Is the stock market tricked?

Unless you are VERY knowledgeable and have excellent information sources, stock trading will be gambling.

The real money comes not from trading, but by "owning" stocks. When you buy a share of stock in a corporation, you are then one of the owners of that company. As part owner, the company’s land, buildings, machinery, inventory, debts and earnings belong to you (and the other shareholders.) This is not gambling, it is investing.

It takes time for your company to earn money.

Hm

Yes

no, anyone engaged in trading stocks needs to learn the system and heed the warnings

The stock market is at an all time high. Your colleagues (brilliant traders though they are), must only choose losing stocks?? Probably ought to tell them to find a good mutual fund(s).

IF that were possible, Everyone would have done that by now-don't you think?

Day traders often lose money because they aren't properly trained or simply aren't smart enough.

I still don't understand how individual people think they can beat the billion dollar companies who deal in markets full time...

"Trading" in the stock market and "investing" in the stock market are two different things. Investing isn't rigged. Trading isn't rigged either, but inexperienced traders usually end up having their lunch money taken by experienced traders.

No it is not.. It is a system that has winners and losers on each side of the trade.

The stock market allows the public to have a stake in businesses and profit from their success.

Treating it as a "gambling arena" is how you lost your money.