Do you consider Financial Trading an act of gambling? - page 2

 
Eristocrat:

So you are gambling and dont call it gambling? Cause gambling is a bad word and statistics is a good one?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gambling

There is no word about chances in the definition.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamble

 Also no word about chances.

You are lying to yourself when you are avoiding the G-word. Its gambling but it does not mean that you are a looser. Its good for you when your "believe system" gives you good odds, but changing the words is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak.

 Peace (the right one, not the other)

Hi Eristocrat,

if I travel to the US for example and I want to go shopping first I have to change my Euros in Dollars. Now when I trade I do the same thing. When I buy dollars, because the forex  market is electronic no one will delvery to me the money but I have in my pocket dollars.Once I close the position into my account will turn back euros. The difference on the two deals is a profit or a loss and no matter the strategy it is not a bet.

When I go to play black jack I don't buy or sell anything it's not a commerce between two parties, it's a game. that's all.I like gambling but it is completely different. But it is only my personal opinion.

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