A trader who is addicted to trading is really addicted to risk. This is why people give back their trading profits; the actual feeling of making money on a winning trade pales in comparison to the dopamine-charged thrill-ride they get from jumping back in and risking that money in the market. So, whether it’s your own capital or profits the market has given you, you’re emotionally seeking risk to satisfy your trading addiction (an addiction you might not even know you have).