I think a target price is important but investors should not be very firm about it. If they see prices increase then start to sell it but dont sell it all. Make sure to hold it, you never know which is the highest point of increase. If you sell out small fractions as prices cross your target price you can keep gaining profits.
Well said. I do exactly that, but also when it comes to the price going down.
Example; At the time the price was going up before the block halving, I kept securing 5% profits per trade nearly till the top was reached. I think it was $750 to be precise where the top was $778.
I also did the same with buying back. I kept buying back as many coins as possible at the time the price was heavily tanking to the bottom.
That's why trading alongside a long term investment is the best option. You benefit from the short term with your trading, and you benefit from your long term hodling without touching these coins.
The profits that I make go directly to my cold wallets where the coins are that I am hodling as long term investment. This way the number of coins are constantly increasing.