Unlike investors who need markets to move up in order to profit from their investment, traders don't depend only on bull markets. They can profit even in down trends.This is a crucial advantage traders enjoy over investors -- the ability to make money whether the market is moving up or down. This fact should not, however, lead you to believe that trading is easy; it requires both a skill-set and rigorous discipline.Many people take to trading in the mistaken belief that it is the simplest way of making money. Far from it, I believe it is the easiest...