Nope. The difference is you don't need to time the market when investing over long periods of time. Timing the market requires luck. Investing for 10+ years doesn't.
Anyhow - you cannot win over time, unless you can beat Deep Blue over chess.
And by 'win' I mean outperform the market.
Of course, some people will, some won't - but it's a game of probability there.
Again - unless you specifically have more information that the person you are trading with - then you're throwing darts at the board.
99.9% of Retail Traders do not have any special information WRT their investments. Ergo, they are not really investing.