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Hi guys! if you trade,  how long do you hold your coins?. How would you know if you have to let go or sell you coins or still have to keep it?.

Before you trade, you should know why you it is worth to invest, then you should keep close look at the development and update, finally, you will know when to sell.

Don't be greedy when you are trading . If the profit is enough , then sell it . Don't wait for bigger profit , or you will loose your profit.That's my rule for invest. ;)

You should continue to monitor market, If the price is good option to release is better

depends the trend and coin.im not really into day trading but if i see price rasing i just join and let go after profit %1.5 to %5

It depends on the evolution of the coin, but if I buy some just with the intention of selling it higher... I will hold about a month and a half or so.

If the coin is clearly going down at the speed of light I will sell sooner and try to rebuy lower.

First, research then buy coins you believe will make money (good developers, good project, have application, etc.).  You then don't have to worry when to dump rather just wait for it to grow.

In between, you take advantage of the crests and dips (high and low) and TRADE a PORTION (I do about 25%) during those times.  You just sell high then buy again low.  Keeping & growing the money for that coin which in effect increases your coin count if done right.

I usually trade when it rises x% and re-buy when it dips y%.  

If things change (or learn something new) making the coin less ideal, then sell and re-invest to a new coin.  This happens a lot to me and the coins in my holding changed many times.  It is a continuous process.

Good luck!

It's up to the potential of the coin . If it has a big potential , I will hold it for long term , like several years. Otherwise I sell it for quick money as soon as it give me a 2X or more profit.

If you are day trading etc. there is no rule as to how long you
are willing to hold coins. It all depends on your buy price and how
quickly the price of that coin raises to your sell limit.

Coins have been bought at a high price before they dropped
massively in value so you may end up holding coins for months
while you wait for the price to rise, so you really have to
know when to buy!!

It is upto the holder to which extent he wanted the profit and how much value the coin project is. Because some coin projects are very longterm so they have to be holded for long if you want high returns if not 2 or 3x is always possible on almost all coins.

It all depends on how you trade, what trading strategy you adhere to, what kind of coin you are trading from the market and so on... But personally I'm trying to sell for x3 or more altcoins increasing the number of its Bitcoin and Ethereum.

First shortterm, now longer (1-2 years).

Yes, you are completly right, the bancor is a big lesson, I had 50% profit but I chose to hold it, now the price is below the ICO price, a sad story.

I set percentage targets, and start selling in stages once there is a 10% rise. So I'll sell a portion at a 10% rise, I'll sell another portion at a 15% rise and so on.

Alts are very volatile and it's hard to know when a pump will end, so if you have profits, take some of them.

I will hold coins till they reach their recent high, if they cross their recent high and still moving up then i will buy again and wait for new highs.
If i invest in coins, i will hold them till they reach the level where i can change my lifestyle or till i become super rich. I will suggest you to invest in altcoins and leave them for 1 to 3 years, you will get super profits.

Coin/token like Ark I will continue to hold forever.

i divided my money to two parts. one part of money stays at my long term bag. possibly 1,5-2 years. and with other part i do trade and selling when i got %5-%10 profit.

As long as possible as most rise in value

Here in this field if you want to make money  by trading then you don't need to wait for time , I means to say that there is no limit to hold the coins if you want make profit .
Suppose you bought any coin say A then you need to wait to sell this coin until its price increase but here nothing is sure that when the price will increase fastly because here all things depends upon the demand only and popularity of the coin that can take 5-6 months also.
Here in my whole life trading i waited for most 3+ month only , so probably you can expect maximum of 6 month to increase the price of any coin .
And also trading is a job of patience also because if you can wait with patience then you can make money  otherwise if you will get fear to loss money then you will surely loss because of sell .

as long as it is necessary and not a second longer.

some coins are never worth holding on to, they perform very well for about a day or two and then it is all downhill from there! obviously you should never hold these coins for more than a day or two.

but some coins are more solid. like XMR and LTC. they rise slowly and remain high after their rise ended and the correction occurred. if you hold these coins for longer you won't regret it. although you should make sure not to buy on top and then hold!

Yes, I also divide for solid and for speculation. And for trading I have part of solid of course. Because solid and heavy also have exchange rate fluctuations and allow to enlarge count of solid coins.

i hold to price x2 or x3 price that i bought it
 i will sell when i need because crypto currencies will just increment price , slowly and  surely
  when you invest coin have value .

probably until the price is suited to the price of ICO or the price is higher than the price when buying.

If you just profit for 1.5% will you not be losing money because of the fees?

first you must think on why would you invest to that certain coin or what else you wanted to invest, then the next thing is that, if you are already sure about what you are going to invest then try to risk some little amounts that you can afford to lose. well to tell you the truth either you gain or loss in trading but when you are already well experienced you can risk bigger amounts, and its up to you if you are going to hold it or sell it instantly, just keep in mind that your main goal is to  earn not to lose.

Hi i am still new to cryptocurrency world. is altcoin reliable? I mean when you look at the coinmarketcap it goes down and the volume is (?) and it goes lower than ICO? the graphics seems scary.

all crypto is unreliable to a degree! there are going to be
price fluctuations and some coins will have bigger ones
up and down than others. And these movements are
as a result of many influences.

There are a few like the longer standing alt coins which
are reliable to a degree, Ethereum, Dash, Monero, Litecoin,
Ripple, Zcash.....

Usually I hold certain coins when I see the price is profitable and it is worth selling about the price. I intend to hold in my portfolio just to earn profit for holding in a long term investment. However, when you hold a certain coins we have to make sure if the coins has its good development and you know the update of their project.

Depends on the coin. We have some coins that we pre mined in the first days of their announcements and some of those are a year old or more. The wallets take up nearly no space and we run through a spreadsheet we have of them and cross reference versus the markets every other day. I think that a year is about max for that, but it depends on the action on the forums, the exchanges and others things.

it depend on you how long can you hold and how much you can invest . because if you need money then you will have sold it but if you have good money then you can make good profit to keep it hold the coins(it also depend on your investing )

Thanks
Regards

Until i get a lot of the profit. As you can see the current chart of the market. If the price already got pumped and there will be a news that gives a lot of the impact to the market to drive the price down.
I think that the possibility will always be there.

For the past few months I'm buying and holding, my savings are going into bitcoin for a couple of years. Looks like the best in order to earn in a passive/long-short term.

If I usually 2 to 3 months still stockpile the coin then also often observe the movement of its coin prices and look for big opportunities after the price began to rise directly to exchange so that profits can be more.

I'll keep it as long as I can to make a profit when I sell it, unless there is an issue that the coin that I hold will be removed from the exchanger or shitcoin I will sell it at any price.

I think if the coin you save has a good chance of growing it may be better to hold it for a longer time of about 1-2 years of course with that time you can see a pleasant result.

Do not know how long to hold my coin, but it depends on the coin that you hold up to get more profit from your capital. Then sell it and do not keep it if you feel you have a profit.

This always tends to scare me, but it is important to quickly adapt away from emotions and hopes when looking at that chart line!

I prefer intraday trading, especially for altcoins, but there are some projects, which look really promising and reliable, so in this case I prefer long-term investments.

Maybe a week or a month..it really depends on the situation of the market movements..but i dont usually hold it for a long period of time.more often when i see a 20%-30% profit on my coin.thats the time i decide to sell it..its better to have enough rather than nothing.

You should hold them as long as you have invested into some good coins. By that I mean the coins which are popular in trades and are actually working out their projects as decided in the roadmap. This gives us insights n how the coin will perform after each successful goal these people reach. The people means the team behind the coin.


You must follow these small things to know the future of coin. Most of the people will just go for buying and selling of coins when they "see" changes in the prices but don't really know what they are doing in the trade. I believe holding and selling is very critical part if you have big investment in place.

yes certainly do not have to get big profits in trading but how can get a consistent profit though on a small scale but maybe it is better. i think 20% profit is big enough and of course this is very risky in trading

I will hold my coins until my momey become tripled or doubled or will hold more.many years even my money have been tripled now hehehe because if i see a good opportunity on that token i sill hold it for a years

holding a coin can not be determined for how long. but for myself the coins can be very long depending on how long the price of coins has increased. if the coin has increased in time fast it will certainly hold the coin in a moment as if the coins held up a very long increase would certainly long to hold.

I could not determine how long I will hold my coins, it all depends on the price movement and the target price when I want to sell it. When I put the target of 100% or more yeah, I should more patience for a few months.

Hold them for as long as you can. If you do not need to sell and the project is active and community is growing then keep it. You will be glad in a year. If the project is sketchy and not hitting goals then thats a whole other story. Buy and sell when the charts are good in that case.

Teach the technical analisis to understand a basis of trating and figure out the answer to your question

Yes agreed with that as a trader you must hold it until you reach the target price that you have buy it then thats it after that you can now sell it dont hold for too long it all depends in situation so for that it is.

Definitely depends on the coin that I'm holding. There are coins that are worth holding for long term and some are just for short term so you should learn how to determine which is which. I'm also holding coins depends on the movement of the market then I'll decide whether to sell it or not.

I'm a long-term holder : since the crypto market is globally increasing, you will waste too much time and stress if you're constantly looking at the charts

I'll keep my coins at least 2 years no matter what will happend

It depends on your basis for holding. Some have set like 1 to 3 years. These are the long-term holders. If you want to be a short-term holder then 6 months more or less is already enough. But of course you still have to see the movements in the market. If there is a dip in almost all prices then it is advisable that you hold for another round so that there is still time for the price to rise back.

My strategy is to hold them until I retire or they drop out of the top 100 for market cap.

Regarding what you said about coins you premined. Are there websites that are giving or announcing currency that is about to launch?

Hello, tokenmarket and icotracker web sites are one of those web sites showing an ico calendar to you.

I'll hold my coins for 10 years if they don't die. I know it's a long time, but if I can achieve this, I can make huge profit at the end.

I assume that it depends on an individual. However, what I usually do is wait until I make profit and then sell. If I bought a certain coin when its worth was higher, and few days/weeks later the value begin to fall, I won't sell it if I am loosing, I will hold on to it until it recovers and then sell. I don't usually prefer to loose. However, some investors might use a different approach.

in my opinion, I'll save coins into a secure wallet for a long period of time so that it will get huge profits and wait for the right time when the price of the bitcoin in movement and growth market with high prices, but for the moment I will keep at least reached some btc in the end of this year ;) ;) ;) :)

I hold for very short time. I am only in for quick profits. So I prefer to invest into speculative coins. Holding makes me really nervous.

Well, trading is really unpredictable as coin's dumps and pumps happen all the time. I think by trying to put a margin on the loses or profits you'll get will put you to a most optimal lose and gains. I suggest researching where you would invest your coins and be as patient as possible when they experience dumps. Try to find the reason why is that happening and trust them as much as you can. Many beginner lose their cool and try to sell their coins when there is a big dump happening. For a trader, you must not panic, what you should do is to wait more days and watch how things will go.

* I hold my coin as long as possible. When I think that I reached the highest possible value I can gain profit of of that coin, I'll sell them all right away and try to wait for other coins so that I can invest again. My rule is that, when I think that the dump on the coin is so unreasonable, I'll find the cause and predict what will happen, from there I can try to keep on holding it or sell it when the loss is still low.

When you are active trader, you need to work hard to make a profit since you have watch out all value overtime
Let's compare if you're an investor, just stay still and wait your bitcoin profit grow after 1 year just like many years before

this is about what you want to do, not how long to be held or sold. but more on the strategies and plans you run.
in trading and two concepts, long and short. you need to use strategy and have a strategy.

I do not trade for altcoin and bitcoin.
I just hold a few coins and of course bitcoin as well.

if you want to trade. you must have a plan and strategy,
you can trade on a short term basis, or you trade in the long run.
all there is a method you can find reading on how to trade.
I think you should do a lot for your understanding and knowledge.

Depending on experience. There are many coins out there which are not promising. If you got one of them sell your coin as soon as possible. If you have some good quality coin, like btc, eth, neo, bch then you can hold it for long time for good profits.

It depends a lot on the potential of the coin that im holding, some coins i hold for months, because some major updates will come in future. Some altcoins i trade on daily basis, because they just pump and dump - for example DENT coin is the best coin to trade in this way.

Because of tax reasons I am forced to hold most of my coins longer than one year. After that year they are tax free. This is often very complicated and annoying, because you want to sell the hype, but can't because you wold have to pay 50%!!! taxes for your wins.

This is a very tricky question to answer and a rather complicated one as each coin or token has a different utility and project behind it. Also some coins nose dive for good and to hold those would be a great calamity, so now I try to look for coins that have potential not only for bigger long term returns but that also give a reward for holding or passive income type element to them. I think this strategy suits me best because I am near pensionable age but without a decent pension to look forward to.

But if that coin cannot live until that time, do you have any plans for solve this problems? Because even Bitcoin still cannot determine, your token also does not has opportunity for long term like your said!

the difficult thing i answer is when i asked the right time to buy and sell the coin you have , because i used my insting , and i read the grapich , although sometimes it's recession .. ;D

Well it depends on the kind of investment you are doing. If i'm doing a long term investment i can wait months for coin to reach it's peak. As for short term you should be able buy & sell asap to make profit.

My strategy is long term - minimum 1 year.
I am trying to follow this rule of investment:
"Do not invest amount which you are afraid to loose".

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When you going to invest in some currency you must have some goals for example:how money you wants to earn,if you have goals you invest you money and wait,my opinion is hold minimum 1 year and than sell.

I try to pick coins that I think will have a long shelf life. I don't want to pick up a shit coin / or even a good coin to try to flip it for a quick buck. For me I will hold a coin at least 1 year.

Nice, strategy. I usually hold my coins until I see a profit in it. So when I hold coins it doesn’t really matter how many days or years go by, it only depends on the numbers being over my deposited amount.
Bitcoin is one of the coins that I’ve been holding for years and didn’t really worry on the price because it could be worth something more than just fiat. The longest that I’ve held an Altcoin was around 2 or 3 years and I eventually forgot about it for some time. I have coins that are older than that though I don’t really want to sell them.

I will HODL some of my tokens about 2-3 years,there are some projects who will show themselves only in future and it will be really great.

Depending on the coin and if I really believe in it. But in most of the cases I will never hold if it goes lower than its previous recorded lowest price. After this point you don't know where the support is, so maybe it is better to take the loss and move on.

Yes depending on the coin because there are different projects of every coins that makes it more valuable and demanded in the market and it is good​ to make a research first in the coin so that you are trusted to make it long-term.

it depands how you treat with the coins, if you like this coin and get it at a low cost, i think you may hold it for a long term, but if you just want to day trade, then you better sell it at your expected profit

I didn't never try trading,for now i dont know how to trade, but im willing to understand it. I think if i trade i will keep holding the coin as long as the price does not rise. but when the price is higher then I will sell it.

There are two ways. Some have already a term before they buy a certain coin. They may set it at 6 months according to the roadmap, or a coming update, or a big announcement. Some are setting it indefinitely until the value goes really high. That is applicable to ETH or BTC. Some are also set for 3 months or 1 to 3 years.

it depends on coin,market value.when profit is enough, see it.because anytime price will be up down. so don't wait for huge profit.

There is no definite time as to how long one should hold on to its coin. When you are trading, the amount of time in holding your coin depends on the market value. Before you trade, you must have enough knowledge about it. And when you trade, you must observe the changes on the value of a certain coin before you sell it. When you see that you can gain enough profit or the increase in value is good, then sell it. Don't wait too long since there is a possibility its value will suddenly dive down and instead of gaining some profit, you might lose it.

should monitor the movement of coin prices at any time, the graph of a coin price is not stable.
understand problem trading, to know where it's time we buy and sell or hold it.
to avoid losses when we are trading..

It depends on you if in case you want to gain more profit from a certain investment that you put then you are going to monitor firs flow of your currency.
You should sell if you think that you can gain profit from what you are expecting.
For example, you invested 1000 usd buy buying certain coins and your target for selling is 2000 usd then you need to monitor the prices and sell it once it reach already to your target profit.

 dont wait too much. if you think you have a good profit then sell it. dont waste your time and opportunity to earn. in trading we have no posible if its high or low. thats the best way of trading.

The way a trader holds varies from coin to coin, and it may also vary from trader to trader. Because not all traders have same mindsets and same goals or strategies in getting the most out of their trading. But for starters or beginners like you, you should always keep in mind the amount you invested. And sell immediately if you see good profit. Do not be greedy. And if you get the hang of it already, then you can make strategies of your own.

Thank you for sharing this. So that I'll be updated on the coins to be ICO so I can buy a lower price.

Depend on my strategy of trading long term or short term trading, for short term trading usually i traded minutes daily and weekly
and for long term trading usually mostly and years. I know the time to stop lost or open sell positions if the indicators gives signal to sell the coins, so basically before you doing trading altcoins, you must understand about analisys technical to make prediction of price and to read the trend of price on the markets.

I hold it for long long term because bitcoin value is continuously increasing. Moreover I just do it because I want to save it for my future. In additional I believe and I trust to the ability and potential of bitcoin.

Hello , even if im not experience in trading yet i think the coin that i will hold would be a very long period of time cause you will think of its used and you will also search for the best exchange for so that you can earn more.

buy ark and don't have to worry about other scams

maybe 1 week and waiting for more profit or get profit from i hold my coins because i don't want to lose in my trading so no problem if i have to hold it for long time

That's what I thought before I tried trading short-term. Maybe it is just the case with me and doesn't hold as a general rule but, as my long-term investments turned our to be rather successful and giving 4x-6x profit, my attempts to make fast profits are not doing well and for now I lost about 15% of the invested money. Perhaps it was just a bad timing but after the big pumps all the coins suddenly started (and that still continues) to drop. So, I guess making 2x profit is not as easy as you maintain it is.

I do not think there is a time limit for holding a coin, as long as I still have confidence about the price of coins will continue to increase,
maybe as long as the coin persists. Unless we get a profit that is considered sufficient in the investment may be thinking to sell it.

I hold my coins only for weeks or months, and also it depends because when the changing rate or the value of the coins. When the change rate is high i used to change it as much as possible, but if the rate is low definitly i will save and store it.

Different from one coin to another , some coin need longer time to be able to make a profit while the other not , by the time with your feeling and your experience you can decide when to hold and when to release.

For me as long as I don't need it and I just hold it especially if it is bitcoin but for my other alt-coin I just trade it when the price is high! just other people did to there alt-coin to trade it for a good price.

It changes and depends to the coins and gain expectation.
Some of them wants patient and should be kept more for the best profit.
Its really necessary to follow price on exchanges.
Sometimes much more holding can cause to miss the good opportunity.

I always hold the coins I have when the price goes down. And will sell it if there is any information about the renewal of the coin. But when the coin that I hold price rose very high I will soon sell it because in the world of crypto to see the development of the market is very difficult in prediction. And get used to always update about the coins that will be in trading. Because many official sites that provide information on the development of coins

I once held the coin for 4 months, and it also frustrates me because the price is getting sagged further.
Finally I decided to sell it.

Well for me i will hold and keep it until it reach my target goal and when it reach my goal profit that will be the time that i will sell it.

All traders must know some tricks. If you buy coins, then you must be ready to wait a lot of time or to lose all funds. If you go in, then keep calm everytime.

It is very important that before entering a trade, you should first have a plan for that certain action that you'll be doing. For example, have an entry and exit price for that coin. After that, do your own research about the coin that you'll be trading. I usually base my trading period on the amount information that I got for that certain coin. If it has a good technology backing it up, I usually hold it for 1 to 6 months. If I found out that it is an interesting project but don't have good devs backing it up, I usually trade it in short-term period, 1 day to 1 week.

according to your question, I think that I will hold my coin until the coin price in the market rises from the target ico 20% / 50%, after which I will sell my coins

Depending on Your trading pattern, you must have your pattern of trading to decide when you sell off a coin,how much you will old for future purpose all must be percentage basis,if you invest always have a time frame when you decide to trade off your coin. Listens to news concercening the coin,check the growth and dump rate of the coin and also observe  the team of investors to the coin.

I will hold my damn coins till it doubles or if I am in very need of money and I will withdrawal it

I always hold more than 3 year. at least the price must x10 before I sold all

I have some coins and i make plan hold this coin for one or two years but when this coin is huge raising after six or seven months than i sold out my all coins.And try to hold another good coin.

it depends on the potential that the coin you are holding can provide. Some coins are not very good and you will not gain anything if you hold it for a long time. Therefore, we mus do some research before choosing a coin to hold

I try to keep until the price grows at least twice. But sometimes I sell with a small profit if you need money for new investments. But now with experience, I understand that it is better to keep promising coins for more than a year

I have alt coins that I am holding for over a year now because I know that the value will pump really high in 3 to 5 years. And there are coins that I dump once it made above 50% profit. I know that is only the value it can become. The trick is know the coins you are buying so you will know what to do with it or know when to dump.

As long as I believe it is still one of the most profitable.  

Once I needed money for a more promising coin, I cull and sell the least promising coin/token to reinvest.  That cycle continues...

Historically, people who bought different coins and never sold anything have become rich...

Would be that too risky if you hold them that long?., i mean because of the volatility of some coins.

no matter how people talk and explain to you, you will never know if you are not involved


you will know if you practice it. you must be involved in it, then you can measure and think buy or sell.
if you are going to invest or trade. The first thing you know is the plan.
what plan do you think, what opportunities can you get with the coin you choose.
after that you just strategize, step by step.

Exactly that. Just think about before you invest how much gain is acceptable. Are you in for 10% gain of your investment or do you want to race a lambo on the moon. Depending on how much gain you think is acceptable that will determine how long you will hold a coin.

usually I hold my coins for 2 things only ..
1. I hold the coin because I have not considered profit.
2. I take off my coin when I face emergency money needs so I will sell all my coin.

That's correct and holding altcoins too long can be risky as you never know when the price will crash and if you don't sell at a right time then you will have to hold your coins longer for the price to bounce back so I generally prefer to sell them when its giving me good profits as I can buy them back when price will go down in near future.

Depending on the coins ive been holding because usually I do set up a sell point which is usually on 2x-3x on its ico price.I do sell in these points which I do hold my coins if its not being reached yet I wont still able to sell. This might really took long but it would be worth it on this way.When I sold higher on ICO price then that would be profits and later on I decide to buyback and repeat the entire thing.

i can hold my coins a minimum of 5 years.if coins rate fell to 40 % of its high price then i will sell them.if it goes high then i will sell them after 5 years

There is no specific time limit for me to hold my coins as I sell them when I have made descent amount of profits as I don't prefer to hold my altcoins too long as price can dump at any point of time so in that case selling them at the right time sounds good to me and holding bitcoins for a long term is the key to make huge profits in future and I will sell my bitcoins only when it hits $10k price in near future.

Agree with that not holding for too long but not all coins are going to sell i am only sell it when i really need. Then other is holding but this is not mean that i hold it because i just want but some of us this is the trick that we do holding.

wow you are very fantastic, can hold the coins for 3 years until the price x10, really amazed, I can not hold the coin for that .. because everyday I work online not offline. :)

I agree with your opinion about the second point you are throwing, about holding a profit coin, because if we sell coins with ico price itself a bad road, no profit gained. and at this last point also often happens to me, when urgent circumstances I immediately sell it, even though the price is down.

Before you trade, you should know why you it is worth to invest . If it has a big potential , you should hold it long time

I just hold some coin for long time like 1-2 years.

Of course if there's an emergency don't hesitate to sell especially when it's too necessary like someone's life is at stake. No money can replace someone's life.
Like you two I'm betting on this also. I hold coins and waiting to hit my target price like it should be in ico price or beyond that and this will be fine with me, don't wanna be too greedy after all. A good profit is enough for me.
And of course, it depends on the coins that I'm holding if its for short term or long term holding, so need to know which is which.

before I sell the coin I will see first the market price, if it matches the coin price I will sell and I will not hold, and if I need a very urgent fund I just sell my coin, because by holding our coin, then indirectly we invest.

I hold my coin depend on the fundamental, volume and market cap each that coin . Also before buy some coin i make research first. But ussualy im hold for a month until 2 month then sell it. But especially for BTC and ETH i hold for ayears.

hey.. all you need to do is to read the project's white paper and you need to understand the ecosystem you have to assess weather this coin is worth holding or selling the coin and invest in an other one. investing in cryptocurrency is risky always..good luck bro

i am agree with this because when we buy the coins, we need to determine how much profit we want to sell and how long we want to holds the coins. i have a coin that i already holds for more than 1 year and i don't want to sell it before the price is break higher because i buy the coin in a cheap price.

There is no limit of holding any coin.You have to wait for it's best price.After that you have to observe the market on daily basis.That's how you can decide when to sell your coin..

What i do if i reached my goal and still want to wait for some profit is to add an alert in blockfolio. in that way if a sudden crash will happen i can sell before my profits will go in dust. Due to the heavy fluctuations in crypto you are never safe.

It depends on you. Hold your coins as long as you want. It is your own strategy. Just make sure that when you sell your coins, you will have a profit. If you think the price of that specific coin is not high enough, wait for a few more time. Always check the graph of the value of your coin to monitor its price.

building a well thought out collection of coins or paper money takes lots of time and patience. For the best performance, wait until the area of the market you have chosen to collect has its day in the sun. Being in a rush when buying or selling will lead to poor results. In my opinion, buying and selling with a short time horizon is more about speculation than collecting. Given enough time, most collectors will enjoy the journey and be well rewarded in the process.

I agree much better to look if the coin have a potential then hold it to long term  and if its not you can sell it as soon as possible.

yes right, before selling your coins, you must first to see the price of coin in the market, it is a thing to be considered. if I was in a state of urgency it would sell the coins I had even though the coins were down.

Because of tax reasons I am forced to hold most of my coins for more than 1 year. This is often frustrating, because I can not sell tops, because 50% of win would be killed by taxes. :(

I hold my coins as long as possible.
Unless
1. I want to buy more mining equipment
2. Have completely lost belief in coin
3. Want to trade in between pumps/dumps to make profits

I have exactly the same problem. Let me guess: You live in German, do you? Have you ever thought about trading via a company based in Singapur? Capital incomes are completely tax free there.

If a coin have fundamentals and good project behind him, that can be hold for long term. If a coin have good project, that have potential to rise anytime. You have to study the concept of coin and if you satisfied with their future plannings, you can hold and if not satisfied, sell them.

You got it man. The shit hole I am living in is Germany. It's hard to trade shit coins here. But when you hold a coin for longer than one year, it is completely tax free. 90% hodlers living here. :D

if you ask how long ?, then the answer is uncertain.
because I sell when I feel I have a profit and vice versa, I will continue to do hodl when I feel the loss and will continue to monitor the movement of coin so as not getting regret.

The trick is to always view the bigger picture when investing/trading coins. Some coins are meant to be pump and dump coins, other coins are "sleeper coins" and will take a year to mature.

The "holding" part of coins, just depends on 3 major factors: How big the support/activity is (community-wise), competing coins, and what exchanges the coin is listed on shortly after it's birth.

There are definitely other factors, but generally, there are 1000s of coins, but only 1-10% of those actually will grow significantly (talking 100-1000%+). Other coins will just float on the water, the key is this: patience.

it depends check the info about coin and read well enough to understand things if you find some data then you felt it will pump up then Keep on HOLD
if you think it is not going to be worth full coin for the future then sell it
But it is really difficult to predict  you must have crystal ball then you can see the future

Thanks

I won't sell my coins in short-term, maybe at least 2 or 3 years later. I do have confidence on cryptocurrency market. I invested the money which won't affect my life, so if it all gone, I am okay with it.

it is the best option by saving money into cryptocurrency, and in the next 2 or 3 years it will probably be a big advantage for you,
 and hopefully you will succeed with your investment lak

First you have to know yourself and what you want to from token.in my way i never sold my coins get what i want from it.make your goal wisely

I do not really hold my coins lol. If I earned something from a signature campaigns or any bounties, I immediately exchanging it to bitcoin. Well that is me, I'm a short term hodler.

I will not sell my coin if the price is not yet 2x or if my profit is not yet double but sometimes if the coin have better support or the community is good. I will hold it because and wait for it to x5 or x10. Sometimes some sleeping coins are pumping to the sky.

I hold coins.

See the period at the end of that sentence? It means I hold coins, period.

I do not sell, or consider it "long" (as I'm not trading), but rather my "position" is simply belief that BTC will someday be worth $1,000,000 and I will be able to use it anywhere to pay for my daily needs.

I can't hold my coins for a long time, because we can't says how long bitcoin value increase. Moreover I used my earning in bitcoin to provide the stuffs needed of my family. Also I think if there's an opportunity to sell my bitcoin I do it, to less regrets on my decision I made.

It depends upon the coin I am investing. When it comes to top 10 ones, I tend to keep them for long term regardless of short term volatility. For ICO tokens, I sell half of ICO coins within a month of end of ICO and other half when there is an uptrend. For short term investment, I keep a watch on market. But I never sell at loss. I rather keep on holding. I never invest in pumped or very low cap coins.

First, it is important to note that to trade right requires attention and you are 100% focus. Most altcoins lose their value over time. There are two ways on holding, short term and Long term. So you may have your reference here in bitcoin talk about the coins that are for short term, as well as for long term. There's a saying "Buy the rumor, sell the news". When major news sites publish articles it is usually exactly the right time to actually get out of the trade.

Wow you really believe that btc has that much of potential atleast to reach 1 Million$ in next say 10-20 -30 years. This is just out of scope for me for given reason that its a technological age and every day new things come up and certainly there may be something better which may come up than the bitcoin so value will certainly drop. But for now the effect of China is already being seen as the rates are dropping too fast for now.

Are you nuts? Whatever you said but even the big speculators in some reliable sites not even said the bitcoin goes until worth million dollar for each bitcoin. let me guess you are a random guy with ramdom answer without try to analyze it before.

If the coin has a good support community and there is a development to the coin then I would still hold it even if the price go down compared to the price that I bought it. I believe that it will go up eventually in the future and will hold it until such time when I earn maybe 5x or higher than the price I bought it. It may take months until it will reach that price but I will hold it until that time. I will just continue accumulating and will sell only until it reach my target price.

If its a pump and dump coin and there is no clear project of the coin then I will set a stop loss because I don't like holding that kind of coin for long. Some groups may pump it someday but since it is still unclear when they pump it then might as well sell at a loss and then find another coin that have a true value. I usually set my stop loss to the price below a strong support.

if I as long as the coins go up I always sell, at least about 1 monthly I just sell,
just the right price I sell   :)

I'll hold the coin until the price reach my " take profit " or " stop loss " and sell it. Take profit meaning your profit target and loss meaning how much money you accept to lost. Just using that we don't have to analyze every day and wasting time front of pc/ laptop. We don't know how or when to let it go but your experience will give you answer. Have a nice day.

Before you trade, you should know why you it is worth to invest after you should continue to monitor  market if prices rise you should sell

Due to the price of bitcoins and altcoins are down trend right now, i will hold them for couples months later due to the price will be rise again and for the daily trading altcoins, i will use capital on reserve in fiat currency so i still can do trading due to i have managed the money to anticipate something bad happen like this week before doing trading digital coins, so the price is down or up i can make the profit.

We stock (hold) currencies that have a good working team behind, a good inovative project like the DGB, SC, XRP or the Ethereum of course  ;D

I trade only for a short term i never hold my coins once i have profit i sell them. But bitcoin is keep some bitcoin is the best to hold.

The top 20 coins marketcap are sure the best for long term holding so it will takes years of holding before I sell it.

I agree with you, before we do investment in the altcoins, we must much know about the altcoins, who is the developer of team, who is the comunity of the altcoins, how much the capitalization marketcap of the altcoins check here: https://coinmarketcap.com/ , how is long the altcoins alive, we must know all of the information related with altcoins and the aspects the fundamental of altcoins. But for short term trading the skill of analisys technical is enough to know when the time to buy and sell on trading positions.

Yep, track your altcoin movement and make an order to make sure you sell/buy in the right time are one of most strategy you could used to get profit. Although some coins might take longer time to sell because unpredictable price. For me, as long as I reach the target I would sell them

Sometimes I cant hold it much because of the price going down. But for as long as the most users says there will be a price increase specially devs then I will hold it.
I dont go to the greedy mode anymore. Just a little profit will be enough but those are just for altcoins. The bitcoins will stay for a long time.

It good yo learn technical skills to know when to sell or buy coin,  because your emotions can really mess you up.
Nevertheless don't be greedy.

If price go up 10-30% then sell. If it's falll down so we just hold. If coin can survival it's will recover again.

Previously, I tried to squeeze the maximum profit from each coin, and thanks to this I still keep some coins that have strongly sunk in price. Now I have worked out this rule, I'm as little as possible in the transaction.

I am afraid this does not apply to each and every coin. I hope you were thinking this through before posting. I am afraid if people will target 10-30% everytime, they would either lost what they should have gained or gained much less than what they should. Please set your limit according to targets according to a certain coin and project.

the main rule i use usually consist of "don't be greedy" & "point of profit".
quite simple actually, just decide your "point of profit", and when your coin hit it, just think "is it enough?", if yes then sell, if not then hold
but when you hold, think again "am i greedy?", if yes then hold, but when you fail to make profit because of that, don't be salty because that is your decision.

TL;DR: Those who want to get a lot usually get nothing, well there is some exception for lucky people though.  ;)

when my analysis is wrong and there are signs of going back. then I will cutloss soon. because if the let alone will be more loss.

I collect the coins first until the value of coin price is high..

It all depend on your target and the market liquidity. You need to set your exit point before your entry into the market. Once your exit price is filled then off you go.

Depend on the potential each coin...  but for the coin that good in fundamental and has big volume and marketcap i usually hold in amonth then take profit and buy back other coin that on the deep price. Also i bought 5 coin to minimize the risk.

I will hold my coins not that longer because it has a possibility to price down. Also, I want to make it a real money and I want to hold it already. I might regret it that I did not hold it much longer, at least I hold it already and used it for my needs.

I hold the coins in my portfolio once I see it is profitable. But if I see the altcoin I invest in is good project and I study the roadmap of the coin, I usually hold for a long term.

I will see the parameters of the coins to get the maximum value to be sold and get the desired result. ;)

If we buy coin then fast time we need to research every coin after then we have to buy. another thing is that  just wait for it to grow. actually it depends on the coins how long i have to hold or wait . if i need money then i have to sold the coin so here depends on money crisis .i will keep it as long as profit when I sell coin.we must follow the future of coin otherwise can be lose.  so many people selling of coins when they profit but it is not right because you have to see future of coin.

The longest time that i hold my coins was about 1 year and that is really worth it because it 20x my capital because of its huge gain in the market after a year and i am very happy about that because that help me to fund all the things that i want like my dream car and my dream house and getting a good life with the help of my coins that i held for just a year which is far way better than stock market.

I hold coins when the coin is Stable at the moment or
going up.
or when i trade it in low price and then continue to grow.
just always be aware when they are going to crash so you can be always ready

Well I'd say it depends on many factors, such as the teams that developp and market it, political changes... I personally have been holding two coins for long term profit while trading a lot of others for quick profit.

I will hold my coins until it reaches my target and sometimes if it keeps on increasing I will wait until it reaches the tip of that pump and sells my coins. This trick is only for altcoins not for Bitcoin. I am saving Bitcoin for future use so if it dumps or pump I will not care. When ever I need money I just sell that much Bitcoin and remaining I will save. I decided to see the highest price of this Bitcoin.

The only coin I hold for long is Bitcoin and some few others aside that every other is for trading purpose in which I can buy and sell repeatedly within few days from each other because when it comes to coins that are not too popular the right timing is the key to make the most profit because when that is missed, one might to be constrained to either wait for too long or cut losses and move to the next coin.

I hold till I have profit from this coin I buy. that's all. Even I become last one who hold

of course we can not limit on how long hold bitcoin, because it depends on the investment we do and I agree with you certainly many factors that cause restrictions on investments in doing.
and of course trading faster to earn profits when compared with investment.

Forever. It's my preferred store of value compared to fiat which just stays in banks and gets worth less and less every day.
I have 50/50 in stocks and crypto

if I play tranding, when will I sell the coin?
I will sell if I already get 100% profit from my tranding capital
and I will hold the coin if I have not earned my profit or still little profit

i chose coins for long term, short term and between them
the profits of the short term can go to investment in the long term coins :)

yes, i agree. We just can predict the most reasonable price to the max. Usually up to 5% is a good time to sell and change to the other one

I think this is a matter of assessment and a workable strategy. I have a plan for a trading, and will be covered with long term. certainly with disiasati and full of understanding of course.

I keep the coins just following the time.
as long as we sell it we get a lot of profit.
that's when the trade is done.

You know what? before you make a trade in the exchange platform, you must know first the coin yOu are buying it. You should also
ask to yourself too why you need to hold this coin in a long term? trading is not like a gambling depending only in luck.

usually within 1-3 months. depending on the market movement and condition of the coin. I could have sold it suddenly when the price of the coin went up and had a conducive time.

I hold the bitcoin for the next 3 years. but what's happening now really makes the heart pounding.

many people are confused at the moment. with the slope going now, I doubt to release all the harmful coins.

It should not be based upon time but instead profit percentages.  Some coins end up doing a 5x right when the ICO ends and it is listed the same day.  If you're happy with a 500% profit then it would be a good time to sell.  If not, then you can hold onto it until it goes up even higher or could possibly drop lower. 

It depends on the coins I hold. For example coins as Diamonds, Waves, Ethereum and Litecoin are long terms, they have good idea's and they are growing slowly. Other coins which grow fast and decrease fast in price are short term coins.

I never counted how long I hold my coins, it all depends on the price of the coins that I buy, if I have get profited I want, then I will sell the coins that I have, it could be a day, a week or maybe a month or more

you should research coin that you want to trade before, after you have to put a target price include price when you have to sell out :)

Looks like I'm gonna be holding for a long time to recover after this hit!!  What a shitty week this has been!!

just plan your own target and hold till your coin can reach that target. I see many people buy bitcoin when price only 400-500$ and they say will hold until bitcoin price reach 5k$.

I can hold my coins for at least 5 years.in 5 years market average price will be at least four times the initial investment

For that would not be a hodler you need to create a clear rule how much profit you want to get. I personally sell the coin only when it will make 300% and not more than.

Depends on what's the coin purpose is. If it's network token or stealth coin like ether, monero, cloak, waves etc, then long term. other ICO's 2x-3x. If by any chance i miss initial dumping, then hold until you're in profit or break even and then sell.

I keep the coin until the coin price goes up, after the coin price goes up I will sell it, if the coin price soars down I will save the coin.

If you are not sure, you may sell some when it's the moment, but keep the rest part if you feel long term perspectives.

Eth is the only coin that I am holding since last 1 year as I have high hopes from it so will hold it longer to make best profits from it and the other coins which I trade I sell immediately even if its giving me small profits as holding them longer can be risky.

How long I hold my coin is up to the time when the price reaches my planed profit , I am a serious investor,sell at a planed price is my rule , never care about it any more, even it will give me more profit if I hold it.

If the price is right then I'm willing to sell them out because I still have the chance to buy coins at a right moment. With the right knowledge in trading, loosing and gaining big amount are just a normal thing for me anyway.

i cant hold my coins i cant wait too much because on the market there are too many good projects and chances.Maybe if i hold i will gain more but it s not for me

Most of my coins I intend to hold for long like DO, BTC and ETH. Others I plan to sell, when my planned win comes in. After this hectic week, this may now take some while.

It depends on which coins I have invested if its potential coin like ethereum then I won't mind in holding it for long term but if I have invested in small coins then I would take advantage from each and every fluctuation by selling it when price goes higher then my entry price.

Haven't sold a single one since I first started buying, and I've 15 different cryptos right now.

It is all a personal strategy, but I like to see the community support on here, reddit, others and then decide if it has legs or not. If not, I sell. If yes, I HODL.

I hold till it hits my target price and once its done I immediately sell my coins instead of holding too long as if price goes lower then I will miss an opportunity of making good profits at a right time.

some coin maybe cant hold for long day, but i hold my coin until i sell the coin by high price. if price i down, i will wait for some day to see its price normal, if not, i will sell them soon

I can not tell you. because this is hard to say. but there are techniques for knowing and learning.
for me, when to sell and buy it takes knowledge and research. not easy indeed. but if you often ask and learn I'm sure you'll understand.
because it requires experience.

Now I'm decide to be super long term holder. Before I sold all coins and then I saw how it rised up at start of 2017.
So just buying altcoins for long term till I'm rich!

Okay , the BTC price is not stables in one rate like a month period  and the difference is too big so you to keeping coins until you see that rate get points like a little different.

i hold for the longest is trstcoin, i get trst from bounty not trade or buy it . i hold trst almost 6 months and now i'm not take profit from trstcoin  :-[

how long I hold my coins, I will continue to see about my coins in some existing market sites. when the coins I hold are on the increase I will sell them

I hold my coins long enough. I chose the long-term concept, and I am taking investment for the next 3 years. hope for this when the coins I invest are growing. this will be an advantage for me.

There is no specific time and date when holding as long as the coin keep on rising ill keep on holding i sell but a little bit just to get back my profit. But as long as i can hold ill hold it.

You can hold Bitcoin if you have a strong faith in its future. But, remember all dicided today from you does not make feel regret in future if the price of Bitcoin drop down bellow the base price you have bought today. Remember that!

its all about the trade opportunity as now a days it is hard fork so no one is going to trade the coins. buy low sell  when they are high in price

Investing or holding some coins is a risking thing. Now try to check your purpose on why you hold coins , You hold coins because you hoping that coin will increase the value , if the coin increase the value then I guess that also the time you must or need to let go and sell your coin to invest to other promising coin.

It all depends on what methods they make money. If you are trading on the stock exchange then everyone has their own strategy. Those who simply earn coins and use them for everyday life in the periods of the landfill do not sell them and wait for the price to recover. This is the best strategy for ordinary users.

I stay on the safe side, I don't wait for huge profits. I set my profit according to my need and when it reach to that profit level I sell my coins and I keep on monitoring market. But not for all coins, I hold coins who have big potential for long time..

I hold my coins until I feel that I do not hold this coin longer, because the price is going down. And must sell loss. Then buy a new coin that may go up. Bcause I'm small trader :v

It's depends on  the potential of the coin . If it has a high potential , I'll hold it for long term , like several years. Otherwise I sell it for quick money as soon as it give me high returns .

It depends on the coin potential. I had shadow token before and I was able to hold it for just 1 month. The market became stale and it just played from 1000 sats to 2000 sats for the whole month. So, when the token was selling for 2k sats I sold all of them, because I think the token was getting damped completely.

i just follow my feelings and see the total market cap hahaha
just bought and keep it until half year or a year,depend to your goal,trader or investment?

depend on how many money you want make. For me 10% is good enough

There are two types of trading. If you are a long run trader you invest every time market dump to you favorite coin and you hold for ever, well until you make the amount of money you want.
If you are a short trader you buy when the market dump and sell when the market is going well. You need to watch coins all day and be a member in too many groups if you want to do this..

As of now I don't have any coins in hand yet but I'm here reading the posts so I could so get some techniques or strategies on how long I will hold my coins once I earned them. But in my own opinion I will definitely hold it until the price goes up since I know for the fact that at some cases the value of a coin will go down but some cases it will go up and once I see that the value is high - I'll definitely trade it!

I have a commitment to myself to hold for 3 years, most of my coins
and some of my holdings i am waiting for the right time :)

Well I do two things I hold my coins for a long time (not selling for years) and I also have a gunbot (via gunthar) that trades for me daily I run about 10 or so different pairs that trade with bitcoin on bittrex

Depending on how long you want the target, suppose I want to get a 2X profit, and the price goes up in the near future, of course I will immediately sell my coins

For my part, I have kept a part of my BTC stash untouched for more than 5 years (purchased at less than $10 per coin in 2012). But I have never kept any of the altcoins (I had Litecoin, Ethereum, Stellar Lumens, BitCore, Byteball, Blackbytes, Namecoin, Freicoin, Quark, Terracoin, and at least 20 other alts) for more than 6 months. 

Depends on the coin. I've held ICN since its ICO in September 2016. I ditched Synereo after about a week when their team started cracking apart.

You should really have an idea in your ahead about valuation, and from there sell if you think something is overvalued, hold if you think it's undervalued. Simple as that. Well except for the valuation part. That's f'ing hard. If that doesn't work for you, just buy some BLX from iconomi.net

It depends which coin are you referring to. Some coins are worth holding for a long time like eth, waves, bitcoin and a lot more. It really depends on the potential and its investors. Some of the coins I got from campaigns, I usually hold them for a week or two. Whenever I think it will not grow higher I sell them right away.

I agreed that. Every ppl has a different strategy, but most often should be looking at the projects, their upcoming update etc good enough to make a decision. I would suggest that, Research over the whitepaper in projects that are solid and fairly well established.

Generally speaking, and this is also available for stocks, you only invest money that you can accept to lose. According to expert prevision, the trend of the cryptocurrencies will keep increasing, so in my view, it is good to buy and let them acquire value for 1 or 2 years

Depends on what kind of coin it is. If I am swing trading based on charts, I don't like to hold any coin for more than 5 days, however if i am able to buy a good coin in accumulation zone and i am confident about its fudnamentals, then i will hold it from 6 months to 2 years!

It really depends on the token or coins that you have. Some are worth holding and some are worth selling. I had a coin before where I waited for a month and it was able to grow 2x it's starting selling price. There were some that started well and after holding for a month it dropped and almost dumped. It depends on your judgement.

I usually don't hold my coins for too long. I love doing short term investments instead. I do buy and sell daily.

I don't know on how long I do hold my coins. I don't have a definite range of time on how many days, weeks or months do I need to hold.


There is a definite reason on when I'm going to sell and that is if there is a profit on that time. I'm not gonna sell if capital is the only return by that time.

And if possible, I hold it longer.

It all depends on your expectations. Do you want immediate proffit, a long term proffit? The biggest factor that is affecting all is your time. How much time you have to spend it for crypto. Do you have the time to do a research of an ico that you like, then monitor it's proggress.....that can take a few months, years, but can at the same time be very profitable.
I like to invest in ICO's, some long ter some short. But can not handle more than 4 or 5 projects at the same time. That means do the researches, monitor it's growth of price, catching charts waves....

The most time I play some hypes while a bullish market cycle. I dont hold it too long, because I want to make some safe profit :)
But I have also some longterm positions in my portfolio.

They said that the best way to earn is to hold as long as possible )

It depends on the coin, some coins like waves or stratis I will never sell it until 2018 or 2019 but if I don't trust the project, I genarally sell it after the pump.

I just buying coins i want to hold for minimum one year.

I longest hold a coin is about 1-7 months. my target to hold an altcoin is to earn around 50-100% if the price has reached my target immediately sell it.

I hold 3 years.

If the shadow economy is in fact growing, that has upsides and downsides. It's certainly a good thing that people are finding ways to survive during a brutal downturn. But it's yet another sign that the formal economy is utterly failing to create enough jobs for everyone.

holder like a job

from the beginning I joined the world of cryptocurrency started last year
I never hold the longest coins for the longest only 2bulan. because I am an impatient person.
so I like to sell fast coins quickly after that regret
because the next few months the price of the coin rises drastically

I hold my coins not more than 3 months because of somewhat reason i have family to support just because of bitcoin i can afford what my family want so that sometimes if not emergency i let my coins in trading. I sell my coins for personal proposes and if not i let my coins in trading.

I can't say exactly how long I hold. Because depend on some coin I can hold more than 1-2 years to wait highest price comeback

probably no more than a week I hold a coin in my wallet. I sell coins when prices are rising

If you do not like to trade every day and prefer, but whose name is investment, no matter how ...

I usually holds a coin until it grows at least 500% from my buying price . But sometimes when i need money emergency i have to sell my coins in profit or loss .

This means that you are one who books profits in short time and move ahead. Its good in a way that you are not that greedy and take profits out . But considering the overall scenario and especially good altcoins they have good future so in such cases you will miss the opportunity when the big rallies happen . So you can actually just hold some few % of coin and rest sell it like you do now.

Well usually I hold my coins as long as I still see profitability on it or I think the coin is crashing it would continue until become worthless.

Depending on each case I will sell it but if the sale is a little then see how the market changes and then make the next decision.

i hold my coin as long i did not use it or i mean as long as i have my cash to sustain my daily needs, and knowing that my coin will increase the value i will hold it because i know that i will earn and my coin will grow in a single day. unlike if i sell my coin and the cash is easily gone. so i will hold my coin as long as i can.

I learned a lot with last mistakes i had made by not holding some coins, nowadays im able to hold a coin for over 6-9 months, and i do trade it trying to grow the number of coins and back to save mode, im holding a coin for around 8 months and i dont expect to release those before it gets near one of mine goal, but its very hard to resist to the hot market with small pumps and dumps.

It is good like this he can increase his bankroll, here no greediness and nothing whatever profit comes he will happy for that. But if the price is not raised in one week what you will do? Because not every time the price will increase am I right. Sometimes the price will come down from what you bought that time what you will do?

There is no exact answer as this depends on what kind of coins you are holding.
As a long-term holder of coins which are on the top 4, my strategy is to buy and hold for 2-3 years. The potential of these coins to grow in value is huge.
If you believe in the technology they represent then you will not have any doubts for this.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do

in fact I can not say exactly how long I hold my coin, I will hold my coin if I think I have a loss and there is no certainty to profit if I hold my coin. so I will hold if I feel a loss and will sell if I feel a profit.

I have a long term coins that I do not touch for at least a year and and a trading portion that I sell once it hits a certain limit.

If you hold your coin you must have enough knowledge on it's marketplace. Every coin have ups and down. So carefully follow up on the market when it's rate will up than you sold out.

I have to agree with you. that holding a coin must have knowledge of price movements in a market. to know when the coins will go up or down you must keep monitoring the news that happened.
I think holding a coin without knowledge is ignorance.

First of all check the market, if the price of the coin your holding is good and you think that you gained enough profit from it then sell your coins. Don't wait for the price to come up because it may not, there's a chance that you would lose profit from the coins you're selling. Don't hold on to your coins for too long, if profit is enough and you need the money then sell it. 

Untill i get profit from it,i set my sell orders and dont ever cancel them.I dont mind waiting a bit longer since my sell orders are usualy with atleast 50% profit since i buy most of my coins on dips,its not a perfect strategy since i am bag holding few coins that will jump eventually but still-go big or go home ;D

Until the bubble pops and I lose everything, of course :D

Before you trade you must have knowledge about marketplace,trade, and profitibality about your coin. I will hold my coins until 1-2 months because I must have income for every month, it's risk but it's worth it for me

i'll hold my coin till it the right time comes to sell it that it'll make me rich. I don't wanna be a hypocrite or something, but that's one of my reason in joining BTC. I'm just being true to myself that's why I'm really working hard for it. It's gonna be worth the wait anyway.

Usually I initially do research to know the market, when we get what we research then we can follow the trading, when reaching profit in the sense enough then we will know when to sell!

I'm a holder. Most of the time i'm investing my money on long term coins to get max benefit from them. To make long term investment what you need is patience and i have plenty of it.That's why i hold my coins for months.

Hi guys ,many coins are trying to keep in the long term from six months to a year

of course if the target price I want to be fulfilled. usually a clear capital I must be doubled. could be a week or more than a month.

If I will hold it until I get a 100% profit from the first price or from the purchase price and when it gets a profit then I will sell.

   My first buying was more then 6 months ago, that is how long
I hold my coins. That is a start, I plan to hold it at least a year
more, in that time to buy more different crypto-currencies, and
only after all that I will think what to do next.
   I can not make any plans now about what to do next, market
is unpredictable, and long term prognosis are hard call. I am sticking
with my original plan, and I keep myself from any panic selling.

If you want to get a lot of profit, be patience in holding for your coins. Hold it for year or more and the price of it is actually going up.

I Promise in 2018 i will HODL my coin until end of November 2018. If only i have passion i make a lot of money in 2017. Short trade cant make me rich. So this year around. I will HODL

I will hold my coin until the coin's price becomes 2 times higher if possible. at least until I make a profit

at least 3-4 month but some coins i planing hold at least 2 year

Hopefully I will also learn how to be patient. Up till now I was investing short term but I see that If I have waited I would make ten time more money. Now I am long term investor. I can wait couple of years without any problem.

I was the type of person who invests in a short period of time. Thus the coin that I use to invest if you've got a good thing half of my capital directly I sell more and so on.

Hello everyone, this is a very interesting question, and I'll tell you everything depends on the price and the prospect of the coin from the xx, because if the coin does not have the same meaning and its meaning, there are some such coins that can be earned 10 times as much by keeping them a little.

i plan to safe my coin for 6 month or 12 month. im holding iota ripple and xlm.  most of all under 1 dollar and i hope i could get 500% profit from it.

I sell when I'm certain I've found another coin that will increase faster than the current coin. It's better to sell at a loss and buy a new coin if it will increase faster than the current one.
A coin that goes 100% in 6 months in crypto is a bad investment.

For me, first is to set a goal. Maybe a goal to buy a hiuse and lot with cars. Then I will hold my bitcoin until my bitcoin is worth a decent house and cars. If you have no goal, you will just end up holding it for no reason. And maybe at least I will leave some bitcoin for future use. Of course do not sell them all. Always leave some on your wallet.

At most it was one week for me. I have no investment for long term yet so period is too short as I wrote.
I am a day trader so formal period for me is a few hours at most..

I will hold my coin at least until the coin goes up tenfold from the current price.
but if it's too hard, I'll sell it if the price is double from the current price. I do not think it's too long to hold it.

First, research then buy coins you believe will make money (good developers, good project, have application, etc.).  You then don't have to worry when to dump rather just wait for it to grow.

In between, you take advantage of the crests and dips (high and low) and TRADE a PORTION (I do about 25%) during those times.  You just sell high then buy again low.  Keeping & growing the money for that coin which in effect increases your coin count if done right.

I usually trade when it rises x% and re-buy when it dips y%. 

If things change (or learn something new) making the coin less ideal, then sell and re-invest to a new coin.  This happens a lot to me and the coins in my holding changed many times.  It is a continuous process.

Good luck!

It depends!. The longest that I hold a coin is about 1 week, where I needed to wait for its price to go up again so I will not loose. If you want to do tradings then you must monitor the price of coins always so you will earn. You will buy coins when its price is low then sell it when it goes up. You just have to look for the correct timing so you can earn more.

Once you invest set the goals either investing for long or short term,hold until maximize the profit as you want to reach the goal if it don't work  just patience and  beside work on another portfolio,when find right time then sell out.

The longest that you hold a coin is about 1 week. Are you serious about this?
I don't think it is easy to always buy into altcoins just before it goes upwards.
I will learn to hold coins longer in 2018 ;D
 

Well i am always in touch with news that gives the latest outcomes of each coins. I do believe i can hold my coins until it is worth it to be in the market.

I hold on until they start to cost something. At least more than 20 dollars. But before I sell again, I return to the resources about them.

I have never held a coin for too long. and I will sell the coins when the price fits in my eyes or when I need the money

I'm going to hold my coins as long as I could because I invested in a coin in bulk while it was cheaper and and now I I really appreciate what I did early November because the price now is increased. It was increased by 800% is really a good deal back in time.

That's a good sense though you're just getting profit for a minimum of time or you somehow dependent on Crypto-Currency earnings.
In my case, I have a regular Job that's why I really don't give too much attention to monitor every price increase or decrease because I invested intended for my future and that's about preparing for my future self and family.

Depends on the coin. Some i will hold for a day then sell, some for a few months if i predict there will be a huge increase in price.
Most coins will give you profit one way or another if you just hold though. You may miss on a few moon missions in that time, but it doesn't matter. Trading is always easier in retrospecive you know.

Indeed, I invested tens of thousands of Oyster coins and I'm gonna dump it next year for my wedding, whatever the price is because it was intended for my Big day so I don't have to worry about the budget and other stuff.

for me, when to sell or hold a coin, based on the development of the coin. or usually I study it through a roadmap issued by a coin project and do not forget to study its white paper. from there we can find out how much progress will be done by the team. so we can know and predict the price of the coin

How long it should be to hold my coins but from the start to till now i have hold all my coins But before the Christmas i need some money for which i withdraw some of my holding in to cash but normally i don't need to withdraw my coins. I think i should wait for the future to make some profit and want to make some more money to buy a car for me to drive all the time. And the other reason is i have a good bank balance due to which i want to buy crypto currency and save all of them for future.

I don't have time to look at the price daily or even trade daily.
I can never really time the market  ;D

Best gains I got, after performing due diligence and getting the coin/token, is hodling for 5-6 months.
Some have given returns of 3,000%.

yes agree with you. $ 20 is a price that is enough for us to sell a coin.
but it takes a long time. usually the price will reach $ 20 when the platform of a coin is launched.
if I may know and ask for advice .. what coins are you holding now? and what coins are good to invest now?

I will wait for the coins prices increas. If coin is down i will not sell the coin and hold the coin. When prices will be high. Coin value is different so it will chage any time. So coin values not stable. You will check the prices every day. It help to for the plan to process. So if prices will be high i will sell on time. I will check the prices every day.

It depends upon the situation because cryptocurrency investment is my only source of income since I am unemployed and had to help my family in terms of daily needs like food, miscellaneous and personal needs. I am actually a hodler before but came a time where I need to cashout all my coins due to an emergency and now here comes holiday season that is why I have nothing left on my wallet. I can't even buy myself a smartphone as a replacement to what I am currently using which is outdated, battery and charger defective because my priority is my family. This is why I can't hold any longer because I have priorities.

I will hold my coins as long as I can recover my investment and maximize my profit. I don't want to rush things, I want to play a safe game.

I keep tracking the developments of my invested cryptocurrencies. It is always depend of the productivity of the project. If the team active and development is moving to the right direction there is no need to sell my assets. Of course there were some issues where I had to come out of it before loosing everything. Therefore it varies tbh. The top 50 coins can be held for a long time and I am talking about years here. Of course to keep an eye on the performance of the investments is a must.

you're right friend ..
but how about if we sometimes late to sell at a price that is already sufficient?
I often use the alert feature to remind. but it only helps in the price reminder we are targeting.
which I want to know, is there any other way than we use alert to be able to monitor the price without having to spend more time, because I work not only in the world of crypto. thanks

Hi,



Hello every one,I am Deshan from sri lanka.

  
          That is very good question for all,is this very important point for all of us.because every profit or loss or depend on this.it mean how long do you hold your coins?,

 Definitely We want big profit,our all goal is make an huge profit,but some people say i can't make big profit,..Only one reason for that.some people Buy coins,but not holding coins,,they buy and see market price 1$,2$ or etc......So then they are sell their all coins,but after sell coin is up boom,It price hit 10$,15$, or more.It depend on supply and demand,.but some people have't any knowledge about that,they are too quickly.,

  So My idea is do you want to make and big profit,so you want to hold your coins some months,years...Then i think you can won your goal,so don't hurry up for sell coins,.hurry up for buy coins,,but don't sell hurry up.

personally i hold my every coins,,I really appreciate holding coins,it makes to me huge profit also,.

Thank you! :) :)

I'm holding my coin as long as I don't really need fiat badly. And of course I kept my eye on the chart, I'm holding it as long as I could take the risk and wait till I'm satisfied with it's value as it reaches my expectations.

I prefer to hodl coins not till it reach some price in satoshi(not even dollar) - I hold it according to their roadmap and sometime check how work is going on. I think most of today's alts will show best prices in 2019-2020, so my hodl is about time, not price

I don't hold My coins for too long because it may Lose its value at the end, So when the time is right I just Sell it right away. The right time for me is when there is constant value for a long time then it rises up in an instant, thats the time to trade and sell to others. There are also precious coins that I hold on to for months to wait for it to rose high in value. but coins that have no value just goes straight to the selling port.

If you talk about daily sales on the exchange, so the coin is bought, follow the course constantly and sell / buy when it reaches the desired mark. With daily trading, I do not wait long. If the price falls below 12% of the purchase, I sell. If the price grows, then I sell with a minimum of 15% extra charge. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

As long as the coin is is successful and as long as i am not lacking in money i am not gonna sell it because we are having an investment because we wanted to achieve something and me personally i am willing to hold my coins until it reaches a certain limit that i can build my own business because that is my first goal in this thing to gain money in order to have enough money to build business because that would nake me more financially stable.

Maybe he's a day trader, day traders never hold the coins more than 1 day. Long term means only 1 week for them clearly. Because they don't get interested in the project, they get interested in the chart analysis.

As much as it is worth it to hold i will keep holding it,i do invest more in long term coins.

Hi there! For myself, i will hold the coin until it reach my profit plan. For example if i planning to gain profit 2 until 3 times and then the coin that i hold reach there, i will direct sell it. but if it's not reach my limit i will hold it and look the situation first.like this time the bitcoin have a price lower than before i will hold it until the price back to normal.

It depends form the coin. Some of them I prefer hold for a several month, another several weeks. Sometimes I sell my new coins in a few days. All depends from the market and prices.

actually very difficult question to answer.mainly its depends on various things.some couns better to sell early as possible once they achived significant value. coins you got from  airdrops and another projects which dont have stable background you better sell them asa soon as possible reach their value to significant point.there are some project with good basis and good future plans.i would like to give few examples..bitcoin, etherium, ripple,Lite coin..better to hold them for long time other thsn selling them.but every thing depends on your choice.if you are in money urgency you can sell your coins at any time..because they are your coins and you are the prrson who have authority to decide them to sell or not

it hard question , but as long as i feel enough with the profit i will sell my coin, but the problem is peoplenever get satified. for ex i have 2 coins in my hand. these are eth and ripple. and then i feel enough for ripple so i will sell the ripple, but i will hold at least 1 coin that i never sell for many years until i need money.

I hold my coin for at least 8 months and the fastest is only about 3 weeks to one month I have sold coin in (depending on the situation)

It depends how much risk you would take,i am holding coons not too long as i am a daily trader long term holders will hold a coin for atleast 3-6months or more.

not sure how long I hold my coin, which is sure when the coin that I buy has gone up about 20% -30% I immediately sell (my estimate to hold coin for this is only about 3-5 weeks).

I sold all NXT at a very low price at NXT, which made me feel regret, so I decided to hold the token if not for lack of money, for more than one year. >:( >:(