What is better - cryptocurrency trading or investing?

[South Park]

I tried day trading many times but it wasn't much profitable for me and it was taking my time really a lot. I thought that it was not worth it as a result and stopped doing it. And I directly started to make regular investments like for a short term or long term. And I have realized that I can make much more profit compared to day trading especially in a long term. Now, I'm a long-term investor the most and my first choice is BTC. When I want to make short term investments, I choose top altcoins the most.

And there is nothing wrong with that, the profits that you can make with day trading are in theory higher but you need to deal with a lot of issues which severely diminish the chances that you are going to get any profits, like the fees, taxes, slippage and the greater amount of mistakes that you will make due to the higher degree of difficulty that trading represents, however while investing brings less profits on average at the same time is easier and this is more than enough to have way more successful investors than traders.

[KaliLinux]

I have been a day trader but want to know if it’s a good idea to hold bitcoin for long, whether it will be more profitable?

For me, it is your strength and understanding of day trading that keeps you doing that process. Day trading is not such an easy thing because I believe that there's is a lot to understand before you can successfully day trade if you have to succeed in it. Sometimes, Investors are lucky placing trades and taking profits and thinking that is all that it is. On the other hand, you can buy or invest in Bitcoin for the long HODL and will most definitely make profits if you are really patient and even this requires you to have a bit of knowledge of the market on when to buy which can always give you a better leverage on profits over time. 

[watergold]

The first thing you are told to decide when you are going to jump into trading the bitcoin market is your attitude when it comes to investing. Do you want to make money fast? Do you think that bitcoin is the future and holding it long term is the best option? By understanding your investment period, you can find out which trading strategy is more suitable for your needs. If you're someone who thinks bitcoin could be worth millions someday, then you're probably going to stick with a long-term strategy. If you only intend to profit from bitcoin price movements, this is very suitable if you use a short-term strategy.

In my experience, I think this depends on each other's perception because it is possible for some people to use a trading strategy, both for daily trading and for scalping, but I think if you look at it from the side of long-term investors, it doesn't really matter because Indeed, what I see from long-term investors is that they don't really care about temporary corrections and don't really care about increases and decreases in the daily timeframe, they only focus on long-term prospects that are indeed their target, whether it's 5 years or 10 years. they are just aiming there not caring about the ups and downs because they believe the long term is very good.

[conected]

The first thing you are told to decide when you are going to jump into trading the bitcoin market is your attitude when it comes to investing. Do you want to make money fast? Do you think that bitcoin is the future and holding it long term is the best option? By understanding your investment period, you can find out which trading strategy is more suitable for your needs. If you're someone who thinks bitcoin could be worth millions someday, then you're probably going to stick with a long-term strategy. If you only intend to profit from bitcoin price movements, this is very suitable if you use a short-term strategy.

In my experience, I think this depends on each other's perception because it is possible for some people to use a trading strategy, both for daily trading and for scalping, but I think if you look at it from the side of long-term investors, it doesn't really matter because Indeed, what I see from long-term investors is that they don't really care about temporary corrections and don't really care about increases and decreases in the daily timeframe, they only focus on long-term prospects that are indeed their target, whether it's 5 years or 10 years. they are just aiming there not caring about the ups and downs because they believe the long term is very good.

- Somewhat selfish and personal bigotry, athough I know each person's wishes are more important than personal selfish desires but human personality is governed by our inner surge and it doesn't help us in crypto trading, refine each ratio and adjust each strategy but a little surge inside ruined it all. While on the investor side are just the most ordinary gestures of a person, not elaborate and flowery about the plan, just quiet to go to the end of the horizon, so I think this horizon is something better than the rhetoric of trading

[LUCKMCFLY]

The first thing you are told to decide when you are going to jump into trading the bitcoin market is your attitude when it comes to investing. Do you want to make money fast? Do you think that bitcoin is the future and holding it long term is the best option? By understanding your investment period, you can find out which trading strategy is more suitable for your needs. If you're someone who thinks bitcoin could be worth millions someday, then you're probably going to stick with a long-term strategy. If you only intend to profit from bitcoin price movements, this is very suitable if you use a short-term strategy.

In my experience, I think this depends on each other's perception because it is possible for some people to use a trading strategy, both for daily trading and for scalping, but I think if you look at it from the side of long-term investors, it doesn't really matter because Indeed, what I see from long-term investors is that they don't really care about temporary corrections and don't really care about increases and decreases in the daily timeframe, they only focus on long-term prospects that are indeed their target, whether it's 5 years or 10 years. they are just aiming there not caring about the ups and downs because they believe the long term is very good.

- Somewhat selfish and personal bigotry, athough I know each person's wishes are more important than personal selfish desires but human personality is governed by our inner surge and it doesn't help us in crypto trading, refine each ratio and adjust each strategy but a little surge inside ruined it all. While on the investor side are just the most ordinary gestures of a person, not elaborate and flowery about the plan, just quiet to go to the end of the horizon, so I think this horizon is something better than the rhetoric of trading

Well, quick profits investing in BTC is possible, but only if you have a touch of luck, that is, if you buy BTC at $ 46k, you can move it up to $ 64k even much more, some think it can reach $ 100k, in fact according to some economic models it is established that it can reach the target, according to the S2F model.
Now, investment is based on or its fundamental idea is to buy and wait as long as necessary until it makes a profit, and this is where the attitude of many investors comes in, some enter but exit the investment even in less than that it was reversed and there is the error of many, they do not know how to wait or have patience.

The best investors when they put money, they only follow up, and forget about that money, they only look for profits regardless of the time that has to pass, at least in the stock market it is like that, since it takes around 8-10 years to make An important movement, while not in BTC, it takes at most between 3 or 4 years, after completing its accumulation phase.

[CaptainCrapper]

I have been a day trader but want to know if it’s a good idea to hold bitcoin for long, whether it will be more profitable?

Trading and invest both are very important for the cryptocurrency sector I know lots of people want to get money without hassle or without tension but I want to say every sector has risk and uncertainty so look before you left.at fast you have to take decision what is your final goal then you can succeed. just I want to say trading and invest both need for the cryptocurrency world.

[Sihab76]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

[tabas]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

People really think that trading is profitable and that's why even newbies try it without enough experience. They're all looking to those positive stories that has been shared to them.
They look at how great the experience was but they don't look at how the successful trader went through battles and hardships before they've reached their success.

[carlfebz2]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

People really think that trading is profitable and that's why even newbies try it without enough experience. They're all looking to those positive stories that has been shared to them.
They look at how great the experience was but they don't look at how the successful trader went through battles and hardships before they've reached their success.

Whenever reality slaps into their faces then thats the time they do really realize that trading is something not really easy to deal with and once you do realize up things on how it works then this is the time that you

would really be mindful towards your actions and would really be that careful on dealing up with things ahead.Trading is indeed investment if you do ask me because you are risking out your money to earn money

which it is somewhat active compared into those investment that do only needs time for you to consider whether you do take profit or cut-losses.

[goinmerry]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

People really think that trading is profitable and that's why even newbies try it without enough experience. They're all looking to those positive stories that has been shared to them.
They look at how great the experience was but they don't look at how the successful trader went through battles and hardships before they've reached their success.

If those newbies you are referring to have enough experience, then they are not newbies anymore. It's common to see newbies thinking trading is profitable because they are new to it and didn't know yet the risks involved in doing trades. It's not that they don't look at the hard battle of those who become successful but they are just amazed as those traders become professional in their careers starting from scratch.

It's good that they have a mindset like that as it will create a goal that soon they will become one of the best too.

[tabas]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

People really think that trading is profitable and that's why even newbies try it without enough experience. They're all looking to those positive stories that has been shared to them.
They look at how great the experience was but they don't look at how the successful trader went through battles and hardships before they've reached their success.

Whenever reality slaps into their faces then thats the time they do really realize that trading is something not really easy to deal with and once you do realize up things on how it works then this is the time that you

would really be mindful towards your actions and would really be that careful on dealing up with things ahead.Trading is indeed investment if you do ask me because you are risking out your money to earn money

which it is somewhat active compared into those investment that do only needs time for you to consider whether you do take profit or cut-losses.

They're making it look like very easy to do but in reality, it's hard to make money on it. Trading is partially an investment too as you say because you're putting money on it.
But it's really different from the actual investment that you just put money and wait until it profits passively.

[24Kt]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

People really think that trading is profitable and that's why even newbies try it without enough experience. They're all looking to those positive stories that has been shared to them.
They look at how great the experience was but they don't look at how the successful trader went through battles and hardships before they've reached their success.

Some of them don't know that such trader just got lucky with his coins. Those good stories are not true for all coins. So when they get in, they are also hoping to experience the same but unfortunately, they can't get the same.

By the way, the time the OP created this thread last July, btc was in the 34k range and now, we are at the 44k range. So if he just hold his btc, he already gained some profits here. But no one can tell you what's gonna happen. So sometimes short-term trading can give you the profits that you want if you don't want to wait for months.

[tabas]

Cryptocurrency investing and cryptocurrency trading are both very popular but vary from person to person. Many people think that cryptocurrency trading is profitable from investment. Many people think that it is better to invest in cryptocurrency trading. However very popular on both platforms if you have enough qualifications and fulfillment Have previous experience.

People really think that trading is profitable and that's why even newbies try it without enough experience. They're all looking to those positive stories that has been shared to them.
They look at how great the experience was but they don't look at how the successful trader went through battles and hardships before they've reached their success.

Some of them don't know that such trader just got lucky with his coins. Those good stories are not true for all coins. So when they get in, they are also hoping to experience the same but unfortunately, they can't get the same.

Yes, those it's a fact that many of us became lucky because the current coins that we held, they've pumped and they're even luckier if they've sold at that correct time.

By the way, the time the OP created this thread last July, btc was in the 34k range and now, we are at the 44k range. So if he just hold his btc, he already gained some profits here. But no one can tell you what's gonna happen. So sometimes short-term trading can give you the profits that you want if you don't want to wait for months.

And there goes the investing, you just have to choose the best asset that you can have in this market and wait until on the right time it gets up.

[matchi2011]

Some of them don't know that such trader just got lucky with his coins. Those good stories are not true for all coins. So when they get in, they are also hoping to experience the same but unfortunately, they can't get the same.

Mostly happened, and for those who are not aware of the risk, instead of getting any profits, they ended up losing their money.
Without the right knowledge, you are just like doing gambling, investing and trading both needs knowledge and skills.

By the way, the time the OP created this thread last July, btc was in the 34k range and now, we are at the 44k range. So if he just hold his btc, he already gained some profits here. But no one can tell you what's gonna happen. So sometimes short-term trading can give you the profits that you want if you don't want to wait for months.

If he continues to hold, then he still on the profitable side. No one knows what the market will bring. It's always your own assessment

that matters when dealing with this business.

[V-t.Ester]

For sure, it’s always a good idea to invest and to hodl BTC. It’s a lot less risky than spot trading or stop-limit trading and thousand times less risky than using shoulder or buying futures. There are so many investors in BTC that simply have bought BTC years ago, locked them in digital cold wallets and HoDL.  If you decided to hodl BTC then first of all it’s better to buy good digital wallet, to be sure that assets will be in safe from hackers. Then always to keep digital wallet, password and a code phrase in safe place. In such way the risk to lose assets will be minimized.

[Ryder Kudrow]

Trading requires more knowledge of encryption, continuous learning and analysis of the market. It also takes more time and patience to profit from the volatility of cryptocurrencies in a short period of time.
Investment requires a lot of financial support. Investing in relatively secure cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and holding them for a long time will eventually obtain high profits.

[Wildwest]

If we have a large capital of course bitcoin is the main choice that we must hold, because the price increase will always occur in the future, especially for now the price of bitcoin drops by 50% then this is our opportunity to buy bitcoin because it has a high probability that the increase will happen again, and for Daily traders we can also rely on when the price of bitcoin increases, And now is not the right time to become a day trader.

[oktana]

Depending on how long you can/choose to hodl. Anyways, I suggest both. Because both of them are profitable and even similar in a way. But if you choose to invest in Bitcoin in particular, you'll have to hodl for long though. Unlike daily trading in which you can easily trade on coins/tokens that don't have any potential use.

[Ngemmeng]

I think being a day trader can earn bigger profits than long term investments, but being able to do both is much better because you can get a much bigger profit. the profit you receive from daily trading you will receive at any time but with a small amount, but if you make a long-term investment you will enjoy a very large amount of profit in the future.

[Adbitco]

Something you should know your questions and suggestions before taking your topic.
Most at time many users fails to read deeply before responding to question most time only replied from topic;
One thing certain is that investing in BTC is never the wrong choice but the ability for you to control your emotions really counts, you could face serious dip that would warrant you to panic and sell.
Now talking of trading; do you have some fundamental skills and guideline to help you trade and make some profits?
If Yes!
Then you are good to go with the trading, for me I would love to invest in bitcoin for long term.