It's back to square one if you are holding a coin or token for long term and finally altcoin season comes and the token or coin surge in value but has no trading volume on exchange, all your efforts and pain while holding is total waste, do not hold tokens or coins that have no demands, real use cases are what makes them very demanding
That is a risk. Do not regret it, but accept it gracefully, all the decisions we take must have risks, respect it
Try to be more realistic and accept the situation, do not forget to continue to monitor the progress of the project or anything related to the tokens or coins that you hold, so you can choose the best path. Even if your expectations do not match the reality that is the risk. There must be luck from another path.
Well, if there is an increase in price there must be an increase in demand, if it is not supported by an increase in trading volume there must be manipulation and it is an indicator of the quality of the token or coin that you hold.