into this aspect because not all would be having that kind of positivity in regarding about on how they would be that dealing up with trading. Most of the the time on which you are already thad advancing yourself on thinking that this is just that too easy for you to handle and this is what makes that messes up everything along the way. Its always been that recommended that you do know on what you should gonna do and have the idea on what you are dealing with.

You wont be able to sustain or survive on trading if you do have that gambler like kind of approach. Risks management might sounds basic but this is the most important thing to consider when you do deal up with trading. Always make sure that you are that having the idea on what you've been dealing so that you would be able to adjust accordingly and find out things on what are those you would be needing up to consider. It would be that too impossible that you cant be able to distinguish on what are the probable things that you would be needing up to adjust for you to have that kind of situation. It all matters about on how sensible you are on doing things accordingly.