Hodling vs trading

[DaNNy001]

If you have the privilege to hodl then take advantage in this as your investment in bitcoin is to give you profits which can serves as your earnings means, then don't hesitate to grab in this opportunity regardless of what may be your challenges because bullrun will always come after Halving, also the value of bitcoin remains ever increasing and this is part of the reason why some have chosen bitcoin over any other forms of assets investment because it's relatively reliable.

If you are not privilege then I think you make out the opportunity for yourself because Bitcoin investment is an opportunity that everyone must not fail to miss especially now that you are aware of it, if you are not aware then I would have taught that atleast you weren't aware but if you know and preach out this taught and then fail to make out to achieve with this chance then it would be really disappointing, because after the whole bull season has past the only thing you might saying is just regretful feelings.

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There are also losses in holdings if one holds altcoins without holding bitcoins. Because it can be said that Bitcoin will never be a scam but altcoins are constantly being scammed. So if one wants to hold for long term then Bitcoin is better. and  holds Bitcoin long term they definitely profit but they have to have a target to hold Bitcoin until they reach their desired profit. A long-term hold does not mean a fixed period of time like a month, two months or a year. A long-term hold means folding until the target is crossed.  So if one does not reach his desired profit even after holding for six months or one year then one should not panic then it cannot be called a long term hold either.

I would agree with you that holding any other coin other than bitcoin in long term holding has more chance of loss.  All the alternatives I have hod in my life are now many times below the investment price. At the end of the day none of these could show me any profit.  I think investing in alternative coins is only good for short term trading.  For long-term trading, it is better to choose Bitcoin with your eyes closed.  In this case, you don't have to worry much about the security of your fund, just have some fundamental knowledge.  But here too it is better to follow a DCA method to avoid risk.

[oktana]

I think Hodling is the best way As it the horse of long race and can give desired profit according to your goals on the other hand, Trading is the risky part where you can loose and gain as well Like for that you have to look at market sentiments all the time and Have to jump in the mud like you need to do DYOR sometime you fell prey of FOMO. Due to that you have to take your decisions in hurry or being emotional. You have to Do TA and FA. while in hodl you need not to take that much stress.

I had alot of conversation over hodling in this given thread where alot of seniors share their thoughts and experiences in this thread over it must read..........>>>>Buy the DIP, and HODL!

One man’s food another man’s poison. What if I told you that Hodling wasn’t better than Trading? Actually, if you asked me, I’ll choose Hodling but that doesn’t mean that trading is not valid. There are skilled traders who make better money trading than Hodling. Sometimes you should forget about other people’s opinions and do what works for you. There are people who even combine the both of them for maximum profit. So, you can’t really say one of them is bad; depends on who.

[2Pizza410000BTC]

I prefer holding because it doesn't bring too much stress to me and I have more time to do my main job. DCA and holding, are both easy to do and yield better results, IMO. Meanwhile, trading requires a large amount of knowledge and you have to spend a lot of time in front of the computer screen every day to test and analyze the market. But in the end, all of that is not enough for you to make the right trading decisions, things can still go against your predictions and cause you losses. As we all know, trading is much more complicated, and it is not for the masses.

I totally agree with your opinion. As a newbie as far as I know trading is very complicated who thinks trading is easy, I think it's totally stupid. I am speaking from my own experience I started trading with few dollars and tasted some profit one or two day. After tasting that profit I jumped back into trading and started trading now I lost 60 percent of my original balance in trading. Here if I had held on to the bitcoins without trading, my funds would have grown a lot and I wouldn't have lost. From here I realized that trading is never enough for the uninformed and less experienced. Holding is always suitable for newbies and inexperienced persons.

[gunhell16]

In the circumstances that we have now, specifically for those who have bitcoin holdings, it is good for them to just keep it on hold for now. It is not good for you to sell your bitcoin holdings right now, especially as we are approaching the halving or bull run.

In the current situation we are facing, I think it is better to trade in altcoin as long as it is on the list of top cryptos in the market, and it is also better to hold it long-term compared to Bitcoin. This is just my opinion. I am only saying this for the time being; it depends on whether you believe what I am saying. Because this is what I'm doing now, day trading, and so far so good, I'm getting earnings even if it's a small amount every day, but at least my profit, right?

[terrific]

In the circumstances that we have now, specifically for those who have bitcoin holdings, it is good for them to just keep it on hold for now. It is not good for you to sell your bitcoin holdings right now, especially as we are approaching the halving or bull run.

If some circumstances permit you to sell your holdings, don't regret it as that's what these holdings are for. For us to spend them.
But if there's no immediate circumstance that you are required to sell it, I agree to you that we should just hold it.

In the current situation we are facing, I think it is better to trade in altcoin as long as it is on the list of top cryptos in the market, and it is also better to hold it long-term compared to Bitcoin. This is just my opinion. I am only saying this for the time being; it depends on whether you believe what I am saying. Because this is what I'm doing now, day trading, and so far so good, I'm getting earnings even if it's a small amount every day, but at least my profit, right?

Some alts are also good for holding in the long term, we've seen that for some rising altcoins and that varies from every cycle and season that we get it.
I agree as well that if you're going to trade, it's much lighter to do it with altcoins.

[boty]

In this case, you don't have to worry much about the security of your fund, just have some fundamental knowledge.  But here too it is better to follow a DCA method to avoid risk.

Using the DCA method in collecting Bitcoin is a good thing to do because everyone can do it as long as they understand the basics of investing using Bitcoin and also they have to collect it consistently to be able to wait until they can get a profit from the investment they make, if we can do it consistently By using the DCA method I am sure I will be able to get a profit from the investment I make.

I totally agree with your opinion. As a newbie as far as I know trading is very complicated who thinks trading is easy, I think it's totally stupid. I am speaking from my own experience I started trading with few dollars and tasted some profit one or two day. After tasting that profit I jumped back into trading and started trading now I lost 60 percent of my original balance in trading. Here if I had held on to the bitcoins without trading, my funds would have grown a lot and I wouldn't have lost. From here I realized that trading is never enough for the uninformed and less experienced. Holding is always suitable for newbies and inexperienced persons.

Everyone who is just starting something new to them and thinks it is easy is of course very arrogant and stupid. It is normal for everyone who does something new to them of course they don't understand anything about it, they have to learn it first. what will he do to be able to do this, if we talk about trading, of course it is not something that everyone can do, there are some who have a lot of experience and still experience losses in the trading they do.

You are right, not everyone can trade well because there are still those who have a lot of experience with trading who still make mistakes that cause them to experience losses, so it would be better for those who are new to have a little understanding about crypto to collect and hold it to achieve profits compared to trading.

[Nrcewker]

Definitely Holding is a process where you just invest in a particular coin for a fix period of time. Here you don’t have to do anything. Just buy the coins and hold it for a certain period of time. Whereas in trading, you have to give time to the market and take profits in regular intervals. If you cannot do this perfectly, then definitely you will make losses in longer go.

[Ale88]

Hodling and trading has always been a debate in the Bitcoin crypto space.Are they different? Of course yes.Hodling is a term used to describe owning Bitcoin in a wallet especially for a long period of time.While trading on the other hand refers to the selling and buying of Bitcoin through an exchange.
 Both Hodling and trading have some similarities such as ;

1. The use of wallets to store Bitcoin.
2. For both trading or hodling to be possible you must own Bitcoin. Although trading requires a minimum amount of coins, hodling does not.
3. Both require you to understand how to secure your coins to avoid hacks or loss of funds.

Nevertheless, despite these similarities hodling and trading are also distinct this is due to the fact that hodling is usually long termed ( hodling appreciates better during long term.) however trading returns come from short term fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin.Due to the uniqueness of Bitcoin,some  persons tend to choose hodling over trading due to some advantages such as;

1. Ease ; hodling Bitcoin saves you the stress of understanding marketing strategies and little price fluctuations As you only store the Bitcoin in your wallet without transacting.(successful trading requires constant research and experience)

2. Transaction Costs ; Hodling comes with a lower transaction cost which is from depositing the Bitcoin in your wallet. However trading incures cost due to frequent transactions especially when the network is congested.

3. Long-Term  Gains ;Over time Bitcoin  has shown promising potential in it's price.Hodling  helps you benefit from the long term potential of Which in most cases appreciates better than little price gains from trading.

4. Security; Hodling your Bitcoin gives you a better option of making use of offline wallets such as air gapped wallets or hardware wallets,As they deem more secure than online wallets
 
With all these being  said it is important to note that hodling shitcoin is not advisable due to their exponentially high volatility which may lead to severe loss if not properly managed.
Trading and hodling is always a choice as they indirectly serve as balance to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Don't forget to keep your keys safe 😁

I think that you forgot to mention the most important thing: if you do trading, there is the possibility to lose everything. If you just hold, then there is virtually no risk. I say virtually because of course you need to know how to store your keys and keep your wallet safe, otherwise someone could steal your funds.

[MIner1448]

Bitcoin hoarding and trading differ in their approach to owning and using coins. Hodling is the holding of bitcoins in a wallet on a long-term basis without frequent transactions. Trading involves frequent buying and selling transactions based on short-term price changes. Hodling provides benefits in terms of ease of use, low transaction costs, long-term benefits and security. The choice between hodling and trading depends on the investor's preferences and strategy. Everything is purely individual, I think whoever has positive experience in a particular strategy stays there.

[EarnOnVictor]

There are also losses in holdings if one holds altcoins without holding bitcoins. Because it can be said that Bitcoin will never be a scam but altcoins are constantly being scammed. So if one wants to hold for long term then Bitcoin is better. and  holds Bitcoin long term they definitely profit but they have to have a target to hold Bitcoin until they reach their desired profit. A long-term hold does not mean a fixed period of time like a month, two months or a year. A long-term hold means folding until the target is crossed.  So if one does not reach his desired profit even after holding for six months or one year then one should not panic then it cannot be called a long term hold either.

I would agree with you that holding any other coin other than bitcoin in long term holding has more chance of loss.  All the alternatives I have hod in my life are now many times below the investment price. At the end of the day none of these could show me any profit.  I think investing in alternative coins is only good for short term trading.  For long-term trading, it is better to choose Bitcoin with your eyes closed.  In this case, you don't have to worry much about the security of your fund, just have some fundamental knowledge.  But here too it is better to follow a DCA method to avoid risk.

Bitcoin itself also had a fair share of the fall, imagine your asset depreciating about 5 times its ATH value, that is not a good thing as well. Nonetheless, instead for me to condemn the alternative coins for Bitcoin, I would rather advise that one should not just dabble into what they do not know or understand very well, experience is the key here and smartness in investment handling would help the HODLer so well.

But first, one must get acquainted with the project they are dealing with, they must know the history of the coin/token (if not new), the founder, the community base, the objective, the usefulness in the crypto space and many more. Mind you, the project that is positive in most of those points is not a bad project per se. Yet, the person should still proceed to be speculative, and this is applicable to Bitcoin as well. You don't just entirely trust any asset to perform forever as a true investor, you have doubts and you work rightly to outsmart the doubts and what you didn't plan for. This is where speculations come from, you don't just HODL blindly, you speculate and use regular analysis to back it up. Also, you only deal with long-term speculation in this regard since it's not a short-term investment. Now, the moment you see the market deviating from the bullish trend and having a bearish reversal on the larger timeframes of the technical chart, that is the time you know you are overstaying your welcome by continuing to hold that asset.

I repeat, Bitcoin inclusive. But you may buy back when a bullish trend is reactivated.

[Bushdark]

Bitcoin hoarding and trading differ in their approach to owning and using coins. Hodling is the holding of bitcoins in a wallet on a long-term basis without frequent transactions. Trading involves frequent buying and selling transactions based on short-term price changes. Hodling provides benefits in terms of ease of use, low transaction costs, long-term benefits and security. The choice between hodling and trading depends on the investor's preferences and strategy. Everything is purely individual, I think whoever has positive experience in a particular strategy stays there.

We should always go for the one we can do not trying to be holding and trading at the same time when we don't know how to trade.
The market is big enough with a lots of crypto projects we can buy and hold for as long as we want.
There is gain in holdings especially when we have good and volatile tokens in our wallet waiting for them to explore and keep increasing in price. The Crypto market is open to us and we can make huge profits depending on the risks we are taking and how much we are investing in the projects we have confidence in.

[BGoodwin]

I hold because Tax Benefits:, long-term capital gains tax rates are lower than short-term rates, which can lead to tax advantages.

[Fatunad]

Hodling and trading has always been a debate in the Bitcoin crypto space.Are they different? Of course yes.Hodling is a term used to describe owning Bitcoin in a wallet especially for a long period of time.While trading on the other hand refers to the selling and buying of Bitcoin through an exchange.
 Both Hodling and trading have some similarities such as ;

1. The use of wallets to store Bitcoin.
2. For both trading or hodling to be possible you must own Bitcoin. Although trading requires a minimum amount of coins, hodling does not.
3. Both require you to understand how to secure your coins to avoid hacks or loss of funds.

Nevertheless, despite these similarities hodling and trading are also distinct this is due to the fact that hodling is usually long termed ( hodling appreciates better during long term.) however trading returns come from short term fluctuations in the price of Bitcoin.Due to the uniqueness of Bitcoin,some  persons tend to choose hodling over trading due to some advantages such as;

1. Ease ; hodling Bitcoin saves you the stress of understanding marketing strategies and little price fluctuations As you only store the Bitcoin in your wallet without transacting.(successful trading requires constant research and experience)

2. Transaction Costs ; Hodling comes with a lower transaction cost which is from depositing the Bitcoin in your wallet. However trading incures cost due to frequent transactions especially when the network is congested.

3. Long-Term  Gains ;Over time Bitcoin  has shown promising potential in it's price.Hodling  helps you benefit from the long term potential of Which in most cases appreciates better than little price gains from trading.

4. Security; Hodling your Bitcoin gives you a better option of making use of offline wallets such as air gapped wallets or hardware wallets,As they deem more secure than online wallets
 
With all these being  said it is important to note that hodling shitcoin is not advisable due to their exponentially high volatility which may lead to severe loss if not properly managed.
Trading and hodling is always a choice as they indirectly serve as balance to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Don't forget to keep your keys safe 😁

I think that you forgot to mention the most important thing: if you do trading, there is the possibility to lose everything. If you just hold, then there is virtually no risk. I say virtually because of course you need to know how to store your keys and keep your wallet safe, otherwise someone could steal your funds.

No matter which way you would go, there's always a risks but they do really differ on certain extent and this is why it will really be your choice and your own responsibility on how you will really be handling up yourself
into these conditions on which it is normal that mistakes and errors could happen along  the way. Holding is less risk, yes but potential on holding for more long because of market crash or bear market then this is something that people or investors do like because they will really be that needing to take for couple or 5 years almost for a cycle before they could see those price to break even and this is why not all would
be opting out on holding but instead they would be actively trading it.

Even myself do find out that im not really that having that long patience when it comes to investing, i do get easily bored when i dont able to see profits in short time
and this is why i do really make out short trades but of course im aware of the risks involved and this is something that a must thing to have on each person.
Go into things on which you do most prefer.

[mirakal]

If you have the privilege to hodl then take advantage in this as your investment in bitcoin is to give you profits which can serves as your earnings means, then don't hesitate to grab in this opportunity regardless of what may be your challenges because bullrun will always come after Halving, also the value of bitcoin remains ever increasing and this is part of the reason why some have chosen bitcoin over any other forms of assets investment because it's relatively reliable.

If you are not privilege then I think you make out the opportunity for yourself because Bitcoin investment is an opportunity that everyone must not fail to miss especially now that you are aware of it, if you are not aware then I would have taught that atleast you weren't aware but if you know and preach out this taught and then fail to make out to achieve with this chance then it would be really disappointing, because after the whole bull season has past the only thing you might saying is just regretful feelings.

Do no wait that you will be left behind with bitcoin opportunities. If you believe on it and has definitely made a good research that convinced you to invest in bitcoin, then invest in bitcoin now if you have the sufficient funds to invest, otherwise you will lost the opportunity and regret it forever. But if you are still in doubt, then take time to assess yourself until you finally come up with your own decision. Hodling and trading bitcoin is always profitable, as long as you know how to deal with its risks and you're open for some inevitable losses more than gains.

While the choice is left for you to decide whether to buy and hold, or trade, but the challenge here is not actually how and when to start, but to make your bitcoin hodling or trading sustainable and successful despite of its market volatility and uncertainty.

[Mate2237]

Even though they are similar but they are not one and if it is to choose one, many of us will choose hodling and as you said, hodling is stress free while trading is stressful because you will be on the device to check the movement of the trade. investing in bitcoin also have a limit of deposit and withdrawal. There are some wallet that you hodle your bitcoins, you can not deposit or withdraw below $2 as bitcoin. So both has disadvantage and advantages.

[benalexis12]

For me, it is not necessary to shop for which is the better way to get profit in cryptocurrency because it probably depends on the desire of an individual to enter this crypto business industry, right?

It's just that most people want to make a profit. That's why the majority of the community here enters the trading industry even though they have no idea that they are gambling, and others think it's just gambling. Even though it's not really, holdings are also really safe, which can be said if you choose Bitcoin right away, but if it's crypto, the risk is also quite high.

[romero121]

Even though they are similar but they are not one and if it is to choose one, many of us will choose hodling and as you said, hodling is stress free while trading is stressful because you will be on the device to check the movement of the trade. investing in bitcoin also have a limit of deposit and withdrawal. There are some wallet that you hodle your bitcoins, you can not deposit or withdraw below $2 as bitcoin. So both has disadvantage and advantages.

Holding is just keeping our assets in a secure manner and making use of it after specific time period or waiting for particular price to be reached. With trading there is a need of regular market watching and we need to make better prediction so to increase the chance of making profit. With holding we won't learn anything about the market, whereas the money into trading will give us learning about the market. We know much about the price movement and based on the same we can extend the holding time period. So, atleast small amount need to be involved into trading in my view.

[Oasisman]

Definitely Holding is a process where you just invest in a particular coin for a fix period of time. Here you don’t have to do anything. Just buy the coins and hold it for a certain period of time. Whereas in trading, you have to give time to the market and take profits in regular intervals. If you cannot do this perfectly, then definitely you will make losses in longer go.

This is where new investors misconceptions came from, because they think holding is easy like you don't have to do anything and just waiting for some profit. But IMO, you still need to study the market, check the crypto related news, and things like these for you to be able to know when will be the good time to buy and when will be the best time to sell. I thought, deciding when to sell would also be difficult. I mean people don't want to regret for selling early and selling late. I don't want to make holding sound like it's a really easy and straight forward method of investment, as some people may lose their money especially during a prolonged bearish market. Like what happened in 2018, a lot of weak hands already panicked on that year lol.

[Bitcoin_people]

1. The use of wallets to store Bitcoin.
2. For both trading or hodling to be possible you must own Bitcoin. Although trading requires a minimum amount of coins, hodling does not.
3. Both require you to understand how to secure your coins to avoid hacks or loss of funds.

A secure wallet is of course essential for investing in Bitcoin. 
When you buy Bitcoin the first thing you need is a secure wallet where your funds will be kept safe.
Money is the most important thing you must have for trading and investing, without money you can never invest. So for holding and trading or investing you need to save money first and buy bitcoins later. Then if you have bitcoins you can hold them for a long time and profit from them in the future.
When storing your bitcoins in a secure wallet, you must store them in a hardware or software wallet. Your bitcoins will be safe when you use these wallets. Moreover, if you want to keep your funds safe, you must keep your wallet keys in a safe place so that there is no chance of being hacked.