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In a volatile market,
What are your strategies to handle your portfolio?
Do you move around? Do you stay hodling?
Obviously currency news and wider issues may sway decisions.

As all in same boat, posting strategies may help, as others may see discrepancies in decision made and post helpful response.

I usually add to it and buy more coins when the price is down.

Like the 1st poster said, if I can (if funds are available) I try to take advantage of the "sale" and buy more.

If that is not an option...I treat it as any ordinary day which is sell what gained the most (or in this case the one that lost the least) and buy the ones that lost the most IF it is worth the trouble.  It is plain flipping.

Note that I factor how much I trust the (future of the) coin when making this decision as well.

Otherwise, just HODL.

Make distinction from investor and trader.

So far my strategy is to put money, when I can, into the holding that is down the most, or up the least.  I guess it's an averaging down strategy, and trying to put the money into the holdings that will average down the most.   

I keep everything and I hope the best time to buy or sell, because the patience and the soul of the business ..

And this is what you should do now. I personally only add coins I hold for long term.
Making short term gains is possible now, but it's way more risky.

In a day, do you factor in a percentage to target?
Or in a transaction even, Is there a percentage difference you have set or consider to make it worthwhile going into a deal?

HODL is the easy way to do this

Best is to try and buy diversified between large coins such as btc, eth, ltc; mid sized coins like waves, bat; and small coins which can whatever you want to bet your money on.
Think about how you would like your portfolio to look like and try to keep the ratios constant so you don't end up with a skewed portfolio.

Yes. As I said, depends on whether it is worth it -- I normally don't trade for less than 10% gain.  Only reason I would sell lower is if I want/need to dump the coin.  Usually to move the money to something better.

I usually Hodl and keep on adding only get out of some coins when i need to take advanatage of a dip and dont have money on hand.

I usually hold my coins. During the selloff, if i sell my coins, i have to sell for bitcoin and since bitcoin also falls, i dont sell. In kraken however you can sell for USD and buy later for cheaper price. I also know some people sell for tether[ usdt] since it is constant with USD and buy for cheaper later.

obviously when the market is highly volatile you must move around constantly and hold what you believe will rise in long term. and that is bitcoin. or if you want to be safe you go back to fiat.

what i do is that i only join the hot coins not the coins that have been hot a while ago! that means i catch the rises not the coins that may rise. and this i believe is a key factor in making profit in this market. most people around here just go in a big altcoin and invest a lot. then they sit on it waiting for the price to go up and keep posting on bitcointalk and other places in hopes that it goes up just because they support it verbally! that never ends well for them. and while they are sitting on their investments, other coins are rising up fast.

I usually hold and stop looking at the market for a day or two.
And if I have BTC on hand, I will buy in the dip.

I've read a blog about what to do when your folio is on its red days. Usually, they say "buy the dips". On that blog he says ignore when they say "buy the dip". And I agree with him. Because its in contrast with the rule "Never invest what you can't afford to lose". Because if you buy and buy every time the price drops, you'll lose and lose and lose. We know not all alts are good. So to handle your portfolio in this kind of market,  don't put all your eggs in a same nest. Diversify it. And before you buy a coin, have some research and opinions from others. Stay updated about the news. This will help you if your coin is making any progress.