I wouldn't use a dentist who was running another business on the side either, but that doesn't make him or any trader a compulsive gambler. Clearly you just like picking fights. Look, "disciplined" traders manage risk. Investors, by your definition of an investor, let their bets ride, all or nothing. It doesn't take a genius to understand which is the gambler. But the concept of an undisciplined day-trading dentist is curious. I imagine that he would inflict more pain after a bad trade and after good trades he'd be taking hits off the NO2 mask.