IMO, playing it safe is only way to make it big. Playing risky may give you high reward at times, but eat you up the same at times and you'll be back where you started.
Most traders always feel like taking much risks is the best way to maximize profits and quickly, which often leads them into taking certain risks without actually properly calculating them, which of course leads to several unexpected outcomes. Some learn the hard way while some feel they still need to double up their risk taking.
It's like, high gains, high risks.
Yes, in trading, the scheme is like that, when we want to maximize the profits from trading, then we have to be able to take more risks. It's just that, on the other hand, we also have to be able to do good risk management so that the results are truly in accordance with expectations and targets.
And of course, a trader who does that, they are usually used to it and already understand it with adequate knowledge. Not a new trader who just carelessly puts up a very large capital but does not have the ability and knowledge to do it. So that's the same as just taking risks to much without any basic.