day trading for short profit and it can be for subsistence if only need to eat. and others that he keeps for the long term according to the plans that he believes in.
but indeed, the OP is absolutely insane if he chooses to starve to keep his bitcoins. but I'm sure it's just an expression to convince that the bitcoin assets that he owns are really valuable.
Without proper knowledge of trading, short trading is nothing but throwing your money into the pond. Hodling can be done by everyone, knowledge is not mandatory for hodling your coin, and it is also many more times profitable than day trading. By doing day trading maybe you can make some profit some days but when bear will come you will get into a trap of anxiety and the result is losing seeds. One more thing if you don't have a sufficient amount of investment then Bitcoin trading is for you. Bitcoin is now the playground of the big brothers, small traders will be knockout to the market strategy.