My message to Hodlers

[serjent05]

Don't sell in order to have funds to rebuy when the market is down.

Why not?  This is one of the brilliant strategies proven to be working.  Bitcoin market will never be in a perpetual uptrend or without correction or crash.  History has proven it.  If a bit hesitant holder can sell 1/4 of his holdings and see if the market will be favorable to rebuy when the market become bearish.

It might never come

This is just an assumption.  Between the two, an assumption against a proven market flow, which one would you follow?

the 4 year cycle might be altered.

True there might be another kind of cycle for the Bitcoin market but it will never remove the fact that Bull run and bear market together with consolidation is what make up a market cycle.  

Time for panick selling is gone in BTC.

No, it will never be gone.  There will always be people who rush to invest in Bitcoin without a proper understanding of the Bitcoin market and the first one to sell when there is FUD in the market.

[henry_of_skalitz]

^ It's better to fix some progress than to get rid of the potential at hand. There, I definitely agree.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

If you're holding, then learn to develop confidence in yourself and the bitcoin market because things could go scary to an extent atimes, while on the other side, you can experience a long duration with a favourable market performance as well, so you should not give up on what ever the market condition may be at a certain period, because nothing last long, all will soon pass away and the market remains as ever volatile, this will be easier for us to do as we understand the market season's, how to speculate and also develop the ability of controlling our emotions after investment, because we need to hold.

[Churchillvv]

What's the point of investment if you don't take profit? but then must you take profit when you have a good cash flow already in hand just to justify the take profit sentiment? Of course No.

Take profit when necessary, enjoy when you need it, but it's not wise to sell everything because you hit a certain target.

The real question is how many of us here are really in the position of taking profit, we are amateurs in bitcoin investment and looking at staking up should be our priority over taking profit.

[SatoPrincess]

People who will summons such courage to sell of their Bitcoins now, is people that have a financial challenges that they needed to sort out, because someone who knows the values of Bitcoin can never sell it's Bitcoin all, knowing that bitcoin advances every day by day

I think it’s the opposite. People who often sell their bitcoin hodlings early lack courage, they panic sell their bitcoins out of fear(FOMO). Unlike the early days, the value of bitcoin is no longer debatable. The world has come to recognize the potential of bitcoin as an asset and store of value. Despite all this, greed and fear play a key role in how people approach bitcoin investment.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I think it’s the opposite. People who often sell their bitcoin hodlings early lack courage, they panic sell their bitcoins out of fear(FOMO). Unlike the early days, the value of bitcoin is no longer debatable. The world has come to recognize the potential of bitcoin as an asset and store of value. Despite all this, greed and fear play a key role in how people approach bitcoin investment.

True investors would have enough research about Bitcoin and its market so that they have enough information about Bitcoin market cycle and how it, at least so far, always makes new all time high in a new market cycle, will be very less likely panic. It is because of their knowing that after a bear market, Bitcoin will not only recover from bottom but also will reclaim ATH of a past cycle and even break out for making new ATHs.

So there would be no fear of won't be able to sell at an ATH from which price was pulled back. You know early that if you have enough belief and patience for holding, you will not get loss but will get good profit.

[Cryptomultiplier]

If you're holding, then learn to develop confidence in yourself and the bitcoin market because things could go scary to an extent atimes, while on the other side, you can experience a long duration with a favourable market performance as well, so you should not give up on what ever the market condition may be at a certain period, because nothing last long, all will soon pass away and the market remains as ever volatile, this will be easier for us to do as we understand the market season's, how to speculate and also develop the ability of controlling our emotions after investment, because we need to hold.

The problem with newbie holders is FOMO. The fear of the market movement or trend makes those who have no experience holding nor have ever experienced the bear or bull market and actually knows what is, fear and act emotionally.
Confidence comes more with experience that is gotten from action. That is one should have risked their funds to the investment of holding BTC to even pay attention to market trends analysis and charts that foretell or predict the market scenarios.

It is good to have a duration to invest and hold BTC and then pay less attention to how the market is going, until the duration is due and right now anyone who has been holding for long since 2022 can make more profit if they endure till almost a decade without diversifying or withdrawing of current investment.

[Mpamaegbu]

If you started hodling from the 2022 bear market, you are already in good profits. You can decide to exit the market, but I am scared you might regret in the future as it has always been.

The only way they will regret if they take profit now is if they can't figure out psychological levels and rebuy from any of those. For instance, I've noticed that every 000 level (like we've in 50,000, $60,000 etc) is a psychological level. Whales and market makers know it and they hunt liquidity at those levels. We had it when price got to $100k. Market makers had to hunt for liquidity to $108k, knowing there were investors who would buy if price crossed 100k. Shrewd investors avoided that trap by selling off at that price region, knowing it would dip later. Expectedly, it did. Just watch when price gets to $200k and how it will react to grab liquidity again. It will zoom pass $200k, making it look like it won't retrace. Those to FOMO will buy in. The market will shock them and dip. It may take a day or few days after crossing $200k before it goes back into the $180k - $190k region. We're likely to see this same thing play out when price gets to $150k too. I watch these levels critically.

Those taking profit shouldn't do it in a hurry. They should determine the level from which they may want to take profit so they can also back buy from a dip.

[Wiwo]

booooo !

yay ! Dumping is coming !!

https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTC.D/aBQQeCp3-THE-LAST-DRAW-ALTSEASONS/

look this GOD chart  

I told a friend of mine recently about two days ago that this week, bitcoin will make some level of downward correction, but he was too bullish since bitcoin at that time was headed towards 105k and at that point there was alot of liquidity in the market and this made many speculators to becomes suddenly bullish a d aiming at another all time high.

But from previous experience, I exit the market at around 105 and now bought back at 100k at least waiting for the next bitcoin market action to take the next step either to buy more or keep the amount I already bought waiting for the next face of the market.

[kryptqnick]

Bitcoin is not just an investment for profit. It is a way to save and protect your money, and for many people, it is also a part of representation of their core values, such as freedom. The question “to sell or to hold” depends not only on the market, but also on one's personal goal. If one's more profit-oriented, it makes sense to sell when BTC expensive and buy more during bear markets.
 As for eventually selling or spending directly one's BTC, I think it makes sense when you do it for something real: a home, a business, valuable experiences, helping others, caring about yourself, something to have peace of mind.

[coolcoinz]

You guys have to choose your own bitcoin path.

The way I see it, holders are still early. Markeets go through phases, but eventually technologies that get adopted win in the long run and become global, the way mobile phones and computers did. Take a look at the hard drive technology. 10 years ago we all knew about SSDs, but they were too expensive and too small to really be mainstream. Years have passed and they got cheaper, faster and bigger to the point that almost every computer now relies on them instead of the old spinning drives.

I can see that bitcoin is slowly getting there and will eventually become much bigger, so if you need money and can't wait, sell it, but keep in mind that bitcoin is just something worth having.

[Smartprofit]

I certainly think that the price of Bitcoin will go up significantly in the future. However, I am not entirely sure that it will go up in 2025 or 2026.

You correctly noted that many people and large organizations are interested in Bitcoin. However, these people and large organizations have already bought Bitcoin! And at some critical moment, for example, during a sudden global financial crisis, these same people may start selling it in a hurry.

Bitcoin may also face serious challenges related to the fact that it is essentially competing with artificial intelligence for electricity. At the same time, artificial intelligence (unlike Bitcoin) can be used for military purposes. That is, representatives of the military may insist that electricity be used exclusively for AI development, for example, to compete with Chinese language models. Of course, in May 2025, the scenario with a ban on mining in the United States seems unlikely to us. However, the world is constantly changing and this scenario cannot be completely ruled out either (although I do not insist on it). 

In any case, I think it is a bit presumptuous to think that the price of Bitcoin will only grow and that we will soon see prices of the first cryptocurrency at 300,000 US dollars, 500,000 US dollars, 1,000,000 US dollars.

After all, the mark of 100,000 US dollars is a very beautiful magic number, and the price can fluctuate around this level for a very long time, sometimes rising, sometimes falling.

[Alphakilo]

It will definitely be massive.  Sell only if you have a problem to solve or a project to execute. Don't sell in order to have funds to rebuy when the market is down. It might never come, the 4 year cycle might be altered. Time for panick selling is gone in BTC.

Anyone who has been holding since 2022, that's about almost 3 years ago, would not need any advice on if they should take profit or not.

Those guys are already hardcore and they have been through worse. They would have developed some very thick skin to be able withstand any negative news. I think they are even already prepared for it.

They are not wek hands. They have a target for when they want to take profit or maybe not. All the same, they are highly self aware.

[Botnake]

Once you sell in profits, that’s already very rewarding on your part. Everyone’s goal is to buy bitcoin, hold and sell,  so you are just doing the right thing. What is not right is that if you keep hodling all your coins where you’re supposed to sell even a portion of them at least enjoy your profits on hand.

However, if you decide to just hold longer, well that would be better as it means bigger future profits as well, as long as you don’t compromise your original plans and goals.

[Rockstarguy]

No matter how long you decide to hold, you can't take all the profit that Bitcoin will give; you take what you can. If you are to continue with the mentality of we don't know what the future holds for Bitcoin, some people stack up and will never have to move from their wallet.

It's okay to hold for long, but we should always know when to take profit. We don't only receive a salary because we have problems to solve; there are always bills to pay and lives to elevate, and one should not feel sorry because they sell too early.

For sure, the primary goal is to make a profit after hodling for some time. Nobody is investing in Bitcoin to hold forever; there will be a selling day. As for what one will do with their Bitcoin profit from their investment, you can't really tell. One can decide to sell and to buy again at a lower rate, or one may decide to spend it the way they like, but the most important thing is to have the patience to be able to hold for a long time. People don't invest in Bitcoin to hold it forever, but at the right time, every investor knows when to sell according to the profit that has been made.

[peter0425]

If you started hodling from the 2022 bear market, you are already in good profits. You can decide to exit the market, but I am scared you might regret in the future as it has always been.

I believe that it is difficult to regret something especially when you have made significant profit over it anyway. You can always go back and buy some more when bitcoin drops. But if you have no need for the money just yet well I guess you can hold on for a little longer.

Don't sell in order to have funds to rebuy when the market is down. It might never come, the 4 year cycle might be altered. Time for panick selling is gone in BTC.

We do not know that. We always hear it from the past but we are always proven wrong. Though the stars are more aligned this time and it would make more sense that a lot of other factors can hold up bitcoin to a certain amount. Bear run may still come though not as bad as it previously was.

[Japinat]

...as long as you don’t compromise your original plans and goals.

This part gets overlooked a lot. We all say we’re HODLers, but without a clear goal, we might just be blindly investing.

Even if it’s for the long term, there should always be a plan to sell and take profits. Otherwise, what’s the point of holding if we can’t enjoy the rewards when we actually need them?

[skarais]

I will not hold bitcoin forever and at some point I will sell it to reset my investment strategy. I do it for a reason, this is my way of accumulating capital although some percentage of it I might spend on other things that I have been postponing. You don't have to be a holder forever and hold back from what you have been postponing for so long, sometimes you need to enjoy the returns.

You just need to live your life like most other normal people and you don't need to force yourself to be holder because of big ambitions. Market cycles will change over time and volatility will make the price fluctuate, you can take advantage of it and start over after some time.

[Josefjix]

It will definitely be massive.  Sell only if you have a problem to solve or a project to execute. Don't sell in order to have funds to rebuy when the market is down. It might never come, the 4 year cycle might be altered. Time for panick selling is gone in BTC.

This should be the massive bull season so far in history, where Bitcoin hitted so many highs within some couple of months, the price fluctuates with lots of volatility from $75k-105k nearing the $109k ATH, it's not surprising because so many ATH was broken which makes it normal thereby making every investors feeling relaxed about the movement of Bitcoin.

We are in a season where every quantity is worth the holding, every price is worth the bought, every bought is worth the price, keep soaring higher holders, always keep to remember your anthem, holders are richers.

[summonerrk]

My dear Hodler, if you have been hodling for a long time, even when the future of bitcoin is not certain, this is your period of reward. I know that very old hodlers are in great profits already.

If you started hodling from the 2022 bear market, you are already in good profits. You can decide to exit the market, but I am scared you might regret in the future as it has always been.

If you have been hodling when only whales directs the market and determine the bull run, think about what is in the future now that we have;
1. The whales
2. ETF
3. Trump and US
4. Aggressive Michael Saylor
5. More companies and institutions.
6. More countries
It will definitely be massive.  Sell only if you have a problem to solve or a project to execute. Don't sell in order to have funds to rebuy when the market is down. It might never come, the 4 year cycle might be altered. Time for panick selling is gone in BTC.

Yes, all these are powerful reasons for Bitcoin growth, although none of them can compare with Trap. There is no point in building graphs for traders to try to predict where the price of cryptocurrency will go, you just need to read Trump's Twitter. Times are always changing and now in power in the US is the person who easily changes the prices and rates of cryptocurrencies and stock markets with one word. And it's good that the scolding with China has now died down, which is why the price of Bitcoin was able to recover above 100k again. Holding Bitcoin is the right advice, because it has proven itself strong, immortal, I would even say. While altcoins look weaker than ever.