Is it better to invest or trade Bitcoin?

[adultcrypto]

I think it's important to do both. When you actively trade Bitcoin (even by using not a lot of money) you stay in the market, feel what's going on and don't lose your skills. However, I prefer to use the biggest part of capital for investments (middle term and long term), but it doesn't mean that I can't or I shouldn't trade it. Trading gives you possibility to "stay in the market", what is important if you make Bitcoin an important part of your life.

I will not recommend Butcoin trading to anyone considering how risking and technical it is. Before talking about Bitcoin trading, have you thought about the huge knowledge requirements? Have you done the needed psychological work on yourself to help you manage risk,  emotions, losses and money management in general? Trading is not something a newcomer should jump into because the risk is simply just too high. Unlike trading, investment in BItcoin does not really require much to start. Just the right mindset and ability to hold and overcome FOMO and you will make money so easily grom Bitcoin.

[Grizzly888]

I think it's important to do both. When you actively trade Bitcoin (even by using not a lot of money) you stay in the market, feel what's going on and don't lose your skills. However, I prefer to use the biggest part of capital for investments (middle term and long term), but it doesn't mean that I can't or I shouldn't trade it. Trading gives you possibility to "stay in the market", what is important if you make Bitcoin an important part of your life.

I will not recommend Butcoin trading to anyone considering how risking and technical it is. Before talking about Bitcoin trading, have you thought about the huge knowledge requirements? Have you done the needed psychological work on yourself to help you manage risk,  emotions, losses and money management in general? Trading is not something a newcomer should jump into because the risk is simply just too high. Unlike trading, investment in BItcoin does not really require much to start. Just the right mindset and ability to hold and overcome FOMO and you will make money so easily grom Bitcoin.

You are right, that Bitcoin trading is not easy thing and especially for beginners. But in my reply I mentioned that everyone can try himself in trading by using small amounts of money (let's say not more than 1-5% of capital). The purpose of that action is to gain some experience through practice. By the way, trading also might be divided into a few categories (like intraday, swing etc; or trading on the spot market or on the derivatives). For newcomers is important not to be afraid of practice. Yes, on the beginning of trading they might lose some money, but if they follow my advice (using small % of capital) they will buy very important experience that will pay off in the future.

P.S. One more advice for not experienced traders: always use small % of your capital for things that are new for you (new strategies or when you switch from spot trading to derivatives etc.). And remember that trading is more risky than investments, therefore you definitely need to have some % of capital in long term investments (that will help to cover short term loses in long term).

And yes, adultcrypto, you are right when saying "Before talking about Bitcoin trading, have you thought about the huge knowledge requirements?". I really didn't write much about this moment, my bad, next time will take into account. But my answer still makes sense and can be useful, I think so.   

[GigaBit]

The choice between investing in bitcoin or trading it depends on your financial situation. If your finances are unstable, investing is better due to the potential increase in future bitcoin prices. However, if your financial situation is independent and you need daily passive income, trading is more suitable. If you have a stable income source, such as a salary from a job, investing in the long term is more beneficial.

When we consider to investing in Bitcoin, both a financially sound  and a poor person can invest. But in this case, long-term investment must be considered. An affluent person may benefit from long term or short term investment or profit through trading. But even an indigent person can benefit if he invests for long term following DCA. The risk in trading is high while the risk in long term investment is low. Any decision can be taken considering the financial condition of the investor. All things considered we can conclude that long term investing is definitely better than trading.

[Bitcoinpoly]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

The both strategies has high profit potential provided they’re done at the right time. For you to invest or trade you must have the understanding of the volatile market for to trade or invest if not you will run into loss, though there are functions that gives you opportunity to now trade even without much understanding of the volatile market, the only thing you’re required to do is just to copy trade from professionals and you will set your stop loss and take profit, there are few exchanges with this feature, exchange like Bitget has it and it has helped newbies in making profit a lot.

[legendbtc]

Investing is long-term and involves low risk

First, simply investing isn't "low risk" but rather involves lower risk when compared to trading. However, both of them work just fine. One main advantage of simply investing rather than trading is that you don't need any special knowledge, all you need to do is make the purchase. But on the other hand, not only do you need to have knowledge of trading, you have to be good at it and be able to make your own call. So, if you have the knowledge to trade, give it a shot to see how good you are. If it's not so good, you can learn more or stick to simply investing.

Holding doesn't require much complicated knowledge but that doesn't mean you don't need knowledge. How can you buy and have enough confidence to hold bitcoin long term until it makes a profit if you have no knowledge? Trust and patience are two important and necessary things to be able to hold bitcoin long termm and to have those two things you need knowledge about bitcoin. And for a newbie like OP, I also think investing will be more suitable for him than trading even though trading will bring better profits.

It's indeed that holding doesn't require more effort as you only need knowledge whenever you will exit the market to get profit. For trading you would need to have analyzation, skills and always checking the market. You would also apply emotional and metal ability in order for you to have proper calls and get profits as well. But holding doesn't mean you would only hold it, it's like you're keeping a treasure not knowing the steps and what to do with it, so you really need knowledge as well in long term investment. Thing is in long term, by the word itself "long", you would require a lot of patience and consistency for you achieve your financial goal cause quick profits will go to trading. Trading is really complicated which is not recommendable to newbie unless he already have the knowledge and experience.

Many people say holding is simple but I believe it will only be simple when we compare it with trading, it is not simple at all. Holding an asset for 3 to 4 years is not simple if we do not have enough faith and perseverance. Buying is something anyone can do, but holding for the long term is something not many people can do, which is why so many people sell during bear markets. And those people mostly don't have enough faith and patience.

[Xcode7]

Many people say holding is simple but I believe it will only be simple when we compare it with trading, it is not simple at all. Holding an asset for 3 to 4 years is not simple if we do not have enough faith and perseverance. Buying is something anyone can do, but holding for the long term is something not many people can do, which is why so many people sell during bear markets. And those people mostly don't have enough faith and patience.

There are several reasons why some people sell when market conditions are bearish, maybe they are afraid of a continued decline or maybe the need is urgent so there is no other way but to sell the assets they own.
Therefore, when investing, there are many things that must be paid attention to, including the money used for investment, which cannot be done haphazardly, besides knowledge about what we are investing in, it is also very important.

I don't think that hoding is an easy thing, and I think that holding and trading are the same, only carried out in different ways and with different risks and in my opinion there is no better or vice versa because it all comes back to the knowledge that we apply in carrying it out, the possibilities and risks are quite comparable between the two.

[krishnaverma]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

Investing is always more profitable. This has worked even in case of mutual funds. Many people try to do trading because they think they will make more that way but after few days they will realize that overall this is loss. Same applies to Bitcoin trade and invest. Those who are trading will think that they can make a lot of money because of frequent movements. But the long term investors make more money.

[Winterfrost]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

The both strategies has high profit potential provided they’re done at the right time.

There is nothing like a right time or perfect timing when it comes to trading Bitcoin.  Nobody knows what the price will do tomorrow, next week, next month or next month. Traders make use of speculated/predicted prices to trade Bitcoin and that is why most of them make huge loses while trading. Bitcoin is very volatile and trading Bitcoin is gambling. It is not advisable to trade Bitcoin instead of Investing in it.

When you have good knowledge and understand how Bitcoin works you will very relaxed holding it for a few long or a few years, and you have no point looking at the price of everyday because by then you have high trust in the revolutionary features of Bitcoin and the potential of its price in the future. The reason why people go into trading or sell their Bitcoin for worthless fiat when ever it increase x amount or fear and sell it when it goes down is because they lack the knowledge and understanding of Bitcoin.

[Gaza13]

Every investment has different risks, If you trade short term, you must have the ability to read market movements or this is usually done by traders by taking smaller but more frequent profits. Even reliable traders can experience losses,

Personally I prefer long term investments because there are many factors that must be considered, if I choose short term, in the morning I have to work as a private employee, and after coming home my energy is quite drained in the morning, I am more Choose buy then hold until the target price is reached then sell. This investment carries much less risk

[posi]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

The both strategies has high profit potential provided they’re done at the right time.

There is nothing like a right time or perfect timing when it comes to trading Bitcoin.  Nobody knows what the price will do tomorrow, next week, next month or next month. Traders make use of speculated/predicted prices to trade Bitcoin and that is why most of them make huge loses while trading. Bitcoin is very volatile and trading Bitcoin is gambling. It is not advisable to trade Bitcoin instead of Investing in it.

When you have good knowledge and understand how Bitcoin works you will very relaxed holding it for a few long or a few years, and you have no point looking at the price of everyday because by then you have high trust in the revolutionary features of Bitcoin and the potential of its price in the future. The reason why people go into trading or sell their Bitcoin for worthless fiat when ever it increase x amount or fear and sell it when it goes down is because they lack the knowledge and understanding of Bitcoin.

There have been many threads discussing this and many people also point out that bitcoin trading is not gambling. It seems like you can't make money from trading and people around you have also failed in trading so you have a pretty negative view of it. I am also making money from trading although the profits are not too big and not regular because I only use a small amount of capital and the traders I know even consider it their main income. So it can be said that trading has a lot of risks, but there are still people who know how to take advantage of it and make money from it, not everyone loses money when trading bitcoin. Bitcoin trading is not gambling.

[NeilLostBitCoin]

Many people say holding is simple but I believe it will only be simple when we compare it with trading, it is not simple at all. Holding an asset for 3 to 4 years is not simple if we do not have enough faith and perseverance. Buying is something anyone can do, but holding for the long term is something not many people can do, which is why so many people sell during bear markets. And those people mostly don't have enough faith and patience.

There are several reasons why some people sell when market conditions are bearish, maybe they are afraid of a continued decline or maybe the need is urgent so there is no other way but to sell the assets they own.
Therefore, when investing, there are many things that must be paid attention to, including the money used for investment, which cannot be done haphazardly, besides knowledge about what we are investing in, it is also very important.

I don't think that hoding is an easy thing, and I think that holding and trading are the same, only carried out in different ways and with different risks and in my opinion there is no better or vice versa because it all comes back to the knowledge that we apply in carrying it out, the possibilities and risks are quite comparable between the two.

Both holding and trading involve buying and owning an asset but the key difference lies in the duration of ownership. If you are new to Bitcoin, it is advisable to consider holding it for a longer period of time as opposed to engaging in short-term trading. This means you should purchase Bitcoin at a good entry price and hold on to it for some time. This strategy is better than short-term trading even experienced traders sometimes fail to profit due to the high volatility of Bitcoin prices.

[Strongkored]

Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

In my opinion, investing in Bitcoin is much safer than trading which sometimes takes more time because you have to regularly learn about the market, whereas investing in Bitcoin has definitely been profitable for investors so far, for example, if you bought Bitcoin five years ago you are still in a profitable position right now, if you buy it today then in a few years it will still give you a profit, but it all depends on your individual preferences. If you like trading because of the big challenges and risks which will also give you big profits then investing will seem boring because you only need to buy then store it well for a certain target time and sell it at the expected profit, and what's better is what you like, not based on what other people like.

[GbitG]

If you're a beginner in the crypto industry, I suggest investing before trying to do trading, it's safer and much easier than the latter, start trading after gathering enough info about it. Don't rush in blindly.

Yes, your opinion makes some sense that bitcoin investment is a better suggestion between bitcoin trading or bitcoin investment for a newbie. Because, as a newbie, these people do not have as much exposure as required. And obviously, if seen in reality, trading requires more effort and knowledge than Bitcoin investment. It means you have to monitor everything, including technical analysis and fundamental analysis, as well as choosing the destination for trading; that's the exchange I chose to pick up and whether it's safe or not in terms of privacy and security. While you don't have to put much more effort into everything for a Bitcoin investment, you can get a good result just by taking a few steps. Because there is no doubt that the long-term sentiment of Bitcoin is bullish and that it is rising in price with the passage of time.

And in the end, I would like to add one thing: I am of the opinion that we should not emphasize one of these two (bitcoin trading or investment). Everyone has their own opinions, and as much knowledge as they have, in this part, they pick and choose which is better for me: investment or trading.

[Antotena]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

Buying bitcoin and keeping it to get profit and trading bitcoin to get profits are both exclusive and need careful attention.

To hold, you need to,understand when to buy and when you successfully buy, you also need a good wallet to keep it, don't keep a single dollar worth of your bitcoin on the exchange because we have heard stories of how exchange run off with customers money and also seize their funds. After moving everything to your wallet, the next thing you need is patient, this part is very necessary because when you hold, you will see how the price fluctuate and if you have weak mind, you will chicken out and sell everything at loss.

To be a trader, you need to first gain th knowledge of trading, even if you don't go far, you need the basic intellect of trading and then you can start trading but don't use your money, test it first with a demo account to see how you have mastered training. You can continue to do that until you master everything and become a legend in trading.

[TelolettOm]

If you trade short term, you must have the ability to read market movements or this is usually done by traders by taking smaller but more frequent profits.

Sure. The goal why most people do day trade is for gaining profits constantly although it is not a big profit. That's true, traders must have the ability to understand the market situation and can take the advantage in each market situation. Traders must master both technical and fundamental skills. If they have no these abilities, it is difficult to understand the market situation.

Personally I prefer long term investments because there are many factors that must be considered

What factors do you mean?
Generally, people prefer to choose a long term holding because they don't want to feel confused about the price volatility. The price can change significantly in a short time, people must always check the market situation. But if people hold Bitcoin for a long term target, they only need to wait for the time for selling. Commonly, people will wait for 4 years, it is because the bullrun season will return every 4 years.

[GideonGono]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

If you have the skills and knowledge then go with trading, but if you just want to secure your money and have a low risk then go with investment or go for a long term.
For me it all depends on your knowledge and skills, you can't just go and jump into trading if you don't have knowledge on it, you would just risk your money.

[BenCodie]

The answer depends on your preference, each provides commensurate returns. We know that trading requires more complex strategies and takes more time. If you want to get started, some things you need to prepare include:

- Trading: technical and fundamental analysis, mental/psychological training.
- Investments: How to secure assets and maintain privacy.

noorman0 is right.

These are the skills you need for each. Investing and holding is easier, and you should find success over a 4+ year timeframe. Trading is a lot more difficult. Not only will you need the skills mentioned, but additionally you need experience. No matter how much information you take in from books, guides, videos etc. about trading, you will need experience before you can grow that skill. Experience generally means losing, as well as winning. It's a risky endeavour but it can be lucrative if you are disciplined.

[summonerrk]

All of us who are involved in cryptocurrency have heard and know to some extent about investing and trading.But I know that there are risks in investing and trading.To do these you need to know some basic things and gain experience.The main difference between investing and trading is the investment period, methodology, risk-taking propensity. Whether you are an investor or a trader depends on your financial needs and investment goals. Investing is long-term and involves low risk, while trading is short-term and involves high risk. Both methods can be profitable if the right strategy is adopted.
Which one is better if I want to invest and trade bitcoins.

The fact is that there is only one truly correct way to increase your capital in Bitcoin and dollars. I came to this method after more than many years of trading, and now I will share it with you. You need to invest half of your funds in Bitcoin and half in USDT. And when Bitcoin falls to a local minimum, you need to buy it by giving it to USDT. And vice versa - if the rate has increased, then you need to sell some of the bitcoins, and the higher the price, the more you need to sell. But when the price comes back, you need to try to reduce the deposit to 50 percent BTS and 50 percent USDT. And so, maneuvering between values, you will accumulate both a share in BTC and a share in dollars.

[danadc]

I do both, because investing is an excellent option to make a better investment, it is better than investing in real estate, or any business, but based on what I can do, I always put money in to see if I can trade. , but a very long-term trade, I buy 3mBTC today and I hope it goes up a lot so that I can transfer it to USD, only if it goes up, otherwise I'll leave it there until it goes up, but it's not my thing, and that's like an investment , because trading for me is doing it in the short term, in 1 mnutps in 5 mintuops that for me is trading, the rest is a long-term investment, those who know how to do tading are something else.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

OP, you have already said that both are profitable; yeah, they are, but trading puts you at risk of losing your money if the market goes against your direction, while investing always keeps your money intact while you wait for the bull market to set in. There's one thing that can enable you to engage in trading and investing at once, and that is your financial state (your financial capabilities). If you have so much money to play around with in the market for some short-term profit, you can ingage in trading while also investing some funds in Bitcoin that are held in your cold storage. There are some traders who trade and make profit, but they usually do experience losses too because it's one characteristic of trading, but holders don't lose unless they sell cheap. The difference is clear.