Hodling can give you huge profit, but not at all times.
Hodlin in bear market can make you loose, if you are not careful of what to hodl, because not all coins are good to hodl for long at this time.
When you are advised to hodl, although it might be good, but let your consciousness be awakened, else you will be hodling and at the same time losing.
So hodl what you are able to follow up.
Hold some well-known coins like BTC, ETH, XRP. Don't try to hold a new coin if you don't understand. Now it's hard to hold new coins at the bear market because everything is just ahead and doesn't know how to go next. It's better to look safe if you really want to hold a coin. Beginners are advised to be more careful and think first if they want to hold a coin. Emotions must be stable otherwise you will be caught in the wrong action.