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Buying and holding coins.......is that the only strategy that the new traders can follow to make profit ??

Not the only one but its the safest. You may sell it at a higher price and rebuy it at a low price but this game is a bit risky and you may lose your investment with it. To be safe, buy and hold is the best way.

Nope! Holding is an investment strategy and not a trading strategy. Holding a coin for long term is very similar investment strategy like holding a blue chip stock. You are sure that the price will be higher in due course of time. But trading essentially means day trading. BUy at a cheaper cost and sell at peak on the same day. There are other strategies like arbitraging. Try to do some google search and you will come across a lot of videos which will teach you about various different strategies that can be used in crypto market.

It's easier to hold and not think about it the prices much. This being said trading like everyday trading causes a lot of stress. If you have money go grab some bot that will flip profits while you sleep.

By holding you may end up earning nice amount for little work.

yes it is, and wait for the right time to sell and maybe a few months it depends on token type if for long term or not.

it's true Holding is an investment strategy and not a trading strategy. for Trading strategy is you must be sure that the price of coin will be higher than before. to start trading by buying at a cheaper cost and selling the coin at a more expensive cost. If for beginnersI suggest first understand about trading and try with lowbudget

well, there are many trading techniques to choose from. can be long-term or short-term. both are equally profitable, depending on the choice of each.
if you want to get a daily profit opportunity, then can buy and sell coins in a relatively short time during the BEP can be achieved.
Remember, in trading not only there is profit, but also there is a loss. do not just be ready for profit, but also to be ready to loss.

i can give advice start to trading on low cost coins for training

i thInk that is why we are needing to cooperate and collaborate with each other to kake fun and educational instrucuional or training videos especially on this trading as that they kight not make catastropic decisions that can topple their dreams in bitcoin

I'd rather suggest arbitrage over trading, crypto-currencies is still a very fresh world and that's why many arbitrage opportunities do exist right now.
Trading = risk involved
Arbitrage = no risk (or very small risk related to a price changing during the transaction).

Buy and holding coins for long term is good but it's depend on coins that you buy. First check coins is Legit or not then invest in it. When you sell it if their price is up so it's good to generate profit.

where did you get the impression that trading (which translates to buy and sell in any language) means buy and hold!

trading, to put simply means when you buy something at a lower price and then sell it at a higher price. this can be stocks, gold, bitcoin, altcoins or even T-shirts! the principle is the same. sometimes it takes time, sometimes you have to do additional things and it always has risks.

Buy in a low price, sell at high price. Easily to say but I think its hard to make trading. I want also to know various tips and strategies in trading or investment. Someday if I will earn in signature campaign, I will try to make tradings and hold coins.
I want also to know and learn how to look at market prices and the scale of any cryptocurrency.
I think looking at the site you've entered is a strategy also, in order for us to avoid scam sites.

I think buying and holding is only a strategy for investment for both beginners and vets in BTC. This is because, as always.  folks expect the price of BTC to rise way beyond the price at which they bought it and if they sell rightly, they could make a lot o profit. In essence I think the intention of those buying and holding is to make a lot of profit.

Congratulations on your decision to become a trader. I recommend you buy - sell XRP, XRB, BCH are the potential altcoin in the future development.

That's the case. For new traders, I think it's the first to control the risk of their own funds. It is more prudent to buy a good hold and wait for a suitable opportunity to sell. Stick to it and your money will accumulate.

make your mental to be strong is most important thing for trading so you not let yourself to get panic when the coins is pumped or dumped. after that loss management strategy is important thing that we must have

Actually there are many strategy that you can follow beside of holding but the basic and easy one is holding. Before trying the other strategy better you learn first to higher level. As i am newbie, i use that strategy only.

New trader should always learn how to develop that emotional management not just with trading but also for those who earned bounty coins. Because it seems that all who will be dealing with trading sites, have to always maintain that consistency of emotions so that they will prevent themselves to have panic decisions. Making profit should always start within ourselves and having patience can help you become stronger and a good trader.

Trading coins and holding coins are 2 different investment strategies. You are trading because you want to gain profit for a short time but its risky and we know that. Buy and Hold is for the long term and it has little to no risk at all. It only depends on the coin you will hold for the long term.

buy when it gets low and sell when it's high. do it also with other cryptocurrencies and dont just focus on one currency.

Exactly, that's the most basic way that a new trader can do to get used to investing in crypto and can make a profit. When you are used to trading, you can buy at multiple prices to get more profit or loss and sometimes you can know when the price stops.

Buying and holding is the best way to make profit also follow with speculation and while investing buy from low like previous bitcoin price rise almost all altcoins lost its value now recovering its value . Most of the coin gained more than 1000% value so its better to buy and hold is the best strategy as far my experience.

If you have enough patience, you can get some profit through forum's bounty task and airdrop, which is also a way.

You could split your balance in 2 parts:
- one for buy & holding
- the second one for short-term trading

If you want to buy and hold, you could take a look at new project which have been recently launched, check their market cap and see if they have the potential to grow. They provide highest rewards, with respect to top-10 coins (e.g., ETH, BTC, etc.), but they have a higher risk.

Arbitrage is not a bad choice too.

Bu trading needs so much practice and a trained and strong brain. It can easily become gambling if you are not carefull enough.

Can you give me some? Im in search of ideas in btc and trading it im learning it

Basically we are thought to buy at low price and sell at higher price. Most likely we do this in trading. However, there are some like me who waits for the right price to buy or sell. So eventually I hold it for days or months. I'm still considering myself as a beginner. I've been in trading for almost six months now. Beginners should have patience of when to buy or sell. Otherwise, you'll get overwhelmed and you may loose everything.

Finding the right coin at a low price with the intention of holding for a while is my approach. Then sell when I am happy with the profits. Like any investment I only invest what I can afford to lose.

I am 100% agree with you, just buy and sell could fall you in lose but buying and holding is very good way.

safest thing is to buy and hold.. There are other methods like shorting , margin trading and lending...

arbitrage trading is not such a good strategy in general if you ask me. but it definitely is a terrible thing for a beginner to even try to do it. because it is very easy to mis-calculate things and lost a lot of money.

and there is a more fierce competition when it comes to Arbitrage, a lot of others are doing it who are more experienced and better equipped than a newbie.

Well, for good and wise decision to make you some good profit, yes it is. Not that it will give you a safe way but holding will you realise that you don't have to worry for what have you invest. Don't be carried away when the coin you have hold get downward because that really is the logic of market. Bearish will make you emotional but don't sell it right away it will test your patience. Always buy low and sell high.

Great advice! not all would suggest that..........I think patience is a skill and the ability to make right trading decision comes from experience.

trading and holding are not the same. trading is when you trade your coins actively while holding is an act of holding your coins passively. holding is also called investing.


trading does not give you a profit instantly or in a shorter time because trading is not a short term task rather it is long term due to the fact that majority of altcoins and tokens are slow in terms of gains. although there were some exeption because some coins can pump or increase unexpectedly without a proper notice and warning.

buying and holding (a.k.a investing ) is not only for longer term, yet it can also be suitable in short term like for example in bitcoin. bitcoins value tends to increase and pump in just a matter of short time but sometimes it can also become stagnant and can go in a  long run. overall investing and trading had still both risk as long as theres a value involved.

Do you want to make money quickly? Do you think that bitcoin is the future and holding it in the long run is the best option? By understanding the time period of your investment, you can find out which trading strategy is more suitable for your needs. If you're someone who thinks bitcoin could be worth millions of dollars someday, then you'll probably stick with long-term trading strategies. If you only intend to profit from the bitcoin price movement, it is perfect if you use short-term trading strategies.

Hold there coins,until it increasing and thats the time to sell in market.

Buy low sell high, thats the very basic strategy, holding coins is for investment strategy not for traders, but sometime theres a moment that traders are totally hodl until they reach the goals they want but not for too long, i mean its in between 1-2 days only if you are a traders that wants to earn profits in a very short period of time.

At this time, the best strategy has been to simply buy and hold. We shall see how 2018 treats you however, it has become more and more unstable.

Never been a fan of trading at all, I once had a trial account where i used to sell currencies and i saw that it was a time consuming affair and even with that trading is halted during the weekends but with crypto trading its 24/7 and that even increases the risk of losing your money.

Buying an amount of Bitcoin and deciding to hold it is not really bad investment, because actually holding Bitcoin is one of the best investment you could have with the used of cryptocurreny. But if you have the guts and you are competitive enough to take risk you could actually earn more with the used of your money in time.

For trading you need to know the basic in trading like you need to buy if the value of the bitcoin is low and sell of the bitcoin if it is high value. In thiw way, you will able to have big profits. But in bitcoin it is better to hold you investment because as of now, bitcoin is getting stable. You can buuy more bitcoin if possible because in the future bitcoin will go rise up again.

Yeah, Buying and holding bitcoin is one good strategy here in crypto world. but of course, are you just going to buy bitcoins in low price and sell it when it gets high all the time just to earn more profit? Why dont you try to join campaigns and bounties to double your profit?. Its one of a good strategy too. While you were waiting for bitcoin's price to get high. Try to earn bitcoin little by little to make a little more income. Nothing will lose if you try.

Trading is not easy. Especially if you are new to this field, I am sure that your emotions will bring you especially if you see your bitcoins are falling down. So you really need a guide to trading so you know every step you take.

Trading is not that easy to do. You will need a lot of knowledge about this and get your patience ready for trading. Doing trading is a very risky for beginners, you will be needing a guidance on what you are going to do in the trading sites, you might lose what you have if you will be clumsily or mistakenly done wrong.

I think this is the safest strategy for the beginners so far, especially for those who don't have any experience with trading before, I mean for long-term investment is the best choice.
At least you'll need a strategy in order to make a profit by trading, all I can say trading without a technique is kind of like gambling. Some people say that the key is just to buy low and sell high but that's not an easy thing.

If you are a beginner , YES! For me, it is the only way for you to earn in terms of trading for now, since you  still need a little study before you invest with other coins. Unless, you are a high risk taker, cause investing with other coins is like a roller coaster feeling and you should be ready once you got to much loss because of your aggressiveness. Maximize your loss and your earning in terms of trading, don't just jump on anything you aren't still prepared at. My piece of advice yet it's still up to you what you think is best for you. :) :) :)

That's the common way for trader to trade their coin,if you have insight on the market then you can make a move.If you have a lot of money,you can do day trade,watching the price everytime,buy when low and sell when high.But first,you have to experience the feel on the market by looking at the chart and then decide what's your next move.If you want to be in the safe side,just hold all the way.

maybe is not the only way. but that way is a safest for now. some people take it when the price high but is to risk for now. maybe buy and hold is the best way.

There are too many strategies in trading. Read books or search on internet like youtube and investopedia. Education is the key.

Do your research and buy-hold a coin that most likely will increase its price in the future, whether you are looking for long term investments (safer) or short term investments

That is usually traders do, buy potential coins at lower price, hold and wait for the price will go higher, and then sell.
Price and market trend will be a basis to have a good profit. Knowing that market value of each coins not always in high price, sometimes it will goes down and then buy.

As a begginers holding and trading is just a thing that they can do for now. Because they are just waiting until they become mature in this kind of business. They need to learn and gather ideas first to others or kinda sorting out for them to be more knowledgeable because if you dont asked how are they gping to go on for the process. Trading comes next because it is a step by step their is a procedure to be follow you need to invest time and effort first.

Trading for beginners is not a good idea at all because you are still a beginners. Holding first that saving, we need to gather ideas from others because in that part we will become more potencials for this kind of business. This is a new kind of trend business in network and technologies is fast apprioaching as well as the techy people arrives in different ideas and knowledge about bitcoin. Trading after gaining and saving that is the perfect time.

For beginners if you want to do better to create a VIP account and deposit the balance from the account, after that the beginners can do the trade by using the balance that has been entered into VIP Bitcoin. That way the beginners can be free if you want to do business.

This is very well said. I agree

Maybe, if your new in this ecosystem. But you as time goes by, you can learn from others; read blogs, news and forums, watch trading tutorials. Learn its nature, eventually, you will see. Then, start your trading journey.

Why not start reading some ICOs and make a research because there are lot's of opportunity for investment that may probably help those traders to earn bitcoin other than buying and holding in fact there are some successful ICO which gives so much profit to those who commit and invest their money into it. You can also try offering some expertise like if you are good in translations or can design a signature for a particular campaign. Trading require proper assessment and beginners needs to have good knowledge before engaging into trading activities.

I agree with you and I think we still keep practice and if we are getting lost, then we need to analyze to find what our mistake so we don't have to make the same mistake in the future. besides that, I think we need to analyze the trend and everything before we decide to buy the coins. and if you only make a small profit then don't be sad because I am sure that there is a time for you to make a big profit and what you need is continued to learn the lesson and keep doing.

is not the only way, you can join a project, make articles, invest time in a new cryptocurrency, you just have to know which one has the greatest possibility of expansion, buying and selling is the simplest method to generate profit, but you need luck, And if you do not want to lose you must keep your investment for a good time.

yes I think there is another way to get more profit
buying and holding it I do not think it's a trading strategy but a very different investment strategy
buy as much as possible to hold and sell it even though the benefits are only slightly, I think that's the best way

Doing trading is a little bit tricky and you always need to monitor the value of the coin that you invest in. Buy if the price is low then sell if you think that it is the max price and you already gained enough profit. Holding is a good way also. but you can do both to earn more.

Trading is extreamly stressful for well seasoned pros so trading for begiiners is like hell on earth.  Im NOT a trader but have befriended a few and what they do is trade daily.  Its literally a job 24hrs a day constanyly looking and researching the market.  Its not for me but if I was to start first thing I would do is RESEARCH spend 4-6hrs daily researching cryptpo not just on this forum but EVERYWHERE follow world news. Also an easy rule of thumb is BIG risk=BIG rewards  Good luck!

The most usual way to trade your tokens profitably is BUY LOW then SELL HIGH, that is what the most Traders do, it is very effective trust me. Holding means patient, because there are times that the tokens that you are holding are going to DUMP, so the alternative for that is holding, it might be boring but it is going to be worth it in the long run.

research is a must if you go trading,
buy coins that you think have potential grow in the future,
have access on lots of trading sites, learn how to read charts,
sometimes, in trading 1, have lower buy rate but high sell rate, than trading 2, vice versa,
note: if you go trading, you have to track price change hourly, I think traders don't sleep.

it is stressful only when you invest a large amount of money so your losses are also big, and that is what professional traders do. they do it so that they can earn big too, in order to make a living. but as a hobby trader people usually invest smaller amounts and they are not making a living from trading and so long as you invest what you can afford to lose you shouldn't worry about much.

No, First of all that is not a trading strategy it is a investment strategy where in you're going to buy a coin (No matter what's the price) and you're going to sell it when it's price increases. But if you're wondering what are the trading strategies here are some of the trading strategies:

•   Fundamental Analysis
•   Technical Analysis
•   Trend Trading
•   Range Trading
•   Swing Trading
•   Breakout Trading
•   Momentum Trading
•   Etc.
Here are just some types of trading strategies and if you want to know more about this strategies learn more here in: https://www.fxcm.com/insights/different-types-forex-trading-strategies/
But before this ends before you start trading remember that you're facing a high risk specially where you're not a pro or you're beginner. Invest only what you can afford to lose

No, your way is not quite right.
Buying and holding if you lucky, you can get profit.
But if unlucky, you will loss.
Buy it, and trade it on exchange with another crypto.

I think buying and holding is a way to invest, as well as altcoin trading which means buying altcoin and investing it in the long run and selling it when the price explodes. From the analysis I get about 6 months of new coin price changes

Many books have been written about trading.
If somebody really wants to start as a trader, I would say that one of those books might be a good point to start.
They all have promising titles like 'day traiding for beginners', and are not really expensive.
I think they mostly relate to the stock market, but many of the strategie there can be used with crypto currencies as well.

very can, if you have more eth capital, with eth capital will make it easier for you to look for coins that you will invest.
treading strategies buy them when cheap and sell them when expensive

Hi im a newbie here in bitcoin..can i ask how can i start trading..how much i need to invest.tnx

I think if you just buy then survive, it is an investment strategy. But trading strategy is more than that. buy, hold, analyze, and of course speed in making decisions. This means that the trading world has a big risk, if you play the fire then you will lose your income. So it's better to learn first before trading.

good question. I do not have the experience for active trading so I keep tokens in my wallet. but I would be glad if I could actively increase profits.

Reading from books and learning stuff online helps, but the best way to learn how trading really works is through practice over a long period of time which is why experience matters a lot in the crypto trading market just like other markets like stocks, forex etc. Based on my experience, I have observed that HODLING usually is the best way to trade in the crypto currency market.

There is less stress involved and it is possible to earn huge profits in the long run by HODLING for the long term. I advise op to focus on HODLING rather than daytrading and practice trading in the market for experience sake.

Trading for beginners is possible and for the same the user need to make more analysis about the market. Apart from that based on the capital funding users will get profited. Beginners should not intend to invest big amount at the beginning. Need to start with small amount and need to increase the capital gradually.

market analysis is also much needed, to determine the right time to buy, hold, and sell. It is very effective to increase profit. If miscalculated then it could be a loss, be careful. Stay calm and do not panic.

Good rules for beginners:
1. There are more than thousand crypto-currencies on the market and in the year 365 days. Earn always succeed. Take a pause if you do not know what to do.
2. Do not work with borrowed money.
3. The price is not high to start buy, as it is not low to start sale.
4. Nobody told you that you have to trade every day. Do not enter the market ever, from the fact that you simply have nothing to do. Learn to wait.
5. The biggest enemy is nerves. Control emotions. Discipline and patience!
6. Before you enter the market decide how much you are willing to lose. If you do not decide, do not enter, you will definitely lose everything.
7. If you have less than 15% of free funds on your account, then you are already deceived and placed on the asset. Keep in mind that!

Paper trade. But take it seriously. Write down trades you would like to do for a week. Then start over the next week. Then start over the next week.

if you didn't make any money, or you only made USD and no BTC, you are not ready for real trading. But for now, yes, buy and hold.

If you are a Hodler you are arrogant and think you are smarter than everyone else. When people all of a sudden make money out of thin air, they get arrogant and start to believe they were the son of Nostradamus.. For any trader to be profitable, you better stay humble because the market will surely humble you. We know that markets can be irrational and can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

holding a coin can be said investment strategy and also trading strategy depends on the period we hold it. if we hold a coin with a short term it is trading and if it is long term investment. Holding strategy is the most secure strategy. but we must always monitor the market price at any time so that when the price rises we immediately sell it.

holding the bitcoin must also monitor it as well. because if the time of bitcoin price is good but bitcoin still we save then we will not know the further development. fear if the price drops derastis then we lose.

well it depends upon the situation, trading is the hardest job in all over the world and you need to sacrifice your own decision and decide it on your own situation like a mind gaming.

I am curios about what strategy they are using some are saying they are using a automatic sell if the target rise is hit. and some other are looking at the volume of the coins and some are studying the background of the specific coin.

you mean trading strategy is not a strategy to invest. so if you say to hold it for a long time it means you're talking about an investment rather than trading. I think if you want to do trading activities of course you have to have a lot of free time to continue to monitor the movement of crypto prices because basically a principle that must be done in the conduct of trading activities is to buy a low price then you have to sell it at a price high enough from situtentu only you will get an advantage in trading activities. because if you say holding for a long period of time it means you are making an investment.

What you have said is fundamentals of trading in investments, those are the simplest way to explain what is trading, but there are more complicated matters you should learn before you get into trading business, one i think is the timing and you must be willing to risk,patient and goals is important too, and the most important thing in trading is  do not put all you money in one investments, just a percentage of it, the amount you can afford to loose,  

Where is the sell mode?
That is the happiest part of all. The cash out after all the hard work you have done.

Then again buy and hold.
What else do you prefer? There is nothing much to do about it.
Well it os not much but before you could do all that it takes time too.

Not the only one but its the safest. You may sell it at a higher price and rebuy it at a low price but this game is a bit risky and you may lose your investment with it. To be safe, buy and hold is the best way. Yes

Well that is one of the strategic plan in investing. You have to wait for that value to go up in able to have it profitable. Buy low then sell high.

lot of strategy in holding and buying coin. holding coin for long term investment is also a strategic way which you can hold your coin until such time that coin value will rise up. but when you said that buy coinn to hold, i think its depend on the coin are are holding  if it is legit and profitable or not.

Well that is the most common way of making profit. Sell high and then buy low. Not only the best way but also the safest way for me. I prefer holding for long term rather than selling when the price is temporary high. Patience is the key to success.

All type of alt coin can't get good profit otherwise you make a big loss. Most of the profitable taders trade with their research experience and they would like to trade long/short time. And make a nice profit.Although sometimes they take a loss, but that's low amount.

Buying and holding coins are not the only ways to make a profit. Joining in some projects, promoting them, you can also make money on this. In buying and holding coins, one should know the technique to make a profit.

I think you can buy some coins that you think coins are good for you trading and you start buying coins at a low price and then you sell them for a high price to benefit from that coin.

If you decide to buy and hold it for a long time, you can choose any Altcoin in the top 20 CMC. It all has potential and if you keep you all get the profit from it. Buying and holding decisions are always a smart choice.