I'm not a big fan of holding for years, sure history shows that holding for years seems to be a good idea but there is going to be an end to that, maybe bitcoin has hit it's ATH forever, holding for years in that case wouldn't really be a good idea. Also holding for so long it's only really possible if you have a good amount of money.
I definitely agree, hodling only really makes sense from an ICO price or shortly after and even then projects from here on out will start disappearing. We are definitely in a massive MASSIVE ICO bubble with the amount of projects coming into this space and most cannot survive. My spin is also everyday you're holding is a day you aren't making money, which is the same as losing. This market really only has about 2-3 years of easy money left before it becomes a lot slower and less volatile... it seems crazy to me to spend that entire time just hodling one project,
As far as the market I think we are in a dumb zone.. I don't intend to really participate until we decide that we are closing on a daily candle above 6800 or if we're gonna fall flat and retest 5k (or even 4.5k) Right now I'm sort of neutral bullish, meaning I think the end of the bleeding is really close, its just a matter of how bad capitulation makes the last little bit bleed. The manipulation behind the infamous bart candles leads me to believe that someone knows something behind the scenes, which I think will be the catalyst to get all of this to stop... which is the Bitcoin ETF for large players will be approved with Ethereum now following shortly after. I definitely am not comfortable shorting or longing this market on leverage, and am instead focusing on other things waiting for Bitcoin (or its manipulators) to find its way... Hopefully soon, perma-long to 50k.