Trading is just like everyone know quite risky but if you are able to manage risk management and done some fine technical Analysis then market will be yours, you will get handsome amount of profit on a daily base and you don't have need to wait long.
So the point is that both things is good at thier own place now it's up to you that where you can adjust yourself to get profit.
Both are risky. Both require financial and psychological risks. It is just a matter of self-preference in accordance with one's lifestyle. There are many types of trading there goes short-term trading, position trading, swing trading, scalp trading. All require more exposure to the market, greater level of management in every transaction you make. Often time the trades pan out for about an hour to days until you take profit.
In a matter of investing, its goal is to create a passive income for the long term. This would take years up to a decade until the investment comes into fruition. So yeah depends on how much exposure you want and how long you want to be in the marketplace.