Holding is better than trading

[Oshosondy]

Let me brief it.

Trading is good if you understand it, but some people will never understand how to trade but they will continue to lose. If you have been losing in trading, it is a good advise for you to just hold for bull market to come. You still have time to earn weekly or monthly and safe part of your money in bitcoin and make more researches but avoid shit coins. Do not let it be too late before you will understand this. There is opportunity in crypto.

But if you are making money in trading, it is good for you. Earn money and hold also.

[memehunter]

IMO, you are referring to short term/intra day trading,

Trading is good if you understand it, but some people will never understand how to trade but they will continue to lose.

There is nothing to understand for intra day/short term traders. You will simply lose in the long term just like a casino because you are essentially betting on random noise (I hope you are trading in big enough efficient markets) . I am talking about an average trader who will always fall short in front of insiders and ultra fast 'High Frequency Trading Firms'.

 

it is a good advise for you to just hold for bull market to come.

It is a long term trading not 'investment'. There is a difference in approach and mindset when it comes to investment, the time frame will also be much bigger than just waiting for bull market.   

[Oshosondy]

IMO, you are referring to short term/intra day trading

Yes, this is the type of trading that has been estimated that over 85% of traders are losing. There was even one that I read and brought to this forum but with no solid research that 97% of traders are losing.

There is nothing to understand for intra day/short term traders. You will simply lose in the long term just like a casino because you are essentially betting on random noise (I hope you are trading in big enough efficient markets) . I am talking about an average trader who will always fall short in front of insiders and ultra fast 'High Frequency Trading Firms'.

Exactly, only few traders make money makes what you are saying to be very valid. Only patient traders are making money and they do not use leverage and they are not use to stop loss than what greedy traders believe.

[sleepfirefly]

you have two choices: either you learn and improve or you stop. there’s no shame in admitting something isn’t for you but at least try first to learn and find ways to improve your trading skills.

[EarnOnVictor]

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But if you are making money in trading, it is good for you. Earn money and hold also.

You have a beautiful conclusion here, as trading and investing (holding) are good, and it depends on the experience/prowess of the person and their track record of engaging in the two.

In spite of this, investing will always be the low-risk option and trading the high-risk option. Engaging in the two together, based on one's risk affinity, is the best, as this ensures the "taste" of the two, which will technically average the risk somewhat.

[knowngunman]

you have two choices: either you learn and improve or you stop. there’s no shame in admitting something isn’t for you but at least try first to learn and find ways to improve your trading skills.

On the contrary, traders want to improve but they don't want to learn. They consider learning as probably a waste of time simply because they lacked patience. To make it worse, they don't want to stop either. Instead, they rely on trial and error which is more of gambling than skill. This is why majority of traders today are losing instead of making profit. Trading is a risky investment but that's not the only reason why people lose money, it's because they want the right thing but don't want to do the right thing.

If you cannot invest in your time to improve, don't even attempt to start because it's hard to quit some time just like gambling addiction. Do it traditional way, just buy, hold and watch closely until your target is hit.

[fuguebtc]

you have two choices: either you learn and improve or you stop. there’s no shame in admitting something isn’t for you but at least try first to learn and find ways to improve your trading skills.

On the contrary, traders want to improve but they don't want to learn. They consider learning as probably a waste of time simply because they lacked patience. To make it worse, they don't want to stop either. Instead, they rely on trial and error which is more of gambling than skill. This is why majority of traders today are losing instead of making profit. Trading is a risky investment but that's not the only reason why people lose money, it's because they want the right thing but don't want to do the right thing.

If you cannot invest in your time to improve, don't even attempt to start because it's hard to quit some time just like gambling addiction. Do it traditional way, just buy, hold and watch closely until your target is hit.

I agree that some trader lack patience, are lazy to learn, and only want to get rich quick. And that is more like gambling. However, do not assume that simply having enough knowledge and skills will guarantee you a profit

Trading is not gambling, but it is also not a job where you just have to do it right to make money. It is also a game of probability, and knowledge only help increase the chances of winning, it does not guarantee anything.


Holding long term is the smartest way to make a profit, but the problem is that many people lack patience.

[Strongkored]

I agree with Op that trading is also good, especially if we understand it well so that the profits obtained are not continuously lost. So, for those who don't really understand trading, holding on will be very profitable for Bitcoin, not altcoins, whose potential increase during Bitcoin's bullish period is completely unknown.

[aylabadia05]

Let me brief it.

But if you are making money in trading, it is good for you. Earn money and hold also.

I agree that holding is better than trading in many ways, based on what I’ve learned.
No matter how good the strategies and patterns are in trading, most people don’t make a profit from their trades. It’s not that they never make a profit at all, but it’s rare—and this isn’t because I’m stupid or lack knowledge about trading.

If $500 is typically used for trading, it would be better to allocate $300 to holding rather than using the entire amount for trading.

[Dareo]

I think that waiting for a bull market after all the losses is not the best solution. Many times the problem is not in the market but in your own strategy and discipline. If you don’t fix these, you will make the same mistakes again even if the bull market comes, In my opinion it is more important to practice with small amounts first and understand your mistakes. And yes it is very important to avoid bad coins you are absolutely right here. In the end, whether trading or holding, if you don’t understand, there is a possibility of loss in both.

[Nathrixxx]

Trading is good if you understand it, but some people will never understand how to trade but they will continue to lose.

It is either we trade or we invest, if we are sure of what we know and can trade then we can go for it and then also embrace the risk that is associated with trading, but when we see that we are not confident enough in trading and cannot be buoyant at it, then we should not risk trading because we are most likely to lose, instead we can go for a long time investment by holding and being patient till we make profit with our assets invested.

[joeperry]

Yes I agree with you, OP. I know a lot of people who really do earn good profit by holding and selling it after a month or so, compared to someone I know who do scalping and day trading but always ended up losing small portion everytime he do trade. If you really are not a good trader or lack of experience, it's better to focus on building experience and learning more to understand the market, you can do paper trading first too to be familiarized in how your strategy goes along with the market, if not and it's still don't work it's better to hold/invest since there's no doubt that you will earn more in long-term by holding compared to trading without enough knowledge or experience.

Though if you became good trader, you would more likely earn more since you can take advantage on the dips, breakouts and other opportunities compared to just purely holding.

[vs2014]

Of course, trading involves a lot of risk and a lot of mental stress that many people cannot easily take. Holding involves a lot of risk because if you are hoarding a top currency like Bitcoin then you will not be disappointed. Suppose if you trade on bad charts then you will lose money and if you invest or hold on bad currency then you can also lose money. So the risk of everything depends only on your skills and knowledge. There are many effective strategies in trading so if you learn how to change them, you will realize that even if a trade does not go in your favor both the risk and the stress are low. A beginner should work with holdings and build their crypto experience with small profits.

[BitBakerr1]

Yeah holding is always better than trading, the high risk that is involved in trading is too much and this is one of the reasons why holding bitcoin for a very long time is actually better than trading, when you are holding for a very long time the chances of you losing your money is very small, but the chances of you gaining profit is actually very high compared to trading. I have seen people who have complained about losing their money when they decided to trade bitcoin but I have not really seen someone who complained about losing his or her money because he decided to hold for a very long time, Bitcoin investment is one of the best investment and if you want to get very good profit from it don’t trade it accumulate and hold for long term.

[RewFrew]

Let me brief it.

Trading is good if you understand it, but some people will never understand how to trade but they will continue to lose. If you have been losing in trading, it is a good advise for you to just hold for bull market to come. You still have time to earn weekly or monthly and safe part of your money in bitcoin and make more researches but avoid shit coins. Do not let it be too late before you will understand this. There is opportunity in crypto.

But if you are making money in trading, it is good for you. Earn money and hold also.

Both trading and holding have two advantages. It is possible to extract some instant profit through trading, but in the case of holding, you have to wait for a long time. In this case, I think trading is very risky. To do well in trading, you must study it, learn it, otherwise it is more likely to be damaged in trading. In the case of holdings, you only need to know about the currency you want to invest in. If you can buy and hold good coins, it is possible to make a good profit in the future bull run.

[Alphakilo]

I am in support of holding BTC for a good long time to get a massive return, instead of trading your Bitcoin away and crying of so much loss. Even if one must trade, at least there are some altcoins that are profitable to trade and the returns in the short term is way better than than that of Bitcoin in the short term, because I believe Bitcoin short term profit is not as reasonable when compared to what short term trading using altcoins would yield.

Right now also, if we consider the volatile nature of the market, Bitcoin is considered by some analyst as a risk investment instead of it being more of a digital gold asset, because of the Iran- U.S /Israel tensions ongoing.
So please hold so as to be sure of better returns at least when the bull season comes again.

[The Cryptovator]

Trading is good if you understand it, but some people will never understand how to trade but they will continue to lose. If you have been losing in trading, it is a good advise for you to just hold for bull market to come. You still have time to earn weekly or monthly and safe part of your money in bitcoin and make more researches but avoid shit coins. Do not let it be too late before you will understand this. There is opportunity in crypto.

That's what I have been doing for a long time. Basically, I am a holder, holding a couple of coins, including Bitcoin. I am not a trading expert, though I trade sometimes with a small amount. But bigger funds into holdings – they aren't shitcoins at all. Because I have learnt a costly lesson at the beginning of my crypto journey. After that I decided not to invest in any shitcoins, holding coins from the top only along with Bitcoin.

In the recent bear market I have accumulated Bitcoin and some other altcoins as well. I have been holding these for the next bull run; it doesn't matter how long I need to hold. But trading also kind of opportunity for earning; whoever understands trading has been earning as well, and I am trading optionally since holding is my main investment. But the chance is high to lose on the trading unless you have enough patience; if the coin dumps, then I consider them as holding and move on to a hardware wallet till the next bull.

[programmer3666]

Let me brief it.

Trading is good if you understand it, but some people will never understand how to trade but they will continue to lose. If you have been losing in trading, it is a good advise for you to just hold for bull market to come. You still have time to earn weekly or monthly and safe part of your money in bitcoin and make more researches but avoid shit coins. Do not let it be too late before you will understand this. There is opportunity in crypto.

But if you are making money in trading, it is good for you. Earn money and hold also.

Well, holding is definitely a wise strategy, especially for people that don’t really understand trading. But personally, I still prefer compound trading using spot trading strategies. I focus on trading strong and high value coins with real use cases like Solana, SUI, BNB, BGB, TRON and sometimes ETH. Honestly, you can’t really go wrong with spot trading if your goal is to take profits little by little over time. It is less risky compared to futures and you still grow your portfolio gradually. So my take is, trade smart and also hold where it makes sense.

[Frankolala]

I agree to everything that you said OP. Some people don't understand trading but they want to make quick profits from trading. These are the people I call gamblers. Just buying with DCA and hodli is more simpler than trading which I think newbies should adopt. The problem with newbies is that they want to make profits without being patient enough.

[jossiel]

Those who don't have that much to hold will never understand this. What they think is they'll trade to have a lot of holdings.

But they are wrong, they can accumulate and stop trading if they don't think they're winning with their trades.

This a safer approach for those who wishes to take advantage of the situation now while bitcoin is cheaper. Also, as they hold, it depends as well to their choice and the best choice is BTC.