Expectation of investment return from BTC.

[lodcoling]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

[HabBear]

Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

I'm a hodler - holding on for dear life! It's a fun ride, Bitcoin's future has yet to arrive and I intend to be a participant when it does.

Trading is a tough thing, when you're winning you believe you can't be beat so you keep letting the plays ride. Then one day you do get beat and you double down or keep going again because you're sure the tides will change. It usually all comes down to the gambling mentality.

[mustamin88]

If I choose a short-term investment. Because the other advantage of short-term investments is that you can get substantial results. With this type of investment, you can often realize good results after only a very short time. Then you sell security to lock your profits and look for something else to put in money.

[googs84]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

Believe me I tried the short one and it doesn't work at all. I mostly ended up getting nothing, and got hyperactive with the results so changed the strategy to long hodler. This suggestion was made by most of the legends and seniors here so I listened to them.

Last time I sold my BTC was in December on the highest peak and after then I bought it again with January dip. Since then I am holding and the results are pretty good.

So long term holding it is.

[deus030518]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

For me I choose to invest for a long period of time so I will earn big. I have my work so I earn but not that big . I join here in crypto to earn big because my job salary cannot cater all of the expenses of my family even both of me and my husband is working it is not enough for our expenses. We need to earn extra money for our needs, even it is not weekly basis because we have a work.

[virendarnagpal]

If someone wants to earn from bitcoin trading, knowledge about the market and close watch on market trends is must.  Short term trading may be done i.e. buying and selling the same day. 
Some people buy bitcoin for long term investment with the intention to sell at the time when the prices are up.
But keep in mind every body who enters the market his intentions are just to gain something.  Suppose you buy btc @ $9 k then somebody who sold you may have purchased it @ $7k so with your purchase to gain something in future was the reason behind the gain of somebody else who purchased it sometime back with the same intentions.
So you became the target for him to earn money. 
Now you are in the field to target somebody else to earn money.  Your target will be the person who buys it for more money than you invested.
But we have to be careful ; in case the downtrend starts; and suppose the same btc bought @ 9 k may be forced by the circumstances to sell @ 7k .  So may be you again became target; lossing $2k.
So expectations are always for gaining something but may have to loss too in some cases. 
So we have to be careful; watch full; and full of knowledge if we want to gain.

[cypher1992]

And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why?

Cause Trading, trying to catch swings, is much more profitable. There are two kinds of traders: Flow-Trader, they go with the market flow and reversal-traders, they try to catch "counterreactions" of the market. Usually, reversals are not more than 2 to 8 percent, but better predictable for an experienced trader. Flow-Traders can make more return, in case they are sitting on the right side.

An investor is simply spoken a flow-trader but tries to catch a swing on a higher timeframe (colloquial long-term).

In a nutshell, an experienced trader can make realistically and consequently up to 30% a year. An investor more, but only in the case he has time and is sitting on the right portfolio.

[Kokondao]

In investing I use both ways, I use my funds to invest in the long term as well as short term for me to get results and use in close, and long-term needs for my old age investment.

[sate_padang]

In investing in bitcoin I choose investing in the short term and I use bubbles for my profit, selling during peak bubbles and I am patient to wait for the price to fall again.

[bungutko]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

I would prefer investing bitcoin in long term period to see actually how it grow so far. Many successful investors prefer to do long term investment because they can see significant impact in their profit gain.

[akashark]

Bitcoin has both facilities! For long term and short term. If you want to hold for a long time then you have to hold almost 6 Months to 1 year at least. Hope you will gain good profits. But if you understand market trend then you can trade bitcoin for a short term. When bitcoin was 7K or even 8K,  Of you bought that time then you already get 1200 USD Profit! That's why live traders are richer than holders

[Meysa_richa]

To get maximum results I do two ways that is short term to trade and long term for me to invest for my future in the hope of high bitcoin price.

[kingvirtus09]

An investment should be long term and not for a short profit. Bitcoin will give as the opportunity to earn big in a short period of time but there's a risk on it coz the market is so volatile so expect more growing community around the corner. better hodl than to sell early.

[Jaslinbor28]

Every investment is made for the return. Some investment is made for quick return and some for longer period of time. Some people also set their investment portfolio by mixing the twos. If we see the present market conditions we can easily say that this price of BTC will no longer be stayed in the market. This types of market in every year go through market correction. And as it has been over, it will break the previous year price. So, in present context we can invest it for a longer period of time. On the other hand, if we capable enough to use the volatility, then we can invest it for a short period of time. But, to do so you have to be a clear-sighted about the market. You must have insight news and off sight news available in your hand. Then you can harvest the profit and you can keep it into your pocket. But it is a little bit risky.

[Juggy777]

I prefer a mixture of both as it's difficult to predict with bitcoins where it'll go. So I keep changing my strategies as per the prices, if it's low then I'll buy more and if it's high then I'll sell less at high price. I keep doing it and get exceptional good returns and the mid price is my profit. Though my preference is and has always been for the long run, as short run is scary.

[Kolly]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

I guess long time investors are the ones who have the extra cash and have big capital and short term investors are the ones with minimal capital and they expect to gain profit in a short period of time.

[eagle10]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

Both are good to consider. However, if you are not an expert trader or technical trader using short gain by using  bitcoin volatility is risky especially if you are risking or investing big amount of money. So it is better to hold for long period of time because bitcoin is a good hold than any other cryptocurrency or altcoins.

[kissme09]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

I choose the long term because holding Bitcoin as long as become richer. Bitcoin is like a complex board of gods, the longer you keep it, the more worth it gets and the time that makes up Bitcoin's value. Want to become productive with Bitcoin then we should wait.

[ralle14]

I've only tried short term, held it for a couple of months then eventually sold it. I haven't hold any of my investment for more than a year I always cash it out or spend it on something. Holding long term would give you a higher return and it's one of the best way to earn money but it's hard to do if you're not disciplined enough. I might try it at some point if I can accumulate a good amount of bitcoin.

[Pursuer]

Some people invest in BTC for long period of time with an expectation of large amount. And some people invest for short period of time with an aim to short gain by using the volatility. Which one you choose most? and Why? Just sharing ideas.

both! there is no rule saying you should only choose one and stick to one at all times.
long term investment is definitely the easiest thing and that is what I will always do no matter what else I am doing. in other words I always have some amount of bitcoin put away in my cold storage which I am not going to touch for many years.
at the same time I am doing some trades whenever I have the time and more importantly whenever I find the market most predictable. that way I can increase the amount of bitcoin that I already have for my long term investment.