Holding or Trading as the case may be is neither good nor bad. It is all depend on case per case basis. Sometimes it is not advice able to hold and it may not be bad sometimes to cut losses by selling either.
But until now a long time holder makes lot of money than a long time trader,so hold is the best option when compare it with the trading because trading needs lot of effort and time but in holding we just need to buy bitcoin and keep it for some years to make money and the profits will be more than trading in my knowledge.But holding will not suit for all the coins so we need to pick right coins if we want to hold. 
Topic: Thoughts on Straight HODL vs Trading - page 10. (Read 1212 times)
People always ask this or that, what is better, more profitable, but for mW that questions are stupid because each of us thinks differently and we all have different set of skills. What is better for one isn't necessary better for others, I know holders and traders that made a lot of profit, and traders who just lose with trading. We all know that holding is a safe way, trading risky but you can make high profit very fast. I do both, I have something on a side, that should everyone have, but I have some amount for trading too, the best to be in everything you can, if you are capable for that.
In my opinion you will make more money by trading if you do it correctly.
this is also my conclusion after a couple of years of being around.
the "know how to trade" is the biggest part of it though, it is not easy but it is possible to learn over time and then start making good amount of money from the swings, specially the altcoin pumps.
but at the same time there is the issue with trusting exchanges. most people don't want to do that because they can run away at any moment, and each time an exchange scams a bunch of people, more traders go away or at least trade less.
I completely agree with this and i figured out where the money usually flows after one coin gets pumped, but the problem with me and probably a lot of other people is that after i cashed out of ethereum i went and bought litecoin due to fomo. I think the hardest feeling to overcome is fomo and in my opinion its even harder holding through a crash.
I DO HOLDING AND SELL IT TO MY TARGET PRICE IS EASY TO THOSE WHO HOLD BUT BE SURE TO MONITOR YOUR TOKEN BEFORE IT GOES DIP!!!
Both is necessary for a healthy gain. Some coins should be hold for a long time to get a desired return. Besides, some other coins should be used for trading to capture short term gain.Trade can eventually help to average buying price and maximize profit. What I mean by straight HODL is that your hold through the crashes and the rises until you inevitably cash our and by trading I mean that you hold for a few months and then sell into fiat and wait for the expected dip/recession.
What i've noticed over the past years is that if I was less greedy and just cashed out after a reasonable profit and then held until the inevitable crashed, I would have made much more money than if i just held or bought another coin.
An example of this is when I bought eth at 475 and sold at 1380. Right after I sold I bought ltc at 230 thinking that it was gonna skyrocket after some of the money from the eth will flow back into the other coins. The problem with that was that the entire market crashed and so if I were to just hold my fiat i would have been able to easily double my money.
Let me know what your guys's thoughts are on this.
What i've noticed over the past years is that if I was less greedy and just cashed out after a reasonable profit and then held until the inevitable crashed, I would have made much more money than if i just held or bought another coin.
An example of this is when I bought eth at 475 and sold at 1380. Right after I sold I bought ltc at 230 thinking that it was gonna skyrocket after some of the money from the eth will flow back into the other coins. The problem with that was that the entire market crashed and so if I were to just hold my fiat i would have been able to easily double my money.
Let me know what your guys's thoughts are on this.
That is true that many people had decided to HODL the coins when they were at its best in the hope that their prices will be even better in the future. It is always hard to say when you should sell off, in this case going with the gut feeling is all we can do. Some gets profit after HOLDing and some looses the values by high percentage. It just depend upon timing and some instinct. For example people are happy that they sell off bitcoin when it was $15000, but they won't be happy if value reaches up to 20000+. It is just the matter of time.
For newbies HOLD is the best suited for your money and to leesen the risks in your money pick or search the best coin other than ETH or BTC. Those two are currently unstable now. Maybe pick one of this LTC,BCH,XRP
yes 'cause that is the basic strategy when there's a worst situation in the market ,which is don't eagerly sell just hodl and monitor the price always or read some blog and articles to gain more information about the circumstances of price which if it will continue to grow or not. But for me btc is still a good choice to hodl in long term.'cause as wee see nowadays the price is gradually increasing and perhaps it will make a long jump soon. just put some patience on it and make some technical analysis. It really depends on the time you can dedicate to the activity. For me, for example, trading is NO WAY. I have a different main job and holding is the only option
That is always the right option to hold the coins because instead of selling them for cheap. Already you are working so it might won't be a problem for you even if you hold them.
Trading is far better than holding and I have benefits more from trading more than holding. Trading especially swing trading give high return than other investment and I have tested the two and find out that trading can give three hundred return in just a month and one need to be too over luky for one to actually make that amount in a month in one year.
If we can predict everything correctly then we will be rich by now, the market is too unpredictable, after the crashing in January the price really unable to recover, after BTC seeking the moment to heal the bad news keep show up, I think the best now is just hold, it's going to take a lot of time to see the recovery, trading is too risky at the moment
Since the market now is kind of crazy and fuzzy; this week it's like bearish but the week after it'll be bullish. So for me I think the best thing someone could do especially when the market is red is you just buy a certain coin you think will make you earn great profits. Then hold then until the market is bearish back again then you can start trading them if you'd prefer trading over holding for long term.
There is one wrong thing you have done here.
You didnt realize that when ETH was in frenzy of the climb in price all the altcoins are also doing that.
You should have put a gap before buying again or maybe look at the graph of LTC if it already made a high amount of pump.
Waiting is also part of trading.
Actually now I have one order that is still not complete because it is too low for a buy rate, but I am willing to wait.
You didnt realize that when ETH was in frenzy of the climb in price all the altcoins are also doing that.
You should have put a gap before buying again or maybe look at the graph of LTC if it already made a high amount of pump.
Waiting is also part of trading.
Actually now I have one order that is still not complete because it is too low for a buy rate, but I am willing to wait.
Holding or Trading as the case may be is neither good nor bad. It is all depend on case per case basis. Sometimes it is not advice able to hold and it may not be bad sometimes to cut losses by selling either.
For newbies HOLD is the best suited for your money and to leesen the risks in your money pick or search the best coin other than ETH or BTC. Those two are currently unstable now. Maybe pick one of this LTC,BCH,XRP
The current scenario all the cryptocurrencies are fluctuating not only BTC or ETH. This is the right to invest in these two coins after June or July it makes more profit. LTC,BCH and XRP also good potential coins but these are all lower than the Bitcoin and Ethereum. But current market is unstable so no one is interested to invest in cryptocurrency.In contrary, even more, investors are interested in the investment because that instability is their opportunity to gain big profit is a short time. The stable market would bring nothing to no one but smart ones are taking the opportunities and investing when the time is right. Currently, the time is still right to invest in the coins before they recovery starts ( correction phase has officially ended).
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In June, July Mr. Gox will again dump a huge amount of the crypto with the interests of rebuying after so then would be the second chance for investors to invest mass amounts if they don't have enough of a financial asset to invest now.
I have been usually describing myself as a trader since I entered the cryptomarket. Although I hodl some coins I deeply believe in, I buy coins for 2 - 6 months periods. The biggest pain for shorter time frames are untrustworthy exchanges. The risk of crypto exchange failure / scam is so high that it strongly influences your potential trading account.
It really depends on the time you can dedicate to the activity. For me, for example, trading is NO WAY. I have a different main job and holding is the only option
For newbies HOLD is the best suited for your money and to leesen the risks in your money pick or search the best coin other than ETH or BTC. Those two are currently unstable now. Maybe pick one of this LTC,BCH,XRP
The current scenario all the cryptocurrencies are fluctuating not only BTC or ETH. This is the right to invest in these two coins after June or July it makes more profit. LTC,BCH and XRP also good potential coins but these are all lower than the Bitcoin and Ethereum. But current market is unstable so no one is interested to invest in cryptocurrency.
worth taking into account the emotional/time cost of trading regularly vs HODL.
Time is money of course
Time is money of course
For newbies HOLD is the best suited for your money and to leesen the risks in your money pick or search the best coin other than ETH or BTC. Those two are currently unstable now. Maybe pick one of this LTC,BCH,XRP
The current scenario all the cryptocurrencies are fluctuating not only BTC or ETH. This is the right to invest in these two coins after June or July it makes more profit. LTC,BCH and XRP also good potential coins but these are all lower than the Bitcoin and Ethereum. But current market is unstable so no one is interested to invest in cryptocurrency. 
In my opinion you will make more money by trading if you do it correctly.
this is also my conclusion after a couple of years of being around.
the "know how to trade" is the biggest part of it though, it is not easy but it is possible to learn over time and then start making good amount of money from the swings, specially the altcoin pumps.
but at the same time there is the issue with trusting exchanges. most people don't want to do that because they can run away at any moment, and each time an exchange scams a bunch of people, more traders go away or at least trade less.
You've got a pretty strange understanding of trading. If your coin leave the exchange (which is obvious if you are going to hold them for months) then you are not trading this coins. That may be called investing but not trading.
Your example might be not fully relevant because the entire market crashed. As we see the major coins in long term are usually growing in price and the chance that LTC will grow over 230 is much higher then the chance of recovery of most coins.
Your example might be not fully relevant because the entire market crashed. As we see the major coins in long term are usually growing in price and the chance that LTC will grow over 230 is much higher then the chance of recovery of most coins.
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