Trading will never be a respectable profession.
Lose money in a restaurant, startup or any other business and people will say, "These things happen."
Lose money in the stock market and you're a gambler.
It doesn't matter how much you studied, how disciplined you were, how many years you spent learning, or whether you followed your system perfectly.
You're still a gambler.
And if you manage to make money through trading?
You're not skilled.
You just got lucky.
You gambled and won.
That's the game.
Lose money and you're a gambler.
Make money and you're a lucky gambler.
Meanwhile, someone can spend 30 years in a job they hate, complain every day, be miserable for most of their life and never take a single risk.
Society will still call them responsible.
So stop explaining yourself. Stop looking for validation. And stop telling people how you make your money.
The less they know, the more peaceful your life becomes.