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Buy and hold strategies are often recommended for long-term investors who have time to ride out the ups and downs in the markets over a period of years. They are also typically appropriate for novice or uneducated investors who do not understand the markets but still need long-term growth or income.

Market timing strategies may work in any time frame as long as the market is timed correctly. This, of course, does not always happen, and no timing strategy has ever shown itself to be foolproof.

Which investment strategy do you prefer?

I guess you also have the option of splitting the investment

Maybe something like 50% on buy & hold and the other 50% market timing.

Back in the days when I was refraining from a day job, I prefer trading over HODLing - because I have all the time to watch the market pumps and dumps. However, after the ATH I have decided to get back to the office and never trade that often - therefore I bought and HODL.

this is the chance to buy a bitcoin and hold it because if it pumps big money the harvest from bitcoin

both at the same time is best suited for most cases in my experience.
you buy some amount of bitcoin that you can afford to lose. lets say you buy 1BTC. you hold this amount as your long term investment but at the same time you can do trading with a smaller amount and because trading (or short term investments) are always riskier you choose a smaller portion of it. lets say 0.1BTC. this way you have your long term investment and also you increase it little by little by trading on the side.

For me i choose buy and hold, because im not pro in trading, holding a coin especially bitcoin is worth it, i know this coin will give me profit not that huge but enough for my capital. Im not dreaming of something big in return but if given the opportunity why not? Holding is the best strategy for a newbie like me.

I think holding Bitcoin is better option when you buy it. Treading is also good but at this case you must to have enough idea about treading, and it's also profitable.

I do both of these, however I think that for me personally holding is better. This comes as a result of me not being so good at watching charts to see the best opportunites. Most of the time I go in and throw money around, yes I can flip some but I don't really think it impacts me in the good way as I see only clicking with mouse and not doing anything productive. While with holding you have much more freedom as you only buy once and can yet even forget about how many cryptos you own. You have it written down somewhere if in future you want to take a look and see the value of it. But mainly with holding I can go and do something productive plus I don't get that stress I get while trading.

I will use both because it seems to be making a profit that can double. Market timing strategies may be for daily profit

Holding Bitcoin for long term is the perfect strategy as per I think.

I myself prefer the second strategy, some of which I have coin I use some for long-term investments and some for daily or weekly trading, and that's the strategy I do.

If I am not wrong then, in other words, you are asking about the difference between investment and trading. I believe that each method of making money out of the market has its own pros and cons and when it comes to trading one must have availability of time and flexibility to take decisions on the other hand the investor should have the ability to analyse the situation considering comparatively larger time scale and to deal with the volatility even when things are worst. I won't uphold any single method because I believe that it is the subject matter of the user and his skill sets to determine which one is better for him and the answer will differ from person to person.

Well for now i'm a beginner in it so i usually just buy and hold. I think i will learn other strategies to gain profit differently.

I have option for short trading and investment, i will invest on top 10 coins and i will do the short trading in indodax exchange. In the spare time i do my own analyze but in my busy time i use signal group in telegram. But there are sometimes have more times many do interesting things buy coin in one exchange and sell it in another exchange with certain price that of course have many different.

Every traders had their own strategy.Some will use to hold huge bitcoin and some use to buy more and sell with in a week.Other may use to do day trade for small profit .My strategy is used to hold 50% of bitcoin and used to day trade 50% of bitcoin .With the profit,I will buy some more bitcoin.

it depends on which market you are talking about.
* investing in something that is more or less stable with a nice small and slow growth or investing in some business that has returns is what is suggested to long term investors who seek less risk and small profit and also to those who are new to investment
* investing in bitcoin that has a good future but is still risky and quite volatile is only suggested to those who can handle the higher risks.
* investing in other things with no future and extra huge risks such as ICO and altcoins is never suggested to anyone unless they want to gamble.

Buying and holding for a long term is good for bitcoin investments and investing in a short term is better for altcoins as its highly volatile.Man have started to buy bitcoins and hold it instead of day trading which is very risky as well as i gives only small profits when compared to holding bitcoin.

The best strategy is still the long term hold since we are talking about bitcoin. On other altcoins there are coins on which we may use it but for others it could not be used. In the field of bitcoin people who have bought bitcoin and have applied this principle have experiences the magic and we call it from rugs to riches. This point of time it is still applicable to bitcoin and if you buy today and hold it long term you may be one of the millionaires in the future.

There is not one correct answer to this question. I think it's very important to know when to buy and sell. Sometimes the market is shouting like that something is going to happen. But since we always feel like we are going to rise, we are lost because we move with the sense of FOMO. No matter what, it is necessary to think twice to move right. If I had sold the tokens I had been hesitant to sell or sell before the last Gox event, I would not have lost 0.2-0.3 BTC now.

Of course, only a hold. For trading you need a lot of knowledge and time, this is not suitable for everyone. I tried both options and decided to hold.

For long term i preferred to buy when low and used it to buy other alt for fast boost. this way i can put some bitcoin in my save for hold little by little until it hit a pump. surely i will not wait for long to sell it as the market are easy to collapse.

combination of both depending how current market is moving
if current volatility is very high, might as well try some luck with market timing strategy
and whenever there is a profit, try to set aside some money to save for a rainy day

when price considerably stable (up or down), buy and hold and become a long term investor :P
set certain price as target price and only sell when the investment reach certain % profit gain

If I were an investor, I do prefer market timing. This strategy gives absolute profit if you are a professional investor and can have a great timing to buy and sell the investment. But this strategy is limited only to professionals, because this needs analysis of market to be able to predict when is the right time to buy and sell. So if you have to choose this strategy, make sure that you have the right knowledge in cryptocurrency.

It depends, some prefer holding because they don't have enough time to do trading or have lack of knowledge on how to do it (it is also recommended for beginners) and some prefer trading because they can enter and get out of the market whenever there is a huge price decline or increase, if perfectly timed you can possibly earn huge profit on this in just short period of time. But for me, I prefer both long term holding and short term trading. What I do is invest huge part of my investment funds for buying and holding Bitcoin for long term and the extra money is for trading which is good if you have time to monitor it.

which is better according to me buy then we see the market price about the price could raise again what not. if you can bear not hurry to sell.
but if you look at the price of crypto in the market that began to fall better to buy and hold. because the price will definitely improve again .

for me i chose buy and hold because the coin iu bought might get success and get a higher value so be patience when investing coins

 I do prefer market timing.Treading is good but at this case you must to have enough idea about treading, and it's also profitable.

As long as you can find the best time to buy and best time to sell, i am sure it is more profitable than just holding.
but it is more safer if you just hold your coin because you can avoid the chance to loss on the market bad timing.

I prefer to buy and hold in the long term or short term, so, I have the final target, so if the bitcoin value has reached the target I planned, then I will sell it.

market timing strategy is more suitable for trading, and trading has a high risk, I am not ready to risk trading.

For now, I've kind of bought into Buy & Hold, but I also realize it's not as simple as presenting a simplistic historical picture. For example, in that Schwab article, they glaze over the huge 2000-2002 downturn (part of the study period) and the 2007-2009 downturn (not part of the study period) and don't give context about what happened in 1955-1974 (holding cash outperformed all investment strategies). There's also the issue of survivorship bias. Obviously, they are trying to sell their services, so I can see why they would bias the article.

On the flip side, obviously nobody can 100% predict the future. From what I've read, seems like the main way to "lose" with market timing is that one tends to back out of the market and miss short days of huge gains, thus decreasing your overall performance.

If you have a day job that brings you enough income and you just want something extra without much effort. Perhaps buy and hold strategy is most appropriate.  :)

market timing need more knowdeage,exprience about market,the sensitive with market,you know when you buy and when you sell,hearing is very simple but when we do,it is really difficult to do,you can lose all profit in one time if you fail,you allways see the change of market but when we invest long time we can chose wrong the time we have,we will wait 6-12 months and you still get your profit,with me i like invest long time

If choosing it then it should be based on good analytical skills. By taking advantage of indicators, market conditions, news, and speculation, it further strengthens the analysis so that predictions to determine when to buy and sell are more accurate.

No research.... just my experience which has worked well for me. So it's probably not worth much. I'm a buy, hold & monitor guy for individual stocks that I've analyzed as a long term holding...but I buy or add during dips and corrections so I can get a buffer and own them at a lower cost. I'm always invested and have cashflow from my job and dividends so I don't mind building cash positions and then deploying when opportunities show up and they always do. If the market goes up, the portfolio goes up. If it goes down, then deploy dry powder. Isn't that market timing since you are trying to time the bottom?

In my opinion, the right strategy is to look at the market timing and then something else.Intelligent work is that to see market rates, ups and downs, and position.Then it is better to buy and then hold.Success is essential in doing serial work.

Well the choice depends on the situation, if you have a lot of extra money and no time to keep on eye on the market movement everyday, then better choose to buy and hold long, after all as time goes by, your money will just eventually grow and reap profit in the long run, but if you have a lot of free time and eager to play with the market fluctuation, then you can choose playing with the market timing, we know that both are effective, it’s a matter of free time for you to decide which one is working for you and your situation😊

Me personally, i definitely prefer the buy and hold strategy due to the fact that there is much less risk involved and i dont have to worry about constantly checking the prices/spending most of my day trading.  However, people who do attempt to time the market/day trade make a lot more money than the holders.

Both strategies in investing is good and great...  But it depends to your decision....  Holding is quite better if you have a long patients in waiting because holding strategy takes a long time period....  And buying as well is great especially if you know how to decide well and if you always have good timing in buying coins....  Proper market timing is really needed here...  If tou know how to handle your coin well you will surely succeed in every thing you did....  Proper waiting and making a good decision is good strategy especially if you are involved in crypto works.....

I don't have any trading skills, so I buy and hold it. I have never sold a token which came from an airdrop or bounty. This made me in loss but I am still holding my tokens. I believe that one day they will be valuable.

Long time hodling until satisfied, this kind of investment is currently the most trend nowadays. where you can have some huge income after a few years of hodling. ofcourse you only need to invest what you can afford to lose.

I prefer to take advantage of the right timing timing at the exchange rather than just holding back the capital you have in just 1 coin it's better to apply daily trading in order to give you huge profits.

I prefer to pay attention to market time because I only have limited capital while I want to be able to result in a short time if I buy continue to hold and wait in a long time I was less patient because of btc I also need to meet my financial needs in term short, but if later I've got a lot of capital I'll try that way to buy and hold it I'm just preparing for my old days later

It depends on the property.
For example, bitcoin (BTC) and ETH hold better than time
Other types can be on time for sale, to make a profit

if in my opinion a better bitcoin Bali then hold it. than we have to sell it directly. because investing in bitcoin has nothing to lose. even bitcoin is the right choice for long term investment .

To my mind. the best strategy is combining the retention of purchased coins or tokens, and their periodic sale and purchase on the market. Pure hold on the crypto currency is not always effective, sometimes coins and tokens return to the same price positions after a certain time, where they were earlier. Therefore, it is best to use combined tactics: with explicit price rises, sell at least half of these coins, and when they drop significantly in price - buy them again. So you can greatly increase your profits. Such tactics do not require significant effort and time, but are very effective.

Buy and hold.has been much better for me. I consider good entry point backed up with good FA, then hold firm to get a massive profit at he top.

If need to buy and hold. Time is important for this process. People will be gather information from market place. It good future investment. So before buy check the market price. Then get some ideas for time to buy and hold the coin. If hold the coin follow the market coin price. Market price list help to gather more information. So it time to acct and time to complete the process. People. Market place is help to get more information for the all coin price. So it easy to choose for buy and hold the coins. If price will be buy on time. Then hold and wait for the price increase then sell it.

Just like stocks, frequent trading can be more expensive, correct?   

Even the expert sometimes failed in their particular expertise. Buy and hold is not a problem even the time is wrong or right to move. The issue that I think we should focus is what the situation that the person can have more advantages and not more in disadvantages. Melt of income is possible if we stick in just one strategy. Anyway we should also have bright mind to deal in not expected thing because change happens. We should learn to be flexible in holding, buying and timing.

I personally prefer buy on the right time then hold it. If you profesional you can use market timing or daily trading. because I am newbie, I prefer buy and hold.

Maybe I will hold 50% of my bitcoin and then the other 50% for trading. Trading is always good as long as you are wise to do it in the market. I mean it is better to trade in order to gain more profit but it needs a very good timing so we need to be updated as always when do tradings in order to know when to buy and when to sell our coins.

Both are important if you want to make more profits,I will say long term hold is the best investment that can give you more benefits but when you are investing is also a matter,you need to buy bitcoin when it is in red to get more benefits.

Its hard to timing the market because this market is open everyday and the price can easily change for every news you will heard. Better to buy good coins and hold on it by that strategy you don't need to stressed yourself from reading the market.


Well, those who can timing the market is not normal for sure, but we can actually wait for some dump but still its not guaranteed.

I always prepared for a second choice and for me Buy and Hold and Market timing is good both choice strategy. The buy and hold strategy is very applicable for the long time period of investment and through this, your money is sleeping for a long time and you need an alternative option to earn money continuously. To do earn continuously you need an alternative investment and Market timing is the good strategy. The market timing is riding to the market cap price movement through close monitoring in short-term of investment.

For safety and minimal risk, I prefer to buy and hold. For me, market timing is actually not based on facts, it is like one stumbling on an opportunity and making use of it at the very moment. Market timing may be good timing or bad timing and if embarked upon, one has to take caution.

Buy and hold is for thus who don't have enough experience in trading and this is the best option but for traders they will go for market timing or they can do a day to day trading.

I Think Hold.Hold is best.Maximum Crypto Lover Like Hold.Some Crypto Love Like Trade.

i will choose to split half for buy and hold (long-term investment) and the rest of my capital ill use for the market timing (short-term investment). in this case my buy and hold invesment should be coin or token that have a good prospect in the future. of course i really need a serious analysis about the project and market situation, and keep watching on the issue that blow up out there. meanwhile, the short-term investment is really risky, so ill use a capital that is ready to lose from my wallet.

It is more profitable to do trading but it is also more risky than holding and aside from that if you do trading you need to spend so much time. It is hard to manage trading mostly to other people who has other jobs or schooling.

I personally think a combination of strategies is the best option.

I think the long term will be BTC, and when the btc price good will buy more.

Indeed, everything depends on the desire and possibilities. To trade in the market requires a very good experience and knowledge of the trends of the crypto-currency market, but this, in my opinion, is the best option for obtaining quick profits.
The most correct thing is to combine the retention of coins and their periodic trading on the market. With large and noticeable coin rises in price, and then a significant drop in their prices, their sale and purchase will bring a tangible additional income.

I think we should divide the property by 50% to buy some coin top and hold.  The remaining 50% use market timing

It really depends on what you want to do and what your circumstances are. Completely different approaches are optimal for a retail daytrader than a blue-collar worker who just wants to make save and dependable investments for his retirements and an institutional fund manager has completely different objectives and issues to content with. There is no one-size-fits-all answer.

Retail investors tend to do better with B&H on average, because having a lot of money on the line makes you do the exact opposite of what you should. You need a lot of knowledge and experience to get over that and do the corret trades. Most people don't have those, in fact most people don't have the free time to immerse themselves in the markets that much. However that doesn't mean that someone who want to invest more time and effort can't outperform the average significantly.

Thing is, you don't need to be 100% correct and you don't need to ride every trend in every market. No one in the world is 100% perfect at anything. You just need to be good enough at anticipating strong enough medium term trends. Most of those tend to persist for far longer than a single day, so you can just hop onto a trend and ride it up.

 myself prefer the second strategyoption for short trading and investment, i will invest on top 10 coins and i will do the short trading in indodax exchange. In the spare time i do my own analyze but in my busy time i use signal group in telegram. But there are sometimes have more times many do interesting things buy coin in one exchange and sell it in another exchange with certain price that of course have many differentthis is the chance to buy a bitcoin and hold it because if it pumps big money the harvest from bitcoin

I am quite lazy to think and learn. So I like long-term strategy, buy and wait the best chance and then sell

I think both factors applies to be able to profit from the investment of bitcoin or altcoins. I would agree that it is better to buy when there is a bear market where price of crypto's are at low price and hold for sometime while waiting for the right market timing. Based on your validation, if you could make a profit during up trend market, then you may have to decide whether you sell your coins or just hold still.

both half for buy and hold for security
then the other half is for market timing might hit jackpot tru this

yes true for long term I invest in Bitcoin.
because bitcoin will reach its peak. by the end of this year bitcoin will increase. I'm sure of that.

My strategy is buy and hold. proper market timing is hard to identify when it be but buy during correction is a good strategy for long term just be patience don't chase the price if it goes up cause if you di and it will have correctiom for sure your investment may earn negative profit.

It is really depend on capability and time allocation of investor.  However crypto industry best practice is to invest 50% of money long term and other 50% on trading. Depending on your capability and time allocation you can twist the parentage values accordingly. 

I agree with you. It is necessary to keep until the end of the year.

I would rather choose to buy and hold it, the strategy I do starts from the first, because I think it is the most effective way for me to maximize the profit from my purchase. I usually buy when the price goes down and then sell it after the high price.

To me market timing is much good to people who need quick profits.

Buying and keeping bitcoin takes a long time . Psychology must be firm, good choice is still buy and hold

I guess also have to you buy and hold this time now. it's time will makes best opportunity. don't forget this time and not late to another market time. Because you want to buy lower price time to fair this time already created him.so now you can buy bitcoin and make up hold.

According to me the bitcoin is a long-term investment. It is normal that the bitcoin going up and down. This is the best time to invest in currencies maybe. In addititonal if you want to invest bitcoin, it worth hold to for some years.

I prefer market timing strategy , its more profitable unless you are really into it.
It's very beneficial for a trader with good trading skills , good knowledge about the fluctuating value of BTC  , knowledge about the currency you are trading in is also very credential.

No matter how good someone is at trading or technical analysis, he cant time the market accurately. While on the other hand one can never go wrong by buying and hodling a coin, if the coin has strong fundamentals. So I would say that buy and hodl is the best strategy and the thing that will make you rich.