Small assets, trade or invest? Good decision?

[AniviaBtc]

As a trader, it is normal for us to encounter difficulties while engaging a lot of trading platforms and I know that it is not easy for us to overcome it.

There's the time where we almost lose all our money in trading and we only have a certain small amount of money. Some people are still risking it and some are saving it for future errands.

I remember when I chose to trade, I experienced a lot of struggle as I lose a certain transaction and regret it afterwards,
but I never stopped and instead I continue those transaction because I got a lot of profits sometimes.

But then I realized that it I want a long term source of profit then I switched and engaged with crypto investment. I found it really beneficial for me as I want to become more futuristic,
although the progress is not that fast but I think that it is much safer for me to invest here.

Do you think this is a good decision? I know that most of us are struggling in trading, could you give us more idea? And what are your thoughts about this?

[avikz]

Trading and investing - both are two different methods of making money and both are meant for different types of people. Traders are risk-takers while investors are most likely stays away from risk. So your decision depends on you and your outlook towards risk. There's no right and wrong decision involved. It's all about choosing a method which suits you better.

BTW, I have never seen a legit investment platform for cryptos. are you HODLING or investing your cryptos to a certain platform to get interest return? Can you name a few?

[TitanGEL]

Traders are often thinking get quick rich mentality and we should avoid it, if you want to be a trader who will consistent earning in the market even if the trend is bearish then you should think long term goal. As a trader it is important that we should be aware that winning and losing is part of the game, we should be used to it because there are a lot of knowledge and information that we may get.

Disappointment is part of the trading, whenever you lose; it is better if you will remind yourself that losing is normal and it is part of the process. In that way you can be motivated. Experience is more important than money so forget earning in trading and focus on gaining knowledge first in order for you to be consistently earning in the market.

[BitcoinTurk]

In fact, the answer to this question varies according to the person's own personality, not the amount of capital. For example, the capital that you consider as small capital may be large capital for someone else, or on the contrary, the capital that you consider as large capital may be small capital for someone else. For this reason, how this capital can be evaluated may vary according to the person's own structure. A risk-loving and constant money flower can evaluate this capital by trading, and a person with a low risk threshold and a pursuit of guaranteed earnings can evaluate it as a long-term investment. For this reason, you should decide based on your own personality and expectations, not on the amount of capital.

[bitbunnny]

There’s an active money in trading especially if you have the right skills and knowledge, and if you do want a less hassle source of income, then investing is a good choice. You can choose to invest directly on a good projects, they might offer to you a private investing or you can buy the top coins like bitcoin and hold until it reach your target price. No matter how big or small your assets, if its on a right place you’ll make more money.

Many think that trading is easy and they often estimate too high their capabilities for it. Also, investing is not only a matter of choice , you need to know a lot of relevant information and dig real deep into some subject to make right decision.
So, I don't think that the right question is what is better option, trading or investment, but the right question is what is the right for each individual according to his capabilities, knowledge and risk management.

[Peanutswar]

It doesn't matter if you will start trading and investment because still, the market is volatile no one is safe on this kind of movement of the market.

Also, it is better what kind of earning process would you prefer. If you are good at trading go with this if you want just to make investment go for it.  You don't need to listen to others because you just make an investment or trade once we enter into the world of crypto it is full of risk it depends on you how you handle the situation and avoid losing your funds.

[Assface16678]

By having a small amount of coin it depends on you how you will earn more profit regarding that in the investment you need to have to wait for your money to get more earning if you want to make more money and doubt this you can make it for trading and increase the leverage. Previously I made trading small amount in binance and within a day it doubles my money which is good but I made a 125x and 100x leverage still risky right? But still, if you want to make more income you will increase the leverage it's up to you how you handle the situation and one of the best thing you must need to do is avoid the liquidity because once it's hit the market limit you will now lose all of your funds.

[cheezcarls]

As a trader, it is normal for us to encounter difficulties while engaging a lot of trading platforms and I know that it is not easy for us to overcome it.

There's the time where we almost lose all our money in trading and we only have a certain small amount of money. Some people are still risking it and some are saving it for future errands.

I remember when I chose to trade, I experienced a lot of struggle as I lose a certain transaction and regret it afterwards,
but I never stopped and instead I continue those transaction because I got a lot of profits sometimes.

But then I realized that it I want a long term source of profit then I switched and engaged with crypto investment. I found it really beneficial for me as I want to become more futuristic,
although the progress is not that fast but I think that it is much safer for me to invest here.

Do you think this is a good decision? I know that most of us are struggling in trading, could you give us more idea? And what are your thoughts about this?

There is a difference between trading and investing.

When you trade, you either win or lose on a short-term basis.
When you invest, you either win or lose on a long-term basis.

No matter which one will you choose, always be sure that you can only spend what you afford losing. Like what I told my mom a few years ago when she invest in a specific token, she understands and would have this kind of mentality that she can afford losing that amount.

Of course, do not trade if you aren’t educated about it. You may only knew about the “buy low, sell high” thingy, but it’s not enough for you to be a skilled trader. There are complete online courses that you can check out in the internet such as NewsCrypto, Udemy, Trading Heroes and Trading Cobb. Youtube is also helpful, but not in a complete way.

I suggest you should spend some time educating yourself first completely before deciding to do day trading. As for the investments, make sure that you are doing a lot of homework by checking the project’s history, strategic partners, roadmap, team members, use case, etc.

[maydna]

If you don't have any coin right now, then perhaps, you can buy bitcoin and hold it for a while. But if you already have the coins, and if your coin is one of the top coin lists, then I suggest you trade because that can help you to gain more profit as right now, we see that the market can move well. So you will have a chance to increase your asset while you can also hold some amount for the next bull run that can happen anytime. But if you are aware or afraid with the pump and dump that can occur at the market, then you can invest and hold for a while, so you don't have to risk your asset in trading. But that will be up to you, every decision that you make will have a risk, and you need to realize that.

[Ifra24]

Do you think this is a good decision? I know that most of us are struggling in trading, could you give us more idea? And what are your thoughts about this?

Get to know yourself, adjust to your abilities. If you feel unable to trade then don't trade. If you feel more enjoy investing then do it. When everything starts with self-confidence that joints will also have a positive impact.

[The Cryptovator]

Its totally depends on your trading skill either you will invest or trade. I am assuming you are meaning hold by invest. Its could called long trade as well since you will hold some coins. I don't know about your capital, if your fund is quite low then your decision about investment likely correct. Trading with small amount is quite risky. Because if lose on a trade then it very difficult to recover. I am away from trading from six months almost if my memory serve me correctly. Its because I lost my funds from trading and currently I am holding some shitcoin. Although sometimes I had gained good amounts but eventually I am loser on the trading. That's why I have chosen to invest or hold with some coins. But remembers invest in crypto always risky since its always been volatile. So invest whatever you could afford loss. Dint take loan or borrow money to invest in crypto, otherwise you might get huge losses.

[abel1337]

Do you think this is a good decision? I know that most of us are struggling in trading, could you give us more idea? And what are your thoughts about this?

Get to know yourself, adjust to your abilities. If you feel unable to trade then don't trade. If you feel more enjoy investing then do it. When everything starts with self-confidence that joints will also have a positive impact.

You have a point, But we can't really know if we don't try right? It's true that trading is not that easy especially if you are not used to charts and have no experience in every way how to do it or let's call it a pure newbie. As an experienced trader, I go through a lot of ready and fail trades before I get my momentum of winning a trade, I lost countless capital and it makes me want to stop but I continued. If you are really serious about trading and want to gather experience try trading on a non-capital trading platform that is a training place for trade and research more about trading it will help you a lot I promise.

[bitgolden]

I realized that it I want a long term source of profit then I switched and engaged with crypto investment. I found it really beneficial for me as I want to become more futuristic,
although the progress is not that fast but I think that it is much safer for me to invest here.

Do you think this is a good decision? I know that most of us are struggling in trading, could you give us more idea? And what are your thoughts about this?

Crypto has helped many people around the world who have decided to be a long term holders rather than being an active trader. Luckily you entered into this crypto space as an investor which must be the core reason it remained beneficial to you given than assuming most of the traders are failing to make use of fluctuations of all cryptocurrencies. Pro traders are loving fluctuations still it should be predictable through technical analysis. But, market fluctuations are not behaving similar hence even technical analysis also may fail time to time.

You can keep investing into bitcoins with up to 90% of your available capital and with remaining 10% you can into reputed altcoins. Trading is not recommended to anyone who are not capable of spending all their time in making themselves ready for generating signals about the turning points of crypto markets. I mean investing must be an easier way to make money in crypto space and trading is good if you are ready to risk.

[TheGreatPython]

Investing for future is a perfect idea in crypto world, it is a new system even if its ten years old these days, all other stuff have been around for hundreds of years, so crypto is considerably new compared to other stuff and in 20-30-40 years it will always be something a lot more profitable, definitely amazing.

But at the same time, we are talking about not having the patience to wait for 40 years when the coin we bought is basically non-existing right now, some things you invest in like bitcoin and ethereum could survive for tens of years, whereas some small ones can go so little that you would basically want to get out, look at Nano for these examples, it used to be over 30 dollars, now its under 1 dollars. So do the long term thing, but pick carefully.

[DoublerHunter]

^ Definitely in investment the return is slow not to be at the same rate as with trading for these two are different on how you will deal on it. Trading is more active than you need to pay much of your time in transacting with someone to earn a profit while with investing may need less action for your asset's value may earn depending on the outcome of exchanges though it may be a little or slow however the latter has a lesser rate of losing and your asset will be retained as your property no matter what happened on the market. Moreover, any of these two has the risk of losing it may still depend on the outcome of your transaction or the value of crypto at the end of the day. Nevertheless, just asking if this is a good decision? My answer will be yes but try to check which of these two suits your interest for it is everyone's foundation before going into any battle.

[nelson4lov]

It doesn't matter if you will start trading and investment because still, the market is volatile no one is safe on this kind of movement of the market.

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Both investment and trading has certain level of risks. But trading obviously has more potential profits which is accompanied by high risks as well. The main avenue for investing in crypto assets used to be via ICOs, STOs or more recently, IEOs. Other investment options staking/holding for a fixed percentage works too.

In all, whichever path to choose boils down to individual preference. So @OP, If you feel investing is the way for you, you should go for it.

[Latviand]

Investing for future is a perfect idea in crypto world, it is a new system even if its ten years old these days, all other stuff have been around for hundreds of years, so crypto is considerably new compared to other stuff and in 20-30-40 years it will always be something a lot more profitable, definitely amazing.

But at the same time, we are talking about not having the patience to wait for 40 years when the coin we bought is basically non-existing right now, some things you invest in like bitcoin and ethereum could survive for tens of years, whereas some small ones can go so little that you would basically want to get out, look at Nano for these examples, it used to be over 30 dollars, now its under 1 dollars. So do the long term thing, but pick carefully.

Sometimes you need to become futuristic in order to have a point of view and have some ideas on what will you do on the next upcoming years. If you have plans, it will become more easier to you on what directions are you going to pursue with your money. Investment is quite good but trading will make you more flexible in any situation just like when the price in the market is high or low.

We need to consider a lot of things especially in choosing between trading or investments. Like many people said here, they are both different from each other and in terms of risks, trading is much risky compared to investments. But it really take courage for you to gain reasonable and huge amount of profits in trading.

You only need to have patience and self-discipline in order to attain what you're rooting for about your career. Hard work pays off you just need to grind and manipulate your assets properly as far as you can but limit yourself if it is necessary. It's really much good to invest in a long term source of profit not only in a short term because it can really make you lose your money.

[Wexnident]

If I had the chance, I'd opt to choose both. Of course, this gives the chance of me losing everything, hence I always hold the notion that whatever money I've invested or traded are not mine, at least, temporarily. I start thinking that they are already lost assets and aren't part of my bank account anymore, which makes it a lot easier in terms of controlling my finances. Both have their pros and cons and it honestly depends on how you yourself think. It'd be a lot better of course if your way of thinking aligns with either of the two since that makes your mind a lot easier to handle, making losses stay at the minimal amount.

In your case, Investment seems a lot better. Especially since your need is a long term investment, crypto would do you well. Especially since you've pretty much understood how trading works and want to avoid it, making your decision to be avoiding risk. If you started investing in crypto, there is still a risk, yes, but in the long term, you should be able to profit quite well imo.

[Lorence.xD]

In my opinion, having the small asset grow first is a priority because trading is very expensive and you will need a lot of funds for that to pull off, I am no expert but if I were to choose whether invest or trade, I would rather do investment because I find trading more safer for growing your assets, if you really want to trade then you can use investment as a bridge to make sure that you can last for a long time enough to profit big time in trading. Trading though is very risky and you will to learn if you want to go to that path, in short, you can learn about trading while you are still growing your investments. I am no financial expert but I personally believe that investing is much safer than trading.

[exstasie]

Traders are risk-takers while investors are most likely stays away from risk. So your decision depends on you and your outlook towards risk. There's no right and wrong decision involved.

I wouldn't say investors are risk averse. There are safe investments (certificates of deposit, low yield bonds) and then there are risky investments (penny stocks, altcoins, and so on). And there is a whole spectrum in between.

The trader vs. investor distinction is more about time preference. Traders operate on shorter time frames with the hope of greater and compounded gains. They however risk getting chopped out of positions and missing out on larger bull trends. Investors avoid the short term noise but they also take on the risk of bigger drawdowns over longer periods.