yes, after what happened in the crypto market in the previous year, of course this is now a challenge for me personally, how to earn income in a market situation that has not improved and there is only one way to switch to temporary trading while waiting for the market to recover.
You have not made a wrong choice with your decision which some believes is the best for now, though it still has a way of affecting the growth of market too, because activities of traders most times are the ones causing the volatility we are experiencing here and there by buying and selling often in the market, and what will really make us see a tangible increase and stability in price is when we use it as store for value, we have to keep holding it which you have been doing I believe.Total crypto marketcap had come down to near $100 billion in December 2018 and now it is near $141 billion.
That is due to the increase in circulating supply. This is the reason, I mostly do not consider marketcap as a valid criteria for evaluating the future of a coin. It may not produce accurate information due to various manipulations. 
