I've always been one who sells to earlier, either to minimize my losses or to realize my earnings ASAP and leave. I've seen in most of my investments, if not all that if I would've just left the coins there they would've been worth 10-50x what I put in before. This is upsetting as a person and trader, as I see how much money I'm missing out on.
How do you traders do it, hold and hold and hold. Waiting around for more and more money?
The price history of bitcoin will be your guide throughout your journey of holding. To add, you must also be updated to all recent news going around lately about bitcoin in order to decrease the chances of you losing value of your coins. Lastly, treat your investments as your money that you are willing to lose. Lately, many news have been spreading about bitcoin's state, popping out soon. Remember that you are investing/trading on a currency that involves high-risk with high-reward at the same time.
Those are some tasks that you are mandated to do in order not to lose much in the long-run. Personally, I hold my bitcoins and withdrew them only for emergency situations. I treat them as my assets and at the same time my money which has the potential of increasing everyday.