[ratzoe]

some uninformed people do call those who buy & sell stocks, bonds, opinions, futures etc. "gambling"; however, I doubt that that is what you meant; nor is it really "gambling".

A professional trader is not a gambler, but a professional gambler is?? Seems to me both are looking for a profitable outcome. I am not seeing your point, enlighten me.

[Osage Orange]

I can shed some light..........

Gambling..is going to some casino..and throwing money at a game. You know the odds, I assume. They aren't good...

Trading stocks...different thing..as you can make the odds in your favor. IF, you know what you are doing.

I live in Oklahoma..

With Indian casino's galore.....Raking in the dough....Been in my Tribe's casino..just to see what it was like. Walked out...never opened my wallet.

Got home that day...and I'd made 3% on my money in the stock market, that day.

Because I know what I'm doing........

[nopardons]

A "professional trader", who TRADES FOR A COMPANY, is NOT the same thing as a "gambler"!

OTOH, this stupid man also traded for himself and the STOLE money that belonged to the company he worked for, to "cover" the losses in "his" personal account.

Please explain just WHAT part of the above is SO damned "difficult" to understand.