So we can say that short term trading or day trading is much better compared to gambling. Since it requires skills to do good in short term trading then with gambling.
I'd say both short term and long term investment would seem to be a gamble since there's no assurance of the profit. Long term trading would require patience and deep analysis of the coins to be the best to trade with if ever there will be an increase upon trading in a particular moment. The thing that links trading and gambling is risk, no matter how you look at the situation.
if you gamble it will not be as easy as you imagine because when you lose your assets will disappear instantly and it will make poor instantly and cannot be equated with daily trading, whereas if daily trading when you are trapped then what changes is only the estimated value of your assets due to the influence of falling prices at the exchange place and can recover when prices rise, better and safer trading than gambling.
It all depends on how and what you trade. You can trade high-risk tokens that can bring more than 200% profit, but can also fall in price by the same amount.
You can also engage in margin trading with very high leverage, and there, too, you can lose all your money in a short period of time.
This is the 'mindgame' present to both gambling and trading. One could win in a single trade likewise a spin, perhaps, in a roulette to give an example. In both ways, there are chances of losing your money, and the same thing of earning money from doing so. The best thing is to know that profit is not assured to avoid drawbacks when it comes to one's mental condition because that would be worse than losing money.
Trading is a gamble due to the volatility of the market. In day trading you can use different tools and leverages to earn profit. However, in gambling you can only depend in luck, the amount or profit you earn depends on your luck and the amount you are willing to stake on each bet.
At least, the chance for us to get a profit in trading will be bigger in gambling. No matter how big the volatility of the price in trading, we can make a profit, but that will work if we can analyze the market. But if you can not analyze, then that is gambling because you depend on the luck which you hope that the price will reach on the price you want.
You cannot say that the profit from trading is bigger than in gambling.
The market is so volatile and can be end up losing a lot of money while in gambling you can double or triple your money in just some minutes if you are lucky enough.
The profit to both gambling and trading or even investment, depends on one's analysis, luck and will. If one would use huge amount of money, huge profit will be earned if he made good analysis and if he is has 'that' fate, but same thing would be the weight if he won't be. But an individual has a choice, to 'play' the market wise and be safe from both winning and losing, or to push that much.