How important is data of historical returns on bitcoin for future investment ? Do you check historical returns and make judgement based on that to [plan future investments in bitcoin ? Or it helps you just an encouragement to keep investing in bitcoins regularly.
What do you mean by historical returns? Are you referring to historical data of the price ranges that Bitcoin has achieved? If that's you question then of course I do check the Bitcoin chart of many months and I do proper technical analysis before investing into it because it doesn't make sense to invest in bull market due to huge pressure on the crypto-currency, and when it faces the bear market once again then the whole investment is locked for many more months.
I check the Bitcoin charts of different time duration before making my mindset about investing in it. First of all, I check months charts to know that how's the condition of the market, and after that I check weekly charts, and in same manner I check daily charts and then I if my technical analysis is completed, and then I have a strategy that I follow. On the basis of that strategy I place limit buy orders on different price ranges.
I have been doing the thing for a long time, and so far it has been very helpful in generating profits for me. I'm sure those who Hodl for very long time duration doesn't follow the charts because they just check the current price of the coins and purchase as much of it as their financial condition allows them. Those people are believers that Bitcoin could cross 1$ million in price within few years and that's why they invest and forget their investment.