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Take 1 event: If you make a gambling type bet there is no way to guarantee that you won't lose your stake. On the other hand it is possible to put on a trade & guarantee that nothing will be lost Some will be scratching their heads right about now :)

Another poll's results, majority rules - not gambling LOL http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/poll.php?s=&action=showresults&pollid=1767 ------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------...

Our governments have made it a fact, you can e-mail your opinions to the IRS for instance, see what they say to you.

SCI, you are wrong. Officially trading is not classed as gambling, that is not an opinion, but a fact.

You Sir, at the very least owe me a link to where it states that trading is gambling. So far all your posts are based on your opinion, in which you exclude a possibility of being mistaken :)

Risk & gamble may be of synonymous nature (in some dictionaries), though are not the same. You are talking about risk :)

GBP/USD...1.05 is looking more & more as a 'magnet'.

LOL

Trading is not officially recognised as a gambling activity, there is simply no denial of this fact. But if you are after opinions, then you can argue all you like & as some have quite rightly pointed out - it doesn't matter what you consider it to be, as what you consider it to be & what it...

Please post a link where you have read that trading is gambling, TY!

Thanks for the insults! I still don't see trading being mentioned as a gambling activity, so far it is a conviction of some posters, please submit link to where it states that trading is gambling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling Do you see trading activities there? :p If you live...

Apples & oranges. Your question was whether TRADING is gambling, not 1 random trade. You can trade profitably with pretty low win rate anyway. Just because some trades end up as losses it doesn't make the whole line of events consisting of wins & losses a gambling activity. Not in my book :)

I have a feeling I am talking to some stubborn teen, you said if one risks capital then he is gambling. In which case you apply it the term gambling not just to trading, but to absolutely all business activities, as all business activities carry risk to capital.

If you know the answer, then why open a poll? And you seem to have a great answer to your question. All businesses on this planet seem to be gambling.

still looking?

Care to post a link to where you've read that trading is indeed gambling. TY! Not a blog :)

Bingo!

What one believes trading to be is just that - a personal conviction. Officially, trading is not classed as a gambling activity. If you disagree please feel free to drop a line to the SEC/CFTC or perhaps the FSA if you happen to live across the pond.

Firstly I don't know everything, but neither do you. Secondly, I have already blown an account in the past. So what wouldn't you call gambling? An example please.