Long term vs. Short term

[Darkdragonzzz]

At the moment I do not buy coins for long-term storage. I do daily trading and this brings me more profit than investing.

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[rmapower]

Day trading is a zero sum game. For every winner there is a loser. Most of these day traders are professionals being paid out the ass on wall street who do this day in day out and have time to research every trade and make an educated decision on if they think they will be the winner.

Are you going to be a winner when they are on the other side?

[ongahawak]

Long term investments are in a companies that are trying to make a profit. It takes time and resources to do that, but they think they are filling a niche in society that people will pay for. Your investment in their company is an agreement that you think they are right, they will be profitable over time, and you want a piece of that later. With sufficient diversification, you'll pick up a few winners and a few losers, but historically, the average is around 7%/year ahead after inflation. It just needs a decade or two to tend to the mean.

[ayu07]

It depends on how knowledgeable you are about the investment/trading fundamentals and how much time you are willing to spend on researching the markets. Any investment is speculation if you do not research it well. And any speculation can be an investment if you are strict about the logic of investment, clear exit criterion (in case of profit or loss). My approach I have been trading for a while now. I have usually very high percentage of my portfolio in speculative investments (this is a subjective term). But I have managed to keep my losses in control when things did not work out by using stop losses or hedging. This way, the profits I made in some trades are still higher than losses I had to book. Overall, I have beaten my conservative portfolio by big amount by using these short term investments. Typical financial wisdom Typically, Financial advisers will tell you that you can take higher risk when you are young and you do not need your savings to be consumed. And when you are close to retirement or when you need you money available soon, you prefer to go conservative route more and keep the safety in mind.

[daxiake]

Speculations are not part of investments... its more like a lottery which can give you possibly high returns or loss. honestly no idea if there is any such ratio in portfolio management or investment. It mainly depend on investors risk appetite. If an investor is trading for long and comfortable with market volatility then he can go for speculation.

[natumanya]

Long time means holding coins, in my opinion it`s very important to be patient and so this is a good way to do so. However, no one knows how coins will develop the next morths, I would spread therefore some money in altcoins (shorter term) and some money in btc

I tend to believe that the ICO market should be self-aligned against the background of investor experience. That will lead to a greater number of really in demand and realizable projects, which in turn will lead to further growth of this crypto currency.

[austinsku]

Both had advantages and disadvantages. For my opinion, it is better to choose long term because it will gain more than the short term. Many risk takers choosing long term period because they know that it can benefit them bigger. You are having investment not to sell it immediately instead of holding it and earn from it.

the analyst in this market is extremely meaningless, because only the fundamental planned changes can be calculated with a certain degree of probability. But cryptoworld is diverse, unpredictable and interrelated, which makes it so volatile and interesting for traders.

[Vovan99]

I personally buy the crypto currency only for free money. I invest at least 1 year. I think this is the most downtime and profitable strategy

[ezequiel]

I much prefer long term, my days of mining and dumping are long since over. The key is to find promising new projects and spread your funds / hash between several of them. Some will die a slow death, but if you do your research there's a good chance of striking gold.

Plus it's beneficial at tax time, at least in the U.S., to have a long holding period i.e. greater than 1 year.

As a rule, each crypto system has a restriction on both the total number of coins that will be issued and the number of virtual currency units generated over a certain time interval. The number of people looking for additional earnings in this area is constantly growing, and this greatly complicates the generation of new units and reduces the profits of users who are engaged in it.

[yountt2]

I can not risk more than twenty percent of my portfolio in short term trading and investment.  Long term hold always work in Cryptocurrency provided you are holding quality coin!

[anglosaxon]

How are you handling your portfolio? How much are risking in % of your portfolio in short term gain vs. Long term gain?

I generally don't add new coins to my portfolio for short periods, because I prefer long term investments. My situation of portfolio is not going well, but this is not a big problem for me, because I believe the crypto.

[coins4meh]

At the moment I do not buy coins for long-term storage. I do daily trading and this brings me more profit than investing.

I prefer long term invest but this year has been terrible for this type of investors, if you did not sell then you are probably down 80-90% in your coins...last year the hodl tactic help many people to get rich, but this year many became poor unfortunately

[AKasOO]

better long-term investment. It is estimated that 2018 will be an altcoin year which is why I think the focus on altcoin is the best choice. You can invest in Ethereum and hold it, so if you are in the long run you must have a target and not think about the price if the value of the coin drops in value.

[umbara ardian]

for the time being I prefer to do short-term trading because the situation in the exchange place is currently unstable so it will make the movement horrible, but if you don't have much time to be able to see the exchange place then you can do long-term trading.

[ezequiel]

Bitcoin and Etherium - these are the two main coins for me for a long period, the rest I buy and quickly sell, as soon as the price rises.

[austinsku]

The market is constantly changing, so you need to have patience and perseverance. If your coin has sagged, do not rush to conclusions, think that the currency should be urgently sold. We must wait for the price recovery.

[aquaking]

My intention when entering the cryptographic market is to hold the coin until the price rises and I say 10 times I accept to sell, so no matter how much the market fluctuates. Then I rest assured

[natumanya]

Long time means holding coins, in my opinion it`s very important to be patient and so this is a good way to do so. However, no one knows how coins will develop the next morths, I would spread therefore some money in altcoins (shorter term) and some money in btc

patient is very important in this industry

I think many altcoins do not have a future because they do not have emission limits at all. If Bitcoin has a limited emission of 21 million coins, then others have emissions many times greater

[BlackCanary]

Long term you can get much more profit of it it can double it price or maybe triple but on the short term you can get much more profit time to time if you are investing multiple investment and short time is good for hasty person

[Bitcoin2009]

At the moment I do not buy coins for long-term storage. I do daily trading and this brings me more profit than investing.

I prefer long term invest but this year has been terrible for this type of investors, if you did not sell then you are probably down 80-90% in your coins...last year the hodl tactic help many people to get rich, but this year many became poor unfortunately

Right, to get big profits then the long term is better, we must always be sure of crypto's future so that with long-term investment will make us get big profits, and now is the right time to buy because prices immediately skyrocket.