I base my question about whether a gambler can become a good bitcoin trader, because both of them share one factor which is risk. A gambler is a risk taker, he stakes his money without knowing the outcome of the game that he is about to play. There is no guarantee that he will win, yet he goes ahead to play, knowing fully well that he can lose his bet. Same thing with a bitcoin trader, he goes ahead to engage in trading knowing fully well that the market can turn around negatively for him, making him to lose his bitcoin. Yet he goes ahead to trade in the hope of making profit.
Although there are some differences between the two, like most gambling depends mainly on luck. You play and let luck decide fate of the game, that is the risk factor, because the gambler doesn't have any control or influence to determine the outcome of the bet. Also a bitcoin trader doesn't have any control or influence to determine how the market swings, he takes the risk to trade his bitcoin without knowing the outcome whether it'll be profit or lose. The diffidence between the two is that a bitcoin trader can predict the market, while a gambler can not predict the outcome of a bet, except in sports bet.
So if a gambler where to go into bitcoin trading, do you think that the experience of taking risk in gambling will be an added advantage to face the risk of bitcoin trading?
Though we advocate that gambling should be a form of entertainment and not an investment, we will not deny the fact that gamblers and traders share certain qualities together. Two qualities a gambler and a bitcoin trader share in common is risk taking and patience.
The decision to put your funds in projects you are not certain about it's outcome is risk on its own and both the gambler and the trader are perfect examples of risk takers. If the gambler can risk putting his funds in games and bets that are purely base on luck, why then should he be skeptical about trading Bitcoins?
In most cases, a gambler can gamble for a long period of time without winning yet he never quits, that's patience and for one to be referred to as a good trader, he must possess this quality.
A gambler can be a good trader, all he needs to do is to learn the basic skills needed to trade effectively and he is good to go.