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jesse r | Is stock trading a form of gambling? |
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BigBen
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Yes, if you depend on pure luck.
No, if knowledge is behind your every decisions.
After all, life is gamble. |
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THE
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it is kind of biz. it is hard work , persistant and intelligence. |
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Brad H
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No. Gambling is putting money on the line when the odds are not in your favor. Stock trading can be a good source of income and growth if you know what you are doing. Historically stocks tend to rise over long periods of time. There are some stocks that are so risky that they can be considered gambling, but most large corporations tend to grow and a fairly consistent rate over time. I would rather invest in stocks than gamble! |
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Andy
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Investing is not gambling. Day trading is gambling. When you invest you understand the qualities of the security you are investing in -- the company and its future prospects if it's a stock; the trust covenants if it's a bond, etc. In day-trading, you are gambling on the reaction of others, who will drive the price either up or down.
Unfortunately, more and more investors are just gamblers because they don't know anything about the security they just bought; they're buying and selling purely on the technicals (momentum indicators, price patterns, etc.). This is analogous to playing poker based on recognizing "the tells" of the other players in the game. |
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SWH
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Investing can be considered a form of gambling if you do not understand risk versus reward. When gambling, all odds are in favor of the house, even if only by 1% margin. The same applies If you think you will make a killing in the market and bet the pot. You have to invest with the expectation that some of your investments will be losers. Along with knowledge of the market, the professional investor needs to exercise money management and discipline.
As an example ,in a craps game, the amateur comes to the table with $100. He is trying to make $1000. He has a strategy, or so he thinks. But he lacks discipline to stick to it. If he gets up a little bit, he starts deviating from that strategy and making more bets. If he gets into a drawdown, he deviates from that strategy to try to get back to even.
Now, the professional in this game probably bought in with $1000 trying to make $100. He’s not looking to break the bank, just grind out a living. Preservation of his bankroll is paramount to his strategy, and he is so concerned with that single fact that he does not deviate from his strategy. His approach to the game is based on the knowledge of the odds of every single bet on the table. Therefore, he applies this knowledge to a very well executed plan that includes what to do when he is winning and what to do when he is losing. He executes this plan with precision
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jeff410
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Short term trading probably is a lot like gambling. Especially if you trade penny stocks. Short term or swing trading cant really be called investing. But it does provide liquidity and a fair price for stocks with real value for investors. |
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dinu_pawar
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in gambling u gain loss desides at a crucial second & no entry exit after that
in stocks u deside to entry exit any time where loss profit happens slowly |
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Thin Kaboudit
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No, because almost all gambling is a "zero sum" endeavour, in which the total in (bets) is equal to the total out (pay-outs to winners, expenses of running a gambling operation, operator's profit)
Stock trading creates brand new money. |
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slavaret2
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Depends on how you treat it. |
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muncie birder
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Of course it is a form of gambling. Anyone who thinks differently is not considering all of the factors that are at work in investing. It however is more like being in a poker game than playing the roulette wheel or the slot machines. With stock trading, if one does ones home work sufficiently the odds are with you rather than against you. Of course it is like poker in that the other players sitting around the table have maybe also done their homework and maybe they have done a better job of it than you. As Kenny Rogers once sang. "You've got to know when to hold them and know when to fold them. When to walk away and when to run." |
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CommonCents
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Stock Market is nothing more than legalized gambling and a huge pyramid scheme.
Most people disgree with me, but it is a fact.
It is based on the greater fool theory.
The same mindless thinking that puffed up the housing bubble, is "investing" in stocks, in larger numbers.
Millions are having real dollars taken out of their paychecks to fund 401K's and IRA's.
Most people have no idea of where there money really is, they are just blindly trusting "fund managers"
Some hedge funds are worthless today, with average people invested in them. There will be a coverup for as long as possible about huge losses from subprime lending and risky derivatives.
NOBODY has a crystal ball and can predict the future.
There are smart people who will benefit from this, but the little guys COULD get burned.
I don't care what the "average" return is over the last 100 years. Nobody can guarantee ANY return next week or in 10 or 20 years. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RETURNS.
There are opportunities, and I do have money in stocks, but I accept that I could lose it all.
OK,, call me a wacko. The definition of gambling is money placed for an UNKNOWN return (regardless of past results)
Some people are losing their houses today that thought I was a wacko about the housing bubble.
A depression is possible. I don't say likely, but anybody who thinks that it cannot happen, is foolish.
America isn't going away, but no country stays on top forever.
Just stay with the FACTS instead of people's opinions and thoughts.
You ask a great question. The sheep don't understand it.
Never forget: "ignorance is bliss" and "irrational exuberance" |
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