Is cryptocurrency trading easy or difficult?

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What do you think about the Bitcoin short/sell strategy that has generated significant profits since October 2025?

[GreatArkansas]

I remember in 2015 I managed to buy my first Bitcoin very cheaply, for 200 or 300 dollars (I need to find my old bitcoin wallet to get the exact price). But my mistake was that I didn't hold that long.

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

Yes! Especially now, the trading volume of the entire crypto market is already huge, plus exchanges are already improved, especially in user experience and user interfaces; you can even trade on your mobile now.
So for me, now what matters will be your strategy, like how to become a profitable trader, especially right now, there are already a lot of bots + AI.

What do you think about the Bitcoin short/sell strategy that has generated significant profits since October 2025?

This one is also good, like it's futures market, even if it's a bear market or the market keeps dumping, you can still make money! I remember a friend of mine before that, when bear markets like this, he is more profitable than the normal bull market.

[shinratensei_]

Majority of traders don't make profit is all what you need to know about whether or not trading is easy or difficult. Trading difficulty is higher than most of people imagined. You need to make analysis, buy at the right time, not being paper hand and so on.
If you could somehow find a really good strategy you'd be that small minority who make profit in trading and in that case, it will become easy for you to make money.

Trading always depends on your capability to find some opportunity and to be clear, it's pretty difficult. Therefore try it out, using small capital and even $5 will be sufficient and see if you could be profitable.
If you can. Sure, maybe trading is for you. If you hardly make any profit, maybe you need to rethink about it.

[el kaka22]

Normally it should not be "that" difficult, while there are of course times it's difficult even for a veteran, the overall is not that hard and you usually know when to buy and when to sell and it doesn't create that much chaos for many people.

However, the unfortunate story is that many people end up making mistakes and we end up with something that doesn't get that much benefit from us, and for that reason it is not really that easy for any of us and should not be all that easy to handle for anyone. If you are a newbie making simple mistakes and just trading because you something on tiktok then yeah you are going to lose money. So while it is not hard, people do make it harder than it should be and that causes many to lose money.

[Franctoshi]

I remember in 2015 I managed to buy my first Bitcoin very cheaply, for 200 or 300 dollars (I need to find my old bitcoin wallet to get the exact price). But my mistake was that I didn't hold that long.

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

It can be easy and it can be difficult but depends on your approach, but generally easy when you understand how the industry works, I wouldn't advise you should take it daily but whenever there's opportunity, taking it daily means would be forcing trades or opportunity whereas you should allow opportunity present itself in order to trade. Impatient trading has contributed to why we have many traders not being profitable in the market.

[Ndabagi01]

I remember in 2015 I managed to buy my first Bitcoin very cheaply, for 200 or 300 dollars (I need to find my old bitcoin wallet to get the exact price). But my mistake was that I didn't hold that long.

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

Making money from trading is very possible, but trading aimlessly without the knowledge of trading will take you back to square one, so doing it cautiously is most important for you if you don’t want to regret ever going into trading without the right knowledge required for it.

Trading is mostly for those that have the knowledge of it, don’t trade without the knowledge of trading, it’ll only make you end up in doom as it’s a knowledge based skill. Trading is difficult but as long as you’re keeping up to the game, you’ll most definitely get a chance to grasp it and make the best out of trading. People trade and make money from it daily, just have the knowledge and practice a proper risk management, that’s all you need to become a profitable trader.

[Baki202]

Majority of traders don't make profit is all what you need to know about whether or not trading is easy or difficult. Trading difficulty is higher than most of people imagined. You need to make analysis, buy at the right time, not being paper hand and so on.
If you could somehow find a really good strategy you'd be that small minority who make profit in trading and in that case, it will become easy for you to make money.

I agree with you a lot of traders are faking a lot of things and if you see people like that they don't have knowledge about trading if not they should know that trading is not as easy as we all think,  and trading is not as easy as we see it because a lot of things are going wrong, and from the way things are there are different things you can do you can either hold or  trade they involve money but the most important to have knowledge because there is no way you can trade without knowledge and strategy so an all this have to be in place before anything can even take place.

Trading always depends on your capability to find some opportunity and to be clear, it's pretty difficult. Therefore try it out, using small capital and even $5 will be sufficient and see if you could be profitable.
If you can. Sure, maybe trading is for you. If you hardly make any profit, maybe you need to rethink about it.

Trading depends on a lot of things and if you don't have the knowledge then there is no need,  to even trade because it is actually very difficult but the the same time consistency should be what will define the success of a trader, because even if you have the knowledge it does not guarantee that you will make money from, instead of using your $5 to trade if you will make profits or not why not use a demo account to trade and with time you will see your effort if you can trade live or not, because if you want to practice with your money then there is no way you will not lose a lot of money.

[BRINIRHA]

I remember in 2015 I managed to buy my first Bitcoin very cheaply, for 200 or 300 dollars (I need to find my old bitcoin wallet to get the exact price). But my mistake was that I didn't hold that long.

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

You should be more experienced in this matter, considering that you have been familiar with Bitcoin for quite some time and have purchased it.
And regarding trading, I think that as long as we master trading well, such as various analyses and also controlling our own psychology when trading, the success rate is indeed quite high. And out there, there are indeed many who have succeeded in trading. Personally, I sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. Therefore, I prefer to be a medium- to long-term trader because I have had more success with that method. I cannot be a trader all the time due to my busy schedule. Also, I may not have mastered it well enough.

[shawonngp]

I definitely want to treat trading as difficult; it’s not an easy job, because if it were easy, anyone could profit from it. Before trading, you need to do extensive research; moreover, it can be a very difficult, loss making venture for beginners. Trading can be daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, depending on your research and skills. If you are new to trading, short term or daily trading can be very dangerous. I think long term trading is the safest and most profitable. But profit is possible from day and weekly trading, although it’s highly risky.

[ndutndut]

I remember in 2015 I managed to buy my first Bitcoin very cheaply, for 200 or 300 dollars (I need to find my old bitcoin wallet to get the exact price). But my mistake was that I didn't hold that long.

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

Making money from trading is very possible, but trading aimlessly without the knowledge of trading will take you back to square one, so doing it cautiously is most important for you if you don’t want to regret ever going into trading without the right knowledge required for it.

Trading is mostly for those that have the knowledge of it, don’t trade without the knowledge of trading, it’ll only make you end up in doom as it’s a knowledge based skill. Trading is difficult but as long as you’re keeping up to the game, you’ll most definitely get a chance to grasp it and make the best out of trading. People trade and make money from it daily, just have the knowledge and practice a proper risk management, that’s all you need to become a profitable trader.

Essentially, to be successful in trading you need knowledge, skills and the ability to keep up with market developments. While many traders can earn money whether weekly or monthly losses are inevitable as consistent profits are impossible. To be a trader you must possess analytical skills and a high risk tolerance.

This differs from investing because it's more relaxed and doesn't involve daily monitoring. Overall, for most people, investing is a more effective and safe option for building wealth for the future. This is also why many members on this forum often recommend focusing on investing rather than trading as trading is inherently risky especially if you're new to crypto.

[WatChe]

Majority of traders don't make profit is all what you need to know about whether or not trading is easy or difficult. Trading difficulty is higher than most of people imagined. You need to make analysis, buy at the right time, not being paper hand and so on.
If you could somehow find a really good strategy you'd be that small minority who make profit in trading and in that case, it will become easy for you to make money.

Trading always depends on your capability to find some opportunity and to be clear, it's pretty difficult. Therefore try it out, using small capital and even $5 will be sufficient and see if you could be profitable.
If you can. Sure, maybe trading is for you. If you hardly make any profit, maybe you need to rethink about it.

Crypto trading is more difficult as it looks from outside. Those who jump into crypto trading thinking that its easy and quick method of becoming rich, end up losing huge money in trading. The successful traders of today are the one who worked hard, stayed consistent and didn't gave up despite bearing initial loses. If someone is willing to undergo such steps then he can become successful trader in the long run. Trading is a risky stuff and you need to understand the risk associated with it in order to avoid heavy damages.  

[crwth]

A lot of people have already posted about trading. You know that it would vary from person to person in how you are handling it. It can be easy by making sure it's within the acceptable parameters you are looking for in charts, or it can be too complicated, leaving you with a difficult decision.
^{Overthinkers lol}

Overall, I believe it's better to have risk management and right position sizing for your trading journey.

[Doll2233]

I definitely want to treat trading as difficult; it’s not an easy job, because if it were easy, anyone could profit from it. Before trading, you need to do extensive research; moreover, it can be a very difficult, loss making venture for beginners. Trading can be daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, depending on your research and skills. If you are new to trading, short term or daily trading can be very dangerous. I think long term trading is the safest and most profitable. But profit is possible from day and weekly trading, although it’s highly risky.

Cryptocurrency trading is not easy and everyone can't do that because people are taking more risk than bear rate and if you will Invest more and more money it will be bad for you because you should experiment on that And if you will start small then it will be best for you because there are millions of people who heard the name of cryptocurrency and then they traded a high volume of money without learning from anyone and now they are crying and they said that is not good platform but they are wrong because they did not research well before investment in that . If you will trade on different exchanges it doesn't matter because your skills always matters a lot and if you have excellent skills then you will be in profit in a long term.

[JeffBrad12]

My impression is that it's hard but not so hard that the average joe won't be able to make a dime in the market. I'm sure even if you barely learned the fundamental analysis of trading you're still able to make some profit riding the market scalping here and there, you just need patience and know when is the right time to trade.
Once you get used to the market, you could easily spot the best opportunity for a trade.

[Awaklara]

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

Trading crypto is easy or difficult depending on your level of understanding. For those who do not have trading skills, it is better not to trade recklessly. The best advice is to buy and hold for the long term.

But for those who are interested in learning trading, of course, it can be done daily, weekly, and can generate profits. However, the profits earned are related to our trading abilities.

I myself cannot always make a profit; sometimes I incur losses in some trades, and sometimes only make small profits. This also relates to a trader’s ability to manage risk.

[Gozie51]

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

It depends on the kind of trader you are and the strategy that you use. Like if you are a daily trader and like the name applies, you will trade Bitcoin daily if your strategy is showing you entry position and likewise if you are a swing trader, but bitcoin trading may not be good for a scalper because of the very short time to trade such a volatile market like Bitcoin. Swing and longtime trading is good for bitcoin just as much as hodling it. As for making profit or not, like many believe that most traders don't make money from trading. This may not be far from the truth and that is because of greed, high leverage and lack of stop loss when trading.

[jcojci]

Yes, of course but you must have skills to analyze the price movement. Without having that, you will difficult to get the right time to trade. You may lose your initial money and difficult to profit.

Trading is not easy but by having an effort to learn, you may gets a chance to make a profit. That will depends on your skills so there is no stop learning if you want to still make a profit from trading.

I suggest you to invests in Bitcoin. That is not difficult and you don't have bothering with the price fluctuation. Your job is follows the time to buy Bitcoin continuously.

[Oluwa-btc]

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

I would say it's both difficult and easy.
Trading cryptocurrency is easy  to some extent possibly if you got knowledge on it as well as know how to hit every targets with the right skills.and at the same time it's not easy because you lose money on a basis if you are not so tactical and strategical. It's possible to get profits mostly if you're applying low leverage and trading with the mindset that risks are inevitable.

[Faisal2202]

I remember in 2015 I managed to buy my first Bitcoin very cheaply, for 200 or 300 dollars (I need to find my old bitcoin wallet to get the exact price). But my mistake was that I didn't hold that long.

In 2019, I also bought bitcoins and stored them. But many people have now learned to hold Bitcoin for years.

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

No, I was not able to make money from trading on a daily or weekly basis, but I was able to make a profit every month, because even if I end up making a profit daily or weekly, the next day or week, I lose more, so the net profit was zero. But at the end of the month, I was a little up and had more than I started with.

Your question about the possibility is really strange because it does not matter where the market has reached, how adopted it is and how high it can go. There is always room because the market is volatile and traders make money on volatility. Crypto is more volatile than anything else, that's why traders love it.

[Rockstarguy]

Is it possible to trade cryptocurrency daily or weekly and make a profit? Are you able to make money from trading?

It is possible to make a profit from trading. The only thing that makes trading seem difficult is that in trading you must meet different tasks, and to accomplish this, you have to learn to understand. If you are not able to meet these tasks, trading will just be difficult for making a profit.

The reason why investing in Bitcoin is more preferable is because the market is volatile, and investment is long-term, which means you must hold. However, in trading, there are daily tasks you need to meet, which you can only learn to understand. As a trader, learning is an everyday process, and if you don't have the energy to learn, then it means you may not be ready for trading. If one is willing to go through the discipline and learning process in trading, then trading can be profitable.