To be an active trader you need to have a lot of knowledge and experience, and it is not always possible to predict how the market will go. I prefer to keep perspective coins.
Agree with you, it is very hard to be active trader, that`s why I prefer to hold good coins. 
Topic: What kind of trader are you? Active? HODLer? Somewhere in between? Why? (Read 414 times)
October 11, 2018, 04:56:00 PM
October 11, 2018, 03:50:24 PM
I do everything but i have to admit that due to such elongated bears in the market i have been stuck in most of my investments and trades so now i cannot do much but wait for recovery.
October 11, 2018, 03:22:57 PM
now is the time to buy. and hold till the bull market. as a trader i am in between. scalping during this bull time is the best way to accumulate more of the coins/tokens or to earn more dollars.
October 11, 2018, 03:08:18 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I was planing to hold at first, but I check the price every time I turn on the phonewhen it 30% up, I nearly sold all of them.
sometime I regret, but sometime I take the best profit.
a lesson to learn. if you are going to hold, never check the price, just put an alarm to notice when it reach the target
October 11, 2018, 02:23:12 PM
I am interested to be a trader i am afraid of loosing money while trying to trade, i read it is risky to do day trading sometime a trader will be force to become an hodler if he miss time to sell.
October 11, 2018, 01:31:53 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
Holder and short term investor are my kind of habits followed in this bear market,but many people will be just holder or the panic seller because they might not know much aout trading or the crypto currencies,holding is a good strategy but if you are panic selling menas you are losign your capital. October 11, 2018, 01:29:33 PM
Although I've joined this world for a long time but I'm still a holder only. LOL. I'm not good at trading although I'd tried to learn so day trading is impossible for me although it's a really good way to get profit in this world. Holding is much safer but it also take a lot of time but it's fine cause I have a lot of time. LOL
October 11, 2018, 01:27:19 PM
I gain experience in day trading. Of course - it is difficult to guess when to buy and when to sell - the probability of guessing is not very high. However, when the market falls, there is only one way out - to save money, you have to earn money on day trading. Often it turns out not bad.
October 11, 2018, 04:13:03 AM
Some guys hold for years and some are day traders but both not worked for me so I decided to do marginal trade and that works pretty much for me. Previously I got 160 tokens from a bounty campaign and I was able to increase the amount to 1000+ tokens after month.
October 11, 2018, 03:39:53 AM
To be an active trader you need to have a lot of knowledge and experience, and it is not always possible to predict how the market will go. I prefer to keep perspective coins.
October 11, 2018, 03:28:40 AM
If you hold the coin for a long time which price is very low, it will take more to pump. Do short term trading and try to increase the number of coin so that if price later pump, you can make a good profit from that coin.
October 11, 2018, 03:21:03 AM
I look for opportunities in every market situations and circumstances. My first rule about cryptocurrency is holding. You never know what might become very successful. Holding gives you opportunities in the future of any cryptocurrency you are holding!
October 11, 2018, 03:08:03 AM
I am a longtime holder, but recent crypto bear months taught me some valuable lessons. There are a lot of money to be made on trading. Crypto is still on early phase that we should take advantage to experiment more rather than just let the coins sit on the wallet. At least we can split our investments into halves, half into trading and half on savings and staking.
October 11, 2018, 03:04:01 AM
I'm holder because i'm not good at trading. In the bear market it is hard to make profit with trading even for expert traders. Best thing we can do now is hold.
October 11, 2018, 02:56:40 AM
hold still would be a way that is promising and even safe in getting long term profit. but daily trading especially is also a good way to do so that at least can always get lucky in the market conditions like today. at least this will give you a fairly good thing in markets that are always up and down slowly. too pity if just waiting for the result of holding that long only because the crypto. so maybe keep and also while trade will generate better profit.
October 10, 2018, 10:55:08 AM
Swing trader, I look for opportunites and take them when they present themselves. That means sometimes 5 trades a day and sometimes no trades for a week
October 10, 2018, 10:54:34 AM
I'm mostly just a holder. Trading takes a lot of time and research if you want to succeed in it. I'd rather do the low effort low risk thing and simply hold for a long time.
October 10, 2018, 10:53:58 AM
Trading does not always justify itself, so I prefer Hodl, it seems to me that soon the market will go up, so you need to keep the maximum number of coins!
October 10, 2018, 10:48:50 AM
I am not into day trading. I am more into accumulating undervalued coins or tokens, hodl, wait for my target price then sell at a sweet profit.
October 10, 2018, 08:30:26 AM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
isn't it better to buy while the prices are low in order to sell afterwards, when the market is normal again? holding may play a trick on you, especially if you're touchy about your money 
October 10, 2018, 08:29:12 AM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I was actually a day trader, but since it is bear market, and its hard for me to predict what will happen next in the market, for now, I do long term trading and holding. its much safer than day trading. day trading has a high risk which I can have more losses than earning a profit.Definitely, it is not so easy as we think. We have huge difference between day trading and long-term investment. The price vary everyday in daily trading where as in long-term you have lot of time and patience and you be benefited for sure. Yes hodl is the best plan in cryptocurrency as money Matters at the end of the day.
October 10, 2018, 08:15:48 AM
I trade occasionally, like once a week or every other day depending on the price. I'm not particularly sure how I classify. Maybe you could call this swing trading. My reason being, prices are much easier to differentiate with long time intervals of trade.
October 10, 2018, 08:12:04 AM
Holding is still my strategy for long term view on my bitcoin investment. The interesting part of market situation.for me is that what I am doing in bear market will be the exact same thing I'll be doing in bullish market also.
October 10, 2018, 08:07:45 AM
active and i use binance to trade 4h timeframes. if you set aggressive limit orders during low volume periods a lot of the time you can catch the momentum of big swings. mostly stay away from non-top 50 tokens though
Same with you, I also actively trade every day.I have seen a lot of new coins at Binance and my experience has long been at Bittrex.
September 17, 2018, 10:01:54 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
Trade is a way to make a profit by involving a lot of capital, so for now I'm trying to refrain from trading because it's roulette and the possibility of guessing is very small. but sometimes when the market goes down strongly, I try to make money from it and often it turns out it's not too bad. September 17, 2018, 09:58:57 PM
i am only a hodler. trading is not my thing and i only made losses through trading. that's why i limit myself to hodler and believe that is the best solution for me.
September 17, 2018, 09:56:15 PM
At this moment I prefer to trying to be active trader, cause IMO nowadays become hodler are just a little bit risky. We don't know what happen with the market at the near future, thats why I prefer to be daily trader. To be honest I feel more comfortable to cut lost my holding investment & reinvest again in short term.
September 17, 2018, 09:38:52 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
Current I see now people are becoming holder reluctantly. Because they bought at high price and can not sell, sell off, they would should they will hold. But I think instead of holder they should learn knowledge about trade to start trading increase the number of coin, tokens that they are holding data. The at downtrend such as this still there are waves when we can still rely on it that make a profit from the amount of money that we are.
September 17, 2018, 09:29:48 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I was actually a day trader, but since it is bear market, and its hard for me to predict what will happen next in the market, for now, I do long term trading and holding. its much safer than day trading. day trading has a high risk which I can have more losses than earning a profit. September 17, 2018, 08:00:56 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I am doing a type of arbitrage between my top 5 coins. As one spikes (they do these 10-30% spikes from time to time) I sell it for the one that is down the most. If I have one that crashes down then I sell my higher performer and buy the one that just took the hit. This has been working out very good. I just pulled it off with Cindicator and Neblio. Sold Cindicator for Neblio on the huge Cindicator spike.
I I believe firmly in my coins which gives me confidence to buy when one is going down. If any fundamentals change I will bail on that coin and kick it out of the group.
September 17, 2018, 06:20:38 PM
I would say that I’m a proponent of holding. Know a lot of people who have taken advantage of dips and pumps to increase their bags successfully. However, that’s too much stress for me, so I HODL.
September 17, 2018, 04:36:32 PM
I am a long-time holder because I have my regular job. I usually do my crypto jobs right after my regular hours or during my break time so I don't have much time to do day trading.
September 17, 2018, 04:29:52 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I was actually a day trader, but since it is bear market, and its hard for me to predict what will happen next in the market, for now, I do long term trading and holding. its much safer than day trading. day trading has a high risk which I can have more losses than earning a profit. September 17, 2018, 04:17:38 PM
I was trying to be mid to long-term hodler, but I am not sure for this anymore. Been reading some articles lately about swing trading and I must say I was interested in it. Maybe someday I will try.
September 17, 2018, 03:31:27 PM
Instead of holding trading is the best option. When market goes down and hoping that will grow again in that place trading is best way to get more profit. 2017 was the good year for holding just uptrend. Bat to see how 2018 running 
September 17, 2018, 03:23:38 PM
I am hodler, but from time to time i am traiding to increase number of my coins, but i actually don't like to trade in bear market, because after one bottom you will get second as a gift.
September 17, 2018, 03:12:05 PM
I believe that this forum is the actors of the whole market. small and big investor. and whales.
the people's interest is to be rich by raising the low price of the coins.
the people's interest is to be rich by raising the low price of the coins.
September 17, 2018, 03:01:42 PM
With the uncertain market in this time, i think we shouldn't trade. May be you will earn a little but suddenly
the market falls strongly , you will lose a lot!
the market falls strongly , you will lose a lot!
September 17, 2018, 02:49:46 PM
I am an HODLer just because I am not good in trading but I have a good understanding of blockchain's technology so I can invest in some good projects
September 17, 2018, 02:44:39 PM
I'm a hodler unfortunately, this has caused me to lose big money in the last few months since BTC and ETH took a nosedive. I'm starting to learn to day trade though, so in future I won't be so adversely affected by huge dips like this. Hodling shouldn't be the be all and end all of cryptocurrency, we should trade dynamically, learn and grow, that's how you make the real money.
Agreed - there also need to be better services for less sophisticated traders to make money. The best part about crypto is that it democratizes asset ownership, but people who want to passively participate shouldn't be forced to become advanced traders. That's what we are working on at my project, PixelAlpha
September 17, 2018, 02:07:40 PM
I'm a hodler unfortunately, this has caused me to lose big money in the last few months since BTC and ETH took a nosedive. I'm starting to learn to day trade though, so in future I won't be so adversely affected by huge dips like this. Hodling shouldn't be the be all and end all of cryptocurrency, we should trade dynamically, learn and grow, that's how you make the real money.
September 17, 2018, 01:50:43 PM
In the past used to trade every day but now becoming just holder. Even not bother about market whether it's going up or down. Actually I already cash out my capital with profit that's why become holder
September 17, 2018, 01:47:39 PM
Well, I keep my coins in hold. But many saw that after receiving tokens they were being sold and they were already buying at a low price. Because basically after the listing the exchange rate of the token falls sharply. I want to try such a scheme now.
September 17, 2018, 01:37:33 PM
In crypto, there are a few coins and tokens that I will not sell soon, as these too much dropped.
On the crypto market, intraday trading is hampered by low liquidity. I'm learning intraday trading on the stock market. Thus, in crypto I am investor
and little bounty hunter; in stok market I (hope 
) trader.
On the crypto market, intraday trading is hampered by low liquidity. I'm learning intraday trading on the stock market. Thus, in crypto I am investor
and little bounty hunter; in stok market I (hope ) trader. September 17, 2018, 01:15:41 PM
I try to refrain from trading because it's roulette and the chances of guessing are very small. but sometimes when the market falls strongly, I try to make money on it and often it turns out not very bad
What do you use when the market is falling? Are you shorting, or just selling what you have?
bitmexx lets you short, but their systems suck and will lock you out as soon as there is serious volume
September 17, 2018, 01:14:57 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I don't think much can be done during the bearish phaze of the market. I am trying to hold my btc and sell some only when I really need money. I also hold some of the cryptos I have on the exchanges from the bullish times. Perhaps some day I will consider investing in ICOs, because I believe that the market is growing and the projects will turn out to be scam less than they used to, as people will simply stop investing in garbage.Of course I am also trying to save the money I make as a signature campaign member, so it is a partially active way of being involved in the flow of the crypto market, I guess.
Trading is a bad idea for now, so I really see no other options for crypto users apart from holding or taking the risks with promising icos.
September 17, 2018, 01:04:24 PM
I try to refrain from trading because it's roulette and the chances of guessing are very small. but sometimes when the market falls strongly, I try to make money on it and often it turns out not very bad
What do you use when the market is falling? Are you shorting, or just selling what you have?
September 17, 2018, 01:02:41 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
I go for long term buying of cheap coins. So you can say I am a hodler. It works a lot for me.
It doesnt mean I am lazy to forecast the market. It is just that, it is much risky when you make trades. Been there and have also done it and it did not work for me.
So just better stay with the mostly used technique and that is to HODL more which have a good future.
September 17, 2018, 01:00:10 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
Trading is the matter to involve your fund all the time and at the same time we may try to have the fund in our personal wallet for saving concerns too.
If you wish to hold do it with out trading as well.
September 17, 2018, 12:57:54 PM
I try to refrain from trading because it's roulette and the chances of guessing are very small. but sometimes when the market falls strongly, I try to make money on it and often it turns out not very bad
September 17, 2018, 12:57:50 PM
I think I'm an active trader in Binance and Cryptopia. I see some benifits of trading over hodling, it brings some small profits without risk, however sometimes I lose investment in day trading. Another exchange I use for daily trading is OKex.
September 17, 2018, 12:53:56 PM
active and i use binance to trade 4h timeframes. if you set aggressive limit orders during low volume periods a lot of the time you can catch the momentum of big swings. mostly stay away from non-top 50 tokens though
September 17, 2018, 12:39:55 PM
Interested in peoples' trading styles now that we've been in a bear market for a while. Do you still believe in HODLing to another all time high? Or are you looking for other ways to make $$ during the market downturn?
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