In fact, in one year, the pump for Bitcoin only happened in a few short days, and most of the rest was sideway. Therefore, it is easy for investors to miss the pump if they are not regularly watching the market.
According to the recently published data, since 2013, the annual growth performance of Bitcoin only occurred in about 10 days, which means that each year we will have 10 days that Bitcoin actually increases aka "pump". After this 10 days, Bitcoin will go sideway and the growth performance may decrease by 25%.
Therefore, the actual pump of Bitcoin is very short, it is only a blink of an eye compared to the rest (sideway or decline).
However, there are also many ideas that "not every Hold is the best". If a person held bitcoin before December 2017 until now, they would still lose more than 50%.
If you are an investor who does not have much time to observe the market, nor know the analysis of charts, then the Hold option is the best for you.
And for investors who like to "trade", certainly Hold is not their choice, because the short-term waves are the time when they make the best profit.
How about you? Are you holding Bitcoin
I used to do a lot of trading but i have become a HODLer for a couple of reasons:
1) The new tax laws in America make it very complicated to keep track of every trade. Plus many exchanges no longer allow American customers on their main exchanges.
2) Trading takes a lot of work and it doesn’t seem to pay off unless you are very good at reading charts and can control your emotions during volatility.