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Before thinking of investing in any sector what one considers is how long you are willing to hold. Let's take the history down to how investment all began. Moving from the era of Real estate to stocks to metals to oil blocks and now digital assets we would agree those who made it big in all this investment options were those who had the patience to hold.

This kept me wondering why one would even think of investing if they don't have the patient to hold. If you can't develop the hold attitude then the best option is to do a physical business where you can monitor your profit and see them come in regularly. If it must be crypto then you must be willing to hold and wait

The different characteristics of each investor make us unable to generalize that they should do this or they should do that. Due to the fact that the cycle of price movement is also influenced by the mentality of different people. Among them are those who are strong enough to hold on and those who can't stand it then immediately relinquish ownership. In terms of financial management, of course, finances must continue to move in line with price movements from time to time. Therefore, we often find speculators who have the principle of being long-term traders and short-term traders.

With the phenomenon of cases like this, we can be in between the two as a counterweight. As you said hold and wait. They are not much different, they follow cycles and the market provides an opening for every decision taken.

Many people starts investing without realizing what it is actually, some think that they can make quick profits which may happen but not consistently so whatever we are going to investment it will give more returns in long run. For people who are looking for short term they can invest on some specific sectors like new startups and really having the potential to grow but more riskier than the established long term company or assets.

I think what hinders us or affects our decisions is that you can trade your assets quickly, and the thought of it being sold continuously is enticing rather than just holding. Sure, there would be people who would be adept at what they are going to do, like trading and some would be better off just holding, which is not that hard. For the holding part, I think having the capacity to have a hardware wallet is crucial if you want to be better and have secure digital assets.

If we talk about ancient investments:
For a country like India, investments were straight away taken equivalent to the amount of gold one might possess or the amount of land one has, therefore most of the times the women of the house accumulated their gold jewelry and showcased them in the society, that is what people took for being rich. It slowly became part of their culture as well and even now, most people still are hung up on them.
There Are people as well who took it a step further and started lending money to the people based on their lands, most of the times they would even seize it as well, that's how rich people converted their wealth and doubled it. Now these lands and gold accumulated passed down the family tree and gave a security to the future generation.

Now for us it's an opportunity to grow, cryptocurrencies allows us to invest without any minimum balance which is a way for us to earn a bit !! That's why many people are getting rich through Altcoins and bitcoins as well, quite a new concept tho.

How far have you explored the crypto space?
There are several crypto business methods that can also earn on a regular basis such as loans, farming, exchanging services, etc. The function of digital assets has expanded to various sectors of human business needs. If you live in a country that is crypto legal, then you will get all business easier.
People are just waiting for their government's positive decision. When that happens, all crypto-based businesses around the world will explode and everyone will have the opportunity to start their own business.

Mind you that even as a business man or woman, you do not immediately start to make profits after setting up your business, in the normal sense of things, you must have spent funds before being able to start a business, thus when you kick off, the funds you actually earn at that point in time is actually what was spent to set up the business, profits can be said to be on the table when you have covered up your capital spent in setting up your business.

Having said that, whatever one does that pertains to business, investment, etc, it requires patience and time, but I'm afraid, it's not actually every asset that is worth hodling for the long period, like for example, in crypto, altcoins aren't long term investment, if you hold them for too long, there are chances you'll make zero returns as they could dump on you, thus what I'm saying is, even in the 'hodling/patience game', you must make sure it's an asset with a use case, something that's sustainable for the long period, then you can be rest assured you're holding something worth, but if it isn't, then do well to sell the moment you get good ROI.

Probably because some people don't aim for the long-term or doesn't have a long-term plan and they see that the volatile nature of the market can probably be exploited in a short-term basis so they pull out once in a while to get some profits then get back in the market when the opportunity arises. In short, some people just wants to live dangerously.

One will be tempted to sell even when they have the money. It'd be an opportunity for someone who holds a bag to sell while the price is at ATH so the reason why we can't hold particularly to those who don't buy back and it's more of a loss in the end.

Cryptocurrencies are the new assets of the future one should just deeply think of it that prices will go high and they could transfer the assets to thier kin in the future and it's still going to be good.

The answer to that is simple, people overestimate their own capabilities, they think they have what it is necessary to become a good investors and as such they come to this market thinking they will be able to hold their coins without any problem, and in fact it is not entirely their fault as it is very easy to hold your coins when the bull market is strong, however when the bear market comes that is when you can tell apart the good investors from the bad, unfortunately all of those people that did not had what it is necessary will lose their capital, but that is just a natural outcome in any market.

They want to make money in the short term but don't ready if they hold for the long term. They become desperate in the waiting time when they don't see the coin price is not rise from their target so they slowly become panic and in the end, they sell the coins at any low price. But if they have the knowledge and understand that investing in crypto needs time, they will try to hold it, no matter if that is hard but they know that they only use the money they can afford. They never try to invest in a big-money if they think they can not face the risk.

Probably one of the reason why they tend to sell early is because they are not planning to invest and wait long. They like to make a quick profit just like what we always tell them Bitcoin investment is not for get-rich-quick or an easy way to earn money. If that's how simple life would be, we aren't struggling everyday to go to work in order to live and eat a delicious meal.

Most people would think that because Bitcoin is too volatile we have to make a quick profit before it goes down. They have less knowledge of the market if that's what they think when investing in Bitcoin. Hodl is one of the good strategy when investing to maximize the profit in long-term investment.

The real challenge of hodling is not to know when to sell and this cause investors to sell too early. Hodling on the long run is profitable but it requires a lot of patience and believe to see it through . Really it is painful to wait for a level for selling while the price keeps dropping like it is happening currently  ;D

Every asset has a use case which makes it valuable and attracts investors to it. Hodling is useful in benefiting from the speculative value of an asset, but no asset would grow if it is not used and if everyone who holds bitcoin simply hodls it, it would not have any utility.

This is one of the reasons businesses go public; The founders could simply hold all the shares and build the project, but going public and distributing the shares helps it raise funds and increase awareness about the product.
Every transaction is useful in building the bitcoin network.

If your aim is to hold your coins, then you should prepare yourself not to be easily affected by those temporary price dumps, otherwise you'll see yourself in panic selling that will result into huge losses. I believe the only key to hold your coins successfully is to have a positive mindset and definitely a long stretch of patience. And of course, you will never be hodling your coins if you never have plans to sell them in the future, so at least have a concrete plan when to sell them at your most desired profitable price.

Fear is not the only reason that people sell what they hodl but at times financial challenges come calling and when you don't have any option, you sell to safe yourself and by then you have changed your plan of hodling for long. When you have your coin in your wallet, it is not easy not to sell in front of financial challenges because it is not like if you have made a fixed savings for a particular time with the bank as fixed deposit that won't be collected until the duration for collection.

Holding does not mean doing nothing but we also keep abreast of market movements and developments to determine when it is the right time to sell,
indeed in terms of holding patience has an important role and of course it is not easy

Holders are majorly  the most rewarded investors in this space. Imagine the people that bought shiba earlier this year without selling till ATH, well they could as well be on retirement. I saw massive profit forgetting some coins in my private wallet, knowing when to take profit maters too.

Thats why its important to prepare ourselves for the possible consequences before investing our money. We cant expect to gain for a short period since there's no specific timeframe on we can see the result of our investment.

Holding requires patience in order to avoid selling at the wrong time or be influence by those panic sellers. Be firm on your goal and stick to it dont let yourselves become affected of the temporary price decrease.

It's because hodling is not the only type of trading/investment strategy one can do. There are probably various factors involved when choosing what strategy to use when trading such as time, capital, etc, and those should influence what you're able to do imo. Ofc, holding is still an important part even when it comes to shorting and other types of trading, but as I said, they'd probably found some other ways to actually profit even without holding for that long like others, or that they're just better at it than holding (better at making profits that is).

If they can sell the coin at the right time, they will make a lot of money and retire from crypto while enjoying their profit.
But if they still hold without having a target when they should sell their coin, that will not be good because they only hold without knowing what next thing to do.
If that coin has a good future, you can buy and forget the coin while you do not watch the price move.
It happens to those people who have bitcoin on their computer and they are shocked seeing bitcoin price now is at the high price that they do not imagine.

It is unlikely that we should all adhere to this point of view. Cryptocurrency is not intended to be a store of value, but that is, in essence, a repository of digital financial assets. It is primarily a means of payment. If you think of cryptocurrency only as a storage, then it will cease to develop and ultimately cease to be profitable. Cryptocurrency should be developed in many ways, but above all as an alternative means of payment to the current payment system.

It depends on your goal really. There are those who are investing with short term to medium term time frames. Others are investing with long term time frame in mind. Although it also depends on which particular kind of business you are investing in. There is also the factor of patience or tolerance and other emotional aspects on the part of the investors. But the best way, of course, is to diversify investment not just in terms of types or kinds but also in terms of time frame or maturity.

Even in crypto, it is not advisable to just stick to long term investment. If it is Bitcoin, it is all right. But what if we're talking about altcoins? Obviously, some of them are good for long term, some medium, and some very short term like those very short-lived hyped coins.

Considering crypto as the asset that everyone wants to hold. It's not just through holding one can profit. There are traders which are also the same as the other markets like stocks, flipping websites, and real estate properties.

It's just that holding and being patient is easy for those who have tried to invest in the markets that are for the patient people. Also, those investors that are holding, know what they're doing and have done their research before putting their money on it. As for us, we've experienced several upsets in the crypto market thus, it taught us to be patient.

The word "must" in the OP's post is clearly redundant. Nobody owes anything to anyone. And for each person, digital assets are only a personal matter. I spend bitcoins when I need this or that thing. I have a hobby that I can spend money on regardless of whether my investment grows or not. I like the moment to be "now".
Therefore, telling someone that digital assets need to be stored and held is too self-confident. Everyone has their own views on what wealth is.

Digital assets is indeed for holding but not everyone are in a fit position to hold even if they want to, I've been in this space for years now and I can say that you need to be prepared financially to hold coins and tokens successfully for a long period of time, you have to have job secured first, I mean enough to carry you on, then you will hold with ease

That's the point ... not everyone is in a position to save anything! Before putting aside anything of value, we must be financially able to do so! Only financially secured people, with income from more sides can invest further in digital or any other assets and hold them for a long period of time! I guess longer we can hold more benefits we can get, but there's no holding if we are short with money every month!

This seems like oversimplification to me.
Capitalism isn't always about buying an asset and holding that asset for years,while doing nothing and waiting for the asset value to increase while getting some dividends/rent/interest from that asset.
Capitalism is supposed to be more about building a functional business,making consistent profits and growing that business.
You have to have the some skills required,into order to know when will be the right time to act,in order to increase your wealth,rather than simply holding a financial asset and waiting passively for profits.
This is essential for both the fiat capitalist world and the crypto trading/investing world.
Capitalism/investing/trading is more rewarding towards people,who are active and energetic,rather than the people,who are passive and patient.

I second that, and that's the more reason why people are advised to only invest what they can afford to lose, and not put into crypto, or any investment whatsoever, the funds that they need to get things done in real life, such moves could prove too costly as such individual could have no choice but to sell their assets even when they have made no profits or even made loss. To be honest, personally I would not advise anyone to hodl anything, it is a personal decision, one that an individual must only make after he or she has assessed his financial situation and personal income, in as much as assets/investments can produce profits, it can also bring losses, as a result of that one must be cautious before investing or hodling too long.

Honestly I can totally understand that. I haven't been working as much as I used to, hence I am not making as much as I used to, but at the same time being able to say that I still paid off every single bill I had to and have a very tiny debt which I will easily pay by the end of the month (literally just 110 dollars, nothing at all) shows me how great crypto is. I have no financial burden even after the most financially brutal part of my life, and I still came out greatly.

So, yes it is hard to hold crypto sometimes, but at the end of the day what is the point of investing if you are not going to live decently when you face problems? If crypto is never sold, then you never made any profit at all, sometimes you need to sell and pay for some stuff, even if you do not sell all of your crypto, selling just a small portion and seeing those profits helping your life get easier and better helps people get motivated even more.

Most times we don't just hold because it's convenient. Life is all about risk and sacrifices and ones the big picture is placed ahead of any investment plan one might decide to hold even longer just to save for the rainy day. Many investors who earn big today made heavy sacrifice that weren't convenient at all

I think success comes from sacrificing your time, money and effort. In crypto, you can't hold a coin successfully for a long period of time if you won't be sacrificing your capital. So at least you have another source that can generate an income, then you will be at ease holding your coin for quite long and you won't be easily affected by all means of dumps because you know you are going to sell once the coin reaches its ATH.

However, its not only holding digital assets becomes profitable today. If you look deeper in the crypto space, there are a lot of means to make an income. Just suit yourself so you will be comfortable working in it.

Because of the Spreading Rumor that this market can make one person a millionaire in one night . I mean there are many people that I come to talk that they heard of Bitcoin and also some altcoins that can bring them bright future in short time while the truth is?
this is the very risky investment and you may become rich but you can also become more poorer if you don't know how to deal correctly.
totally agreed on this, but of course we have already seen some people that did not capable of Holding yet turns becoming richer because they have had lucky enough to choose a GEM in this market.

Investing into digital assets aren't really suitable to be the main source of income, except if you also do trading even if it's daily or weekly then that should meet your daily expenses and needs to survive. The idea of investing into cryptocurrencies is good but it should be only used as a hedge against inflation and use to make good compettitive profits while holding it. Just like stocks and real estates, it requires patience and understanding because not everyday will be a good day for everyone and that includes you. I think the best way is to have a decent main source of income and invest in other atleast 3 choosen sectors to invest with including cryptocurrencies.

Easy to say, difficult to achieve.
When one is updated with the current events about cryptocurrencies, holding it needs a lot of restraint. I started during 3 digits of Bitcoin and I won't be a hypocrite to say I didn't sell some because I did. When you see something is profitable, the urge is there to sell it especially when you are in need.
Even for those who can afford their daily needs that urgency to sell is a big test. If you want to buy something like for hobbies or new clothing then who will stop you from taking what you feel is your own achievement.
But yes, years ago I learned the lesson and I want to witness if I am not late for that.

Some people don't want to hold their assets because it took over a year before taking profit in the economy like real states and stocks it took over a month before getting feel the profit but in cryptocurrency, in just a day or a week you can see the outcomes of your hold but for me its good to make an investment as early as possible because no one knows what will happen to those we hold. Still better to make a time allotment to make a research to the thing we would like to invest. Knowledge is the most ideal investment to win.

People right now do not have patience as you said and they need fast money so they tend to sell when they see a profit. If they can see that holding crypto needs a strong hand to hold for some time, they will make a big profit from crypto because crypto can help them to earn a lot of money.

They think that investing in crypto will be the same as stock, real estate or other types of investment. Only some people have a will to learn more about investing in crypto and those people will succeed in the crypto and make a lot of money.

It's hard to hold for a long time if you are eager to see profits every time you see chances to make profits. Holding is only good for those who have enough funds to cater for daily survival, but for most of us that are also struggling to earn money, then holding digital assets for long may not be possible. But if we strongly believe that there is huge amount of profits from long term holding, i think sacrificing for some time will all be worth the wait.

However, if you really find it hard to hold because you are also run out of budget, then short term trading is also good and profitable especially if you know how to manage the risk.

It is not all of us here are that are doing the same thing. While some of us believes that it is best for us to hold the assets that we have bought, there are also those who think that it is best for them when they are just buying it to sell it again immediately. There are long term investors and there are also short term investors or traders , and all these people are all needed for the growth of the market, you wouldn’t say that any is better than the other, they are all important.

As for me, what has been working out for me long in the market is Hodling, and that has been the method I have chosen. Short term trading is not an easy thing for anyone to do and is quite risky.

It's not about the patience, for most people it's about the daily volatility in crypto which they find too lucrative, they think because the market moves 5-7% easily each day it's just a cakewalk to make 5% each day which means in a month they can easily triple their money if they buy sell at correct points while holding might take them years to give such sort of returns. This mentality leads them to this vicious circle of buying and selling instead of just holding it.

Actually I think both are very decent, sometimes differences like this make the impression as if one of the two options is wrong, even though it is not.
people who make sales after they buy but have done it are really good and people who hold on for a long time aren't really wrong either.
regardless of which one is chosen, it is everyone's right to freedom, the most important thing is that they want to invest, which is a very good thing.

It needs more patience to hold for a long time and not many people can do that because they can easily panic if they see the price drop. People who enter crypto and use trading to make money must learn to trade and not use it for trading if that money is for their daily life because that can make it difficult to earn profit as we know, the crypto movement is not always up.

They do not know if they can hold for a long time and that coins are a coin that has a big potential to increase so high in the future, they will make a big profit later.

Short-term trading will be good for people who want to make money daily as they will not have that chance if they hold for a long term because they can panic anytime.

Everything requires patience, especially in the long run because there will be many temptations along the way such as panic, emotional and so on and you have to be really strong through them to get a good profit.
Knowledge and learning to analyze is very important before trading especially for the short term because you have to do it full time to make money and use the extra money so that when it doesn't go as expected you don't regret it too much.

Short trading isn't as easy as you think. I don't advice it for the newbies who wants to have a quick profit, because short term trading needs a good experience. Trading capital must also be separate from the funds you need for daily essentials.
Holding is always gonna be the safest choice.
Set a target, invest what you can afford to lose, never depend on your investment as a back up fund for emergency, and never sell it to a much lower price when the market declines never panic.
Holding sounds easy as well, but It's always gonna be concerning when you're on actual holding.

If someone think that short trading is easy then they never experienced it before and yes, newbies should not try this method of trading because it will easily drain their investment funds in any minute. Trading does require a special set of skills and a lot of patience since this is more like of a waiting game.
Having a control of yourself in times of quick decision making or stressful situation is essential for the trader because this will give you what profit you will get.

A digital asset is not only intended for storage, for the most part it is, but you can actively trade with the same digital asset and get your profit, many experienced traders do this, and if you take the strategy and the other, it doubles the profit.

I think that is actually a wrongful assumption to make.

Especially with the advent of DeFi and such, digital assets should not just be held stagnant in a wallet but rather used in transactions, financing, and investments.

But perhaps stores of value like BTC is meant for holding given that it has no intrinsic yield making properties.

In my opinion, short trading or holding is not an easy thing to do, especially for newbies who lack knowledge and have no experience,
must have difficulty how to make a profit from short trading or holding. It is true that holding is a safe option to generate profit compared
to short trading. But it does not guarantee that everyone will succeed in making a profit through holding, if we don't have good research
and analysis skills, we may choose the wrong projects. Not all projects are good for holding, choosing the wrong projects will make us stuck
in certain coins for a long time. To be able to generate profits from holding, another thing that must be considered is controlling emotions.
Especially when a market dump usually we will panic if we don't have good emotional control. So we really have preparation if we really
want to be successful in holding coins.

People get blinded by the profits they can get with short term trading and as such they decide that is the path they want to take, it seems they do not understand that compared to long term trading or holding it is many time harder and that the chances of success are lower, but since all what they care about are the potential profits then they decide to try it anyway and then when they fail they come to the forum to complain about it when anyone could have predicted the results they got.

Well, short term trading brings a higher risk but if you think you are capable to make profits consistently, then why not? I think as long as we're getting our main goal to make profits, then its always good. However, if you think of higher profits, then long term holding could possibly give you that. Although it may be a long waiting game, but if you are just patient and calm, the rewards will always be worth waiting for. But for you to be more stable, its better if you can land a permanent day job so you won't be worrying if crypto is not making profits sometimes.

The mindset of investment of everybody may be different, but one goal, to make higher profits.
So far, holding is one of the best ways for digital assets, in this case cryptocurrency. But one to remember and consider is that what kind of holding? What assets to hold? how long to hold?
They are basic questions that should be considered when going to hold.
Sometimes, people only focus on getting profits from holding, but they forget about the risks that may be got from holding. Every holding will also need risks that may be faced.
In this case, I personally love holding, but so far only short term holding because I have no big or much money to invest. Only by starting point at the beginning.

Indeed. Without patience, they will not make anything instead of getting lost because they will not have a chance to manage their emotion, especially if they see the market is down. The panic will come to them and make them decide to cut losses by selling the coins at a low price. Many of them have that experience and complain why they still lose in trading or investment but they do not realize the main problem.

If they decide to short trading, they need to learn harder than others because it means they need to have the knowledge to analyze the market in a short time so they can decide what they need to do. Daily trading will need extra focus, time, and analysis because it will change and be different from yesterday.

The problem with most of the people is that they’re always looking for a quick profit. Some of them that are investing in cryptocurrency are believing that it would be a means for them to be able to generate a quick profit that would change their life immediately.Yes it can, but it doesn’t work that way, investment is something that requires a high level of patience.

Crypto currency can be different because the price can go up at anytime, but on a normal if you should check out other types of investment like stocks and bonds, you will see that most of them takes time and even don’t generate as much profit like cryptocurrency investment would. But most of these people don’t even put this into consideration, because if they do they are going to value this cryptocurrency more than most of their assets that they would find.

People are into investing as they look for a better future, not only by tomorrow or in a few weeks. If they are too impatient and can manage to hold their assets longer, then it never makes sense anyway. But, this never means that we hold forever, it was just until we need it.

I understand that many were too practical when it comes to investment and many are thinking that investing in crypto will easily make them rich, some says instantly. These people are impatient in real life, I can't blame them either as that was their attitude and it is really hard to change. Let these people make their choice and besides, they won't succeed.

Many traders became successful in their trading because they believe in the strategies of holding which is the best for a good trader to watch the market and how to make a good profit from it. In this new year many traders will not allow mistakes to repeat itself again by rushing to the market to sell without consider the future of that particular coin he or she is selling in the market. This year 2022, holding is the answer for those that will exercise patient with their holding for the price of the coin to increase higher in the market before trading to make a huge amount of money from the market.

One common mistake of investors nowadays is being impatient and wanting to gain a good profit in just a short period which is quite unrealistic because not all coins could strike high in a short span. Most investors who hold for the long term are those who have done good research and those who are willing to take the risks. That's the reason why we're always advised to do research first before investing.

everything has risks and impacts that must be passed because it is part of the process, both long term and short term. on the other hand it is a choice that must really be passed.
On the other hand, of course, things like this are quite reasonable and we certainly don't just buy and sell because we need a continuous learning process so that at least we can analyze with better accuracy in this case.

Some people invest with short-term profits in mind. They see how volatile Bitcoin is, for example, and focus on those rare occasions when it gains value very fast, and so they buy and wait to sell for profit as soon as possible. Of course, I agree with the op that if investment in the goal, one should have patience and be prepared to invest long-term, but sometimes people just want the profits and are driven by it.
If one wants to have profits on a regular basis with some guarantees, one should get a job rather than invest or start a business.

I think not only Digital business require patience even physical business too also require patience. Many people that gain in trading or selling gold and other stuck exchanges keep those assets for a while and they also keep patience until the price goose up so as to claim their profit. Its clear that every success in either Digital or Physical business require patience.

In investing, people must have a goal. From the start they must have had a target to take advantage. That's good because we really have to have good management. Be it long term or short term.
I agree most people nowadays only think about how they make a quick profit. But in my opinion that pattern is not good, because in my opinion investing is not only fast or not we make a profit. But how can we be patient to hold our assets, for us to take in the future.

We need to hold if we wanna get good profit here .We all know that crypto is huge platform for investment its not for them who wanna be rich in one night .It happen incidentally on meme coin but a good project always give you a good return but you have to be patient for that .One more thing if you buy shitcoin there will be nothing help for you to even you hold it forever .So that i wanna add here that we also have to choose the top ranked potential project which is surely give us a huge return if we hold .There is nothing any trick who are getting panic always and sell their asset on low price or exit with few profit .The platform actually not for them who are patientless .

I mean, an argument can be made for both sides, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to what goals a certain investor has. There is a lot to be made with short-time trading (not a long hodl), I mean, the brokers in the 80's made enormous sums just by doing that. SO there is no right or wrong here, just personal preferences and your overall investment goals.

The difference only lies in the end result. When people take the short term in their investment, he needs extra time to set the time to buy and sell to get a significant profit but for those who don't want to be complicated, you have to be patient with the long-term choice. Because the final result was also very extraordinary saying at the beginning of 2010 BTC only worth 1 $ 21 years after the value was 46k $. 46,000% of the profits achieved.

Investing without a goal I think it's just a waste of time,
talking about investing in crypto indeed it can generate profits quickly but it is important to understand that the risks are also big,
Patience is indeed one of the keys to success in investing

Most newcomers are having this kind of misconception. They thought that they can easily gain huge profits once they get onboard with crypto. But they will soon find out that it is not easy to earn profits because there are a lot of factors to consider. Also, getting into new alts is a very risky one because most of them are pump and dump coins or their respective devs can easily rug pull the project. So not all projects are worth holding, only few are good for long-term. And they have to find out which one is worth holding.

But the sad truth is that only a few people do and take hold for that long while the majority are selling off during the start of the bullish season. I sell my crypto in early 2021 but I don't be in regret it since I was still in profit which is very important. But I am supposed to think now that the more we hold (for many years) we even received more prizes in the end. But only we can do this if we have multiple sources of income to cover up our daily needs, if that so, not seem so hard to do it. This is actually why rich people can hold and never touch their cryptos.

Holding on to an investment for the long term is one strategy that's worked for many people--and yeah, you can see that worked out well for people like Warren Buffett and anyone who bought bitcoin when it was under $100 (or $1000 even).  It isn't the only thing that works, though.  If people on sites like Youtube are to be trusted, which is iffy, you can still make a lot of dough by actively trading stocks, crypto, or whatever else.

The problem I see with a lot of people in crypto is that they buy a lot of bitcoin with the intention of holding it for years, but they've overinvested, i.e., bought it with money they ended up needing for expenses before the end of their investment time frame came around.  They may have made a profit when they sold, or they might not have.  My point is that if you're considering buying something as a long-term investment, make sure you're buying it with money that you're not going to need to pay rent or buy groceries with in a couple of months.

It really depends on which sector you're investing because not all investments are for holding for a long time like buying a stocks in any give industry or company, and all of the investments you make surely really needs some time and planning before considering to invest. But if it's digital assets like bitcoin then it really needs patience to while hodling it for like 2-3 years and checking the market price on daily basis will be really irrelevant because as said your going to hold these assets for years.
Also, before investing, you're first needed to have a main source of income like one or two businesses that pays every month or weekly to be able to afford and buy the daily needs of your family.

Many People invest with long-term profit and some people invest their money with short-term profit in project. I think It's depends on you and your Think and what you want and how much you invest.Most of billionaires they invest a huge amount for long term holding but i see a small investor they invest with short term project profit in mind.I'm suggested on you, you can buy ETH, BTC and BNB and hold long time, i Think you can get good profit from it in future.

I believe you are right. Crypto assets, as time has shown, rewarded those who knew how to wait. However, it is very difficult to be patient and wait for a profit, as many would like to have a profit right now. To get the maximum profit, you really need to just be the holder of this or that cryptocurrency and just wait. This option is ideal for those who have different sources of income, and cryptocurrencies can become for them just an asset that will wait for its time and will definitely give excellent profits in the end. But it is also very important not to overexpose the crypto asset, since it, like other assets, always has a limit and it is important to see this limit and fix the profit in time.

Yes, you should hold your asset, but when they say hold, it doesn’t mean that you should be holding your asset forever. At some point you would still have to make a sale and have your profit. You are not just going to invest your money in an asset and abandon it there forever in the name of holding for a long term. Your main purpose for starting that investment is because you want to make profit right? so I don’t really think it’s bad that at some point you take that profit.

And moreover an investor should have a target, whenever you reach that target you can feel free to withdraw your money from that investment and also use it for something else. The reason why you are being told to hold your investment for a long term is in case that the market continues to go up, which is the case with Bitcoin that continues to grow in price. But don’t be greedy.

For some coins, the longer we hold, the bigger the profit we make. But not all coins are good for holding in the long term, we must be able
to separate which coins are good for long-term investments and which are for short-term investments. But indeed we must have a selling target,
as you said, our goal of holding assets is to generate profit. So if our target has been achieved, it's time we sell it, and we will buy it again when
the price drops. Because if we don't have a target, we will miss the opportunity to make a profit.

Pretty sure a lot of us here know that. But once your asset reached a certain value, I'm pretty sure you will sell it immediately and look for another investment. That's what happens most of the time, and pretty sure it still applies on today's scenario. You will have a lot of profits when you sell at the right time and buy again at a much lower pace rather than wait for it to grow incredible heights and waste time by doing so.

When you start holding then i Think you need to decide how much time you hold and need more patience.You can hold your valuable asset for long time.I think you will be get good profit from it to right time sell it.Holding isn’t easy for greedy People and impatient investor.Now BTC,ETH,BNB price little dip you can buy more thoose type of coin and hold long time.I hope you will be get more profit in future. I'm pretty sure thoose coins price will be more increase in 2022.

But that is the thing, thinking that you are able to do something is completely different from actually being able to do it, people overestimate their abilities and there are many psychological experiments that have confirmed this, as such people believe they are better than what they actually are and in most circumstances that belief will not bring any damage to them, but when it comes to the markets that belief is incredibly dangerous to the point it can ruin people if they are not careful.

This.
I will never understand those people actually. More like they could have been influenced by celebrities from Twitter or Youtube, ya know what I'm talking about, that made them throw a whole a lot of their savings to crypto and overcommitted to getting the returns from it. There is nothing wrong with holding for years and years, but one should just make sure that whatever money was in that basket aren't going to badly used in the upcoming years. It won't hurt to start slowly increasing your holdings.
It's just those people that are too rushed into crypto.

We can't just compare the brokers from 80s and the brokers now, because in 1980s many people are still aren't knowledgeable enough about the real world and only the Wall Street guys are the one's who are manipulating the market and stocks to their own benefit that time compared now that the world has been changed a lot and lots of people are already brokers even just sitting in the house working on the phone or computers knew about it more.
Digital assets or currencies isn't just for holding alone and it wasn't created for that reason alone, and as @TheNineClub said, there's no right or wrong, it's just a matter of personal preferences on which field you're suitable to make profits just like trading or broker guys.

In investing if targeted with time, maybe we will be trapped in the less than maximum profit that can be obtained. I think it would be wise for us to have a profit target, so that if our profit is on target, we can sell some of it while waiting for the next target. because basically time is difficult to predict to know when the bullish season will occur, therefore we must be able to make the best of it

Broker today has a wide of scope of financial aspect that they need to learn compare to the scope of financial knowledge that the 80's broker need to learn so yeah we can't just compare them that easily because both person from different time has a different scope of knowledge they have. I believe digital assets ara not just for holding but since we don't have yet a proper way to use of spend our digital asset like purchase goods and services directly from merchant that's why holding and investment today is the best choice to use our digital assets.

advice for everyone here.. if i want to invest in crypto, what should i buy and how long i have to hold all those assets in order for me to make a profit? thank you

If you have to ask then you are not ready to invest in any market whatsoever, now this may seem to be too harsh but it is the truth, investing is not just about buying an asset and hope to get profits, you need a strategy that fits your needs, so before you invest in anything at all you need to wonder, what you want to achieve in the markets? How much risks are you willing to take? How long do you plant to hold your position in the market? And that is just the tip of the iceberg, this is why until you know all of this then recommending any asset or strategy is useless.

I think before leading to investment, you must first learn it starting from the basics.
I don't know which way you're thinking but asking what you should buy I think you're being too rash.
at least this is what irresponsible people use to trick people who will invest. Do you ask and tell someone something about the coin that you should invest in will you believe it 100 percent? of course you have to check the truth that is there.
start from the basics in learning even if you don't really understand it that's okay because it's a process, this is certainly better than being tricked

These assets dont need to be held for more than 5-8years. Of course you can do that too and you will appreciate the rise in value but you could possibly make more by selling it at a certain time and buying more such assets. Stocks might be the only exception to this, they give dividends and you will probably not sell but only buy more.

Nah, its a wrong narrative. Bitcoin is a deflationary currency. It brought with it a bigger idea of hodling. Compared to what you compared with above, like Real Estate, Oil, Gold, these can deprecate in value. A lot of risks are associated with them which can be avoided compared to investment in Bitcoin.

Real estate's location may become bad - how will you sell it for profit then? Bitcoin will not have this problem, but rather it's own problems of non-regulation, risks of being outlawed etc.

Actually the most troublesome business is physical business such as building a business rather than investing in stocks, BTC, and others. Because it will be faced with risks such as human resources, and other operations. So, it is simpler to study non-physical investments, we only need to strengthen our analytical skills to maintain our portfolio. Managing a portfolio only requires the ability to project more strategically than managing a business, you have to think technically and strategically.

The real challenge of hodling is not to know when to sell and this cause investors to sell too early. Hodling on the long run is profitable but it requires a lot of patience and believe to see it through . Really it is painful to wait for a level for selling while the price keeps dropping like it is happening currently 

I am sure all those who were so strong in holding, they would have had the challenge in the very beginning in holding. Likewise, those who slowly learn or come to know by experience that by holding for long term would yield big, will hold. Many here, would have learnt and decided to hold after loosing a huge amount. I too learnt it. Yes here in crypto, holding will certainly be much advised.

Why though? I am not saying that you "have to" hold it for 5-8 years, but holding it for that long is also not a bad idea neither. I personally have been holding for nearly 2 years now and I am going to hold for another 8 years for sure. This doesn't mean that I do not want to have anything else, I will add in more and more investments and maybe some of them will be quicker and some of them could be long term.

This shows that if you want to get in, and make some profit and get out then that is fine however, at the same time you could get in and wait for 10 years and get out as well. Both of them are quite valid ways of approaching investment if you ask me.

When it comes to solid investment then a long term hold with earn you a much better profit and that is the same with BTCitcoin, but if you take the rest of the market you cannot have the same trust as majority of the projects may not succeed in the long run and hence you cannot have the same level of confidence like any other market.

If you still have the doubts, check out how many projects have failed in the last year alone, the numbers are alarmingly high. But if there is a solid project with good team then you can hope that they will fulfil what they started.

Not all the time as sometimes the market is more volatile and if we trade for the short term we can get a lot of opportunities to increase our profit. Also, we have to consider the coins that we are holding for the long term as some of them maybe perform well in the early stage but the devs could leave the project and it will result in a failure, knowing how to diversify your investment is the most important if we are talking of long term investment.

every investment has a period of time to get a profit scheme and how much to take it but behind that we can fall and fall if we choose the wrong place to invest funds both in the crypto world or stocks, it's just that the crypto world is more risky unless we choose a coin or token that it's solit and reliable as said:

People get into investing thinking it's a method at easy, passive, income. It can be, given that you invest your funds properly and leave them in whatever market for a sufficient amount of time. There is a fine line between investing, and gambling (aka day trading) -- it hinges on how long you're willing to wait for a return on investment. Fortunately for crypto, holding is pretty simple, your funds can stay stagnant. A stock could theoretically tank the next day due to circumstances out of your control. Same could happen for crypto, but chances are significantly less than that of an individual company's stock due to decentralization. Considering this circumstance, funds in the stock market are constantly moving.

Looking well towards investment of cryptocurrency or any other sector of investment plan and investment platforms the different is very clear indecencies that we have long term investment and short term investment, relating to banking fixed deposit kind of investment, so all landed in the duration and time frame of how your investment will last before you can have return. So in bitcoin investment you most learn the ethics that long term investment yields positively in cryptocurrency than short term investment, this is applicable to banking investment via fixed deposit, the longer the investment duration the more the  profit or interest.. from another dimension while people get afraid of holding a coin for awhile is instabilities of it's regulations, l think that should be one of the major factor.

It is possible to get a good return on investment hold can increase the value of a person but you have to wait till the right time. It usually depends on the patience of the individual to invest of banks and companies that do more than hold bitcoin, you also need to evaluate the performance of their sector and individual products. The performance of stocks will be affected by a variety of factors that individual companies will have to contend with not just the price of bitcoin.

From the history only ponzis are profitable in short holding and all other real potential based opportunities are proven to provide big returns in long term holding hence digital assets cannot be an exception here. If you find any opportunity is profitable in long run then that must be categorized as legit and at the same time if short time profiting opportunities which are providing realistic returns like 2% to 10% then that also might be legit.

If you cannot remain patience enough then you cannot be a successful investor. Investing is the simplest way to enable your money to make money for you as you cannot keep earning till your end of days.

The explanation for that is rather simple, most people do not really know what they are doing when they decide to invest in the market of cryptocurrencies.

While I do not agree with the restrictions that are in place in traditional markets I cannot deny that they make sense, as it is a way to protect the population from losing their money to scammers making all kind of empty promises, does it sound familiar? Of course it does, because that is precisely what happens with so many scammers in this market that can get away with almost anything, as people do not know anything about investing in the first place.

Short holding may not be profitable in fair stuff, but day trading could be. Imagine a person who puts up 1000 dollars on a 100x leverage and opens a long, and the price goes up 10% the very same hour he does that, sounds unlikely I know but definitely possible. This is how you make a lot of money in a very short amount of time without it being a scam.

Now, would I suggest doing that? Of course not, you are going to lose 90% of the time and that 10% of the time doesn't really worth it and instead of losing "some" of your investment like spot trading, you are going to lose it all so it definitely doesn't worth it at all. I just wanted to show you that it is "possible", although it is definitely not worthy to take that risk.

Bitcoin was created with purpose of using it as medium of exchange. Now it seems more like a digital asset.

Well, investing is the art of patience. However, one thing we need to know that investing is not only a matter of patience, but also knowing about the potential of something we invest.
I quite agree with the OP, in the crypto world, patience is needed and also caution in choosing investments. if people can't afford to deal with that, it's better if they choose physical investments that they can control. because, when they enter the crypto world, it will be difficult to control their assets.

Holding Bitcoin and Ethereum is extremely profitable when investing without leverage, if you can effort to wait 1-2 year for perfect entry and then wait up to 5 years for the perfect exit not less than 400% of profit. But you need great volume of fiat to invest in.

no, in crypto patience is not everything. if you invest in big altcoins like BNB or SOL maybe patience is everything because the longer you hold the profit you will get the bigger. but if you invest in a new project or memecoin patience doesn't always end well because I often suffer losses from holding for too long. bottom line in crypto world patience is not the final decision to make a profit.

Patience is not everything for alts since there are scam tokens which is needed to be dump immediately so that we will not miss the profit. But for top coins I can say that patience is really needed especially when the market is on bad state since for sure most of them will pump when bullish season arrives.

Patience depends always on what coins you bought but all of this will all matter depends on your decisions.

It's true what you say. Because just having patience is not enough. For example, patience is everything, that means it applies to all assets and we just need to be patient, isn't that logical?
Indeed, patience is an important factor in investing. But there are also many things that must be considered, not just relying on patience.

This is a virtual world for digital investor cause lots of investing sector is available here so we can say if we buy any asset it's reserved for the long term so we have to hold to get better feedback. I am also waiting for some digital assets that I will be taken for the long term.

Yes; in my opinion as well, not just digital assets but each and every investment will be highly profitable in long run give that its fundamental are good in long run (and practically without stronger fundamental, you cannot expect an entity to be sustaining everywhere). So, if we want handsome returns from an asset then we should give it enough time.

No one will guide about time frame of holding but you need to go due diligence to find out what is good and when profit booking is good. I mean no asset is entitled explicitly about the time period required for better returns but it is up to investors' preferences.

Now this reminds me of my cousin next door in which my uncle told me that after he made little profit on the growth of Bitcoin he sold it immediately. He wasn’t educated enough about holding BTC long term despite the risks that we are taking.

It’s also my mistake back then that I did let go of Bitcoin and missed the big pump last December 2020. We have the reason to believe that Bitcoin is built for long term.

That seems like a great and simple way right? I mean if the fundamentals of a coin (or any investment like you said) were to be good, then in the long run unless something unexpected happens then it should be doing something fine in the long run. However, some people still mistake this as a good investment and they think that it is a bad investment if you have to wait that long, why? I have no idea. They tend to buy into the shitcoins and they try to make as much profit as they possibly can for it and they would basically end up losing all of that money very quickly.

This is why I personally do not like to meddle with people who like to buy shitcoins and shill them and think they are the way out of poverty, because they are not, they are just ways for the creators to make as much profit as they possibly can and we know why that is not correct.

Normally, investments take time before profit comes. It is not something that you just invest immediately and start expecting profit. This is the reason why a lot of people do fall for scam, because scammers will promise them that they would be making huge percentage in a week or even a day, and they would believe it and fall for it because of their greediness.

For the case of legit investments, slow and steady is always true and applicable; hence what OP is empathizing on this topic is fully acceptable for me.

because sometimes speech does not match the direct application.
in theory it would be very easy to say that investments will be easy because only buy when they are cheap, hold them for a certain period of time after the price rises to sell at a high enough price, then after that finish and make a profit. but the fact is not like that, at least it takes time, needs a clear mind to analyze and make calculations so as not to lose and many others.
and actually beginners should pay attention to things like this because indeed they sometimes forget this but it is important because they are tempted by the fun and the lure of getting rich easily

I think that this is not quite true, as the author of the topic claims. Cryptocurrency is not always profitable when held. So, almost all tokens that were created in 2017-2019, even regardless of their prospects for growth and development, after a long bear market, no longer rose in price and for the most part left the market. It is still profitable to keep the cryptocurrency in a high level of capitalization. So, over the past two years, bitcoin has grown in price by 6 times, ethereum by 25 times. But the cryptocurrency market remains very unpredictable. Therefore, what is profitable now may lose its relevance in the future.

Yeah, anyone who wants to be an investor must be ready to have patience and wait for a long term. if you are investing in something like bonds, you know for sure that you would be waiting for a year before your profit comes. The reason why a lot of people likes to hurry when they’re investing in cryptocurrency is because they have seen that cryptocurrency can increase within a short term, so now all of them wants to make that profit immediately and cash out.

People always in a hurry to get returns from their investments. Nobody wants to calm down these days. Most of the people who have asked me about Bitcoin, they’re always fond of asking questions like when they are going to cash out and how long it’s going to take, and they would always say that they don’t want it to take very long for them to make money from it.

And the funniest part is that all of them wants to become a millionaire through Bitcoin, and once they see that they are not going to get that kind of chance within a short time, they decide to quit. They are forgetting that such opportunity can come, but it is all about patience and whether you are ready for it. And another thing is how much you invest determines the level of profit you’d make.

I think people lose their ability to hold for a long run due to the fact that they felt the greed when they saw that their investment is having a considerable gain.

Based on my self also, when I entered crypto Q4 of 2020 going to 2021 I made a generous gain and felt that I need to cash it out as I felt the greed and the fear that it may fall anytime. That kind of thinking I have before brought me to realization that if you believed in something then you should trust it.

Now, I was able to hold from July 2021 up to this point in time without selling any of my assets and still planning on holding years and years.

It all depends on a particular individual's understanding of crypto investment because there's no need for any investor to sell all her hold when she can sell the profit and keep her initial investment (in USD) which I believe is a win-win decision if the person doesn't want to miss the next opportunity the market will present.


You should have sell the profit after calculate it in USD or your intial investment and keep the remaining coin for long term.

Sorry if I'm wrong, want to ask all of you opinion. what tokens are good for me to buy for my assets this year?? what assets are good for now?. thank you

Well, that's why investment isn't for everyone. Not each person has the ability to be patient in holding digital assets, some prefer to do a job that can give them a result instantly. For this type of people, they can focus on trading, especially day trading. While for those people who can control their patience and have a strong belief in their future assets, they can join crypto investment. So, actually, we have some options in crypto business, everyone can join crypto even they have no ability to invest.

Very well said mate investment isn't for everyone if they don't know the word "patience". This is what I initially advise to every people who are asking me about trading or investing in cryptocurrency. Here in crypto platform we have a golden saying that "patience is a virtue" but each and every people has also their own level of patience. I don't also think day trading will going to always work out for those who don't have enough patience because I bet emotion will be their dominant emotion than thinking.

I agree with you. Aside from equipping yourself knowledge and skills necessary for investment, it is also needed to assess yourself how long you are planning to hold and wait for your funds to mature. It is really necessary to ask yourself this thing because it could define how would your investment run the moment you decided to dive into it. Some prefer to hold for the short term only as they have limited resources and have the time to manage and monitor their funds. These people who prefer this kind of short term investment have the skills needed in order for their money to cycle up in most possible ways. Some just like to have and receive their profit easily and then repeat the flow to generate income. This is a good thing especially if you have minimal starting capital. Buy and sell or trading for the short term could get your profit that you could use as an additional capital the next time and so on. Meanwhile, there are also people who want to invest for the long term. These people who prefer to hold for the long term are mostly established in life and have the resources they need in order for them to live and get by without the fund they invested. These people invested mostly are their spares and extra money that they want to grow and make profit in the long run instead of just having it and make it sleep inside the banks or their safety vaults. Both investors have their role in the economy and in the market. It's just really up to us how we want and who we want to be in terms of investing.

If you are in it for the short term, then you should definitely invest in knowledge first because trading is a tough task. Most especially if you will do it everyday. It could be tiring and burdensome because it requires a lot of critical thinking skills as well as technical analysis that could either make or break your trade. If you are in it for the long term, you don't have to worry much and just do your part to patiently hold and wait for the right time to withdraw and until you are already satisfied with your profit. You shouldn't be easily shaken by the sudden dips most especially if you know it to yourself that you invested in a good coin. To all types of investors out there, i hope all is well with you and may this year and the coming years will be prosperous to all of us. Let's always do our own research and invest what we can only afford to lose to avoid regrets later.

For those who are not having the ability to remain patient, even trading may not be a right option for them because, for trading also they need to be patient; moreover when some people are not having the basic needs of investment world, I guess they need to depend on their regular income stream only.

Yeah such people are not deserved to enjoy all the benefits of investment opportunities. This may sound harsh but in reality the benefits of crypto investments are only for deserved people.

Predicting how long you could realistically stay in the crypto investment world is the first thing you could do, secondly how much you could put in there each month. I have done this long time ago and it has changed the way I invest and make money. I have to say, it is not making me super rich of course because I am not rich and I can't put that much money into crypto all the time, but it has allowed me to have a much better % than I ever had before.

Literally just these 2 things, knowing how long I can hold it, and knowing how much I can put in each month. Americans like to fill their 401k, Europeans like to do something else, every nation has their monthly retirement fund type of deal, whereas not many people think of bitcoin that way. Imagine putting just 10% of your salary into crypto each month, you would have been wealthy by now. I am hoping to be one in 10-20 years thanks to this method.

Trading or investing in crypto is only for people who are patient, because crypto never promises instant profit. After all, trading or investing in crypto is
a high-risk activity, so not everyone can understand this. So like you said not everyone can succeed in the crypto world, only deserved people
can succeed in profiting from crypto. Make yourself a person who deserves to receive profit from crypto by learning about crypto, in order to
understand how the crypto world works. In fact, being a successful person is a person who studies diligently, so don't ever think you are smart
and stop learning. Even though I have made a sizeable profit from investing in crypto, I have never stopped learning, because there is always
something new to learn.

You're totally right if anyone wants to put their money for investment over cryptocurrency.... And that's the best way for investment since it proves as a blessing for every traders because it gives people a high quality of return after some time all the people need to know os that patience is everything in the crypto world

Yes. Without patience, crypto investment will never be profitable.  There may be short term profits but that is only good for those hyped coins but if you are investing into bitcoin and established altcoins, they make huge profits once hold for long term so a holder itself should always be patient and should never panic easily once the coins experience price drops because that is a  normal scenario even for potential coins to go its price up and down.  But you will only sell them when their prices are on top.

Strong patience is the main role when we are involved in crypto especially bitcoin, being patient is not easy but it is a must to achieve satisfactory profit and no matter how long you have to wait.
and what is happening right now in the market is a natural thing, so this is where our time and patience are tested to keep holding the coins we have as strong as possible.

Especially with the current market conditions, I think we must really be patient and wait for the market conditions to return to green,
most importantly don't panic and control our emotions

Unfortunately too many people approach it as if digital assets are here for something quicker. We see people holding stocks for decades, literally decades, but crypto has been a bit more known for a decade now, slightly more since it started, and yet people act as if it doesn't go up too much.

On average, it takes about 3 to 5 months for bitcoin to recover from 50% drops, and we just had one, so in 3 to 5 months we "may" go back, it has happened many times before, and for some reason people act as if we would have to wait YEARS before we can be close to 70k again. However, even if we had to, that is 2x, so would it be weird if we had to wait 2 years for 2x return? I mean isn't that still great? Or how about 10x in 10 years? Would that be weird? 350k or so in 2030-32 period? But if it doesn't happen by 2025, people will react like it is too late, that's a bit weird.

Digital assets are not only limited to holding but you can also do other things on them like shopping, gambling and so on . we cant blame all that invest and then suddenly sold because they are only humans and humans can get distracted easily. Maybe greed got them, or they are scared that dumps will go bad and whats the difference of physical business to online, where in online you can also hold your own assets in your own wallet. Physical business can only be harder as they require more things and it needs more monitoring than simply holding but nothing is hard as long as we are dedicated and have a passion on what we are doing.

I think this boils down to the individual and how they see this crypto space and its investment opportunities. Some person sees it as a get rich quick scheme and so they can hodl for along time. While some that understand the principles of bitcoin investments and then hodling is the way to have the best benefits out of cryptocurrency investments. And some other people due to lack of patients may seek quick profits and then may achieve their goals or not.

When not all the people are seeking same level of high profits, I guess we cannot say that holding is suitable for everyone. Some people will be satisfied with small returns which is possible within a day and that does not mean that digital assets are bad for daily trading.