I take risks all the time... and like ^ said, it's a fine line between risky stuff & gambling. The only times I gamble is when the rush is actually worth more to me than losing whatever I'm risky.
I am not a risk taker. That is why I use safe MACs and avoid unsafe Microsoft junk. And because I am not a risk taker and use MACs, I don't need any memory hogging virus scanning software.
I think I am a risk taker. However what you described is not risky at all . Just accept payment of West union or wire transfer . It is zero risk .
I would take precautions before selling anything, adding him to msn to have a casual talk before making my judgment, so in a way i am a risk taker but being safe and cautions at the same time.
Obviously you are trying to predict the direction and momentum in that direction that your stocks will go. Trying to predict the future is risky and is gambling. If you always buy low and sell high regardless of market direction or market momentum, you will always scalp a spread that in the long run is always positive, therefore eliminating all risk.
Agreed with koan, a risk taker is not an idiot gambler, a truly risk taker is that he is 100% know about the whole concept of the risk