If you trust in the future of the project coins you're currently holding, then hodl to aim for max profit, plus it's less hassle since you wouldn't need to analyze markets daily. Though it's pretty risky since once someone starts dumping, everyone would probably follow. Normally, both ideas have their advantages, but if you want guaranteed profit, then trading would be better. Hodl is only guaranteed when your coin is actually good, though the only one I would recommend for that would be BTC. Trade, on the other hand, you could see the price changes daily, which in turn, can help you take advantage of the movement.
Still, trading requires a fair amount of skill, so trade on your own risk. Or just sell your coin immediately when you see a profit to make sure you at least have some profit.
You misunderstood what he just said, he is talking about market futures which means it is base on contracts where there is leverages that is offering and not the time period. Trading futures is a risky for me, anyway we have different risk appetite after all so I know that there will be some of you who think future is not risky as it is. I see it as risky especially when I do leveraging, the maximum leverage when I trade is only 20x and for me it is now big.
In terms of what is good between the trading or hodl, I prefer to trade than hodl because of the opportunities in the market. I also do holding like right now because the current market is now looking healthy.