Holding is better than trading

[MinMan]

Holding is better than trading if it applies to bitcoin. But if you are holding newly launched coins in the market because they are quite cheap and affordable, and have attractive promises and narratives, then you are simply holding like gambling. And with gambling, you don't hold for profits but you're bound to lose in the end.

However, trading creates promises of high returns and rapid accumulation of wealth, but its simply not for everyone. Just because you enter trading then profits are guaranteed, that's not how it works. Majority of traders are still at a losing scenario, even the old and experienced ones are still at risk of loss. The reason why some have settled into holding their potential coins, at least they can make slow but guaranteed profits there.

Yeah, doing it with some low cap new shitcoin will be result of you losing all your money, no need to keep holding like that. You should be holding bitcoin, and maybe like handful other coins if you want to, but bitcoin is the most important one. I have always suggested that, no matter what your portfolio looks like, 50%+ of it should be bitcoin, that could be 90%, that could be 51%, but never under half of it.

Most people disagree with me, but that I believe to be the best way. If we can do that then we are going to end up with a great result. We need to realize that it is not going to be that much of a problem because we are dealing with something that would make it very good on the long run as well.

[Faisal2202]

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.

I can't agree more because trading is not for everyone. If someone is trying again and again with the same strategy and the same timeframe, like daily or weekly, then they may need to change their methods for better results. I started with futures in the beginning, then moved to spot because I realized I could never make money in futures due to my emotions. In spot trading as well, I understood what kind of approach I needed, so I chose swing trading, where I can buy at a good range, but it does not mean the token will go up in the next candles.

So I had to wait, and I wait until I make enough profit. We all make mistakes, but if we learn from them, they are not as painful anymore.

Holding is easier than trading, especially day trading, but it does not mean we can always make a lot of money from holding. We still have to calculate everything properly before investing and cashing out.

[ColdLava40]

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.

When has playing safe every made us money?

Being scared of the market is one thing but regretting you never tried when you had the chances to is the worse. If everyone decides to stop trading because they go through losses, then maybe trading won't have been as popular today.

Holding plays safe, but you can't still try to see other areas where taking risk can increase your returns. At least there are different kind of trading market, finding that which you can fit in would be a better solution instead of quitting completely.

[Inwestour]

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.

There is also a difference in how much money you allocate to trading and how much you can afford to allocate to hold. What I mean is, if you are buying Bitcoin for a long-term investment, then I can invest much larger amounts here than I can allocate for trading. Because first of all, for trading I need to send money to an exchange, and I cannot trust an exchange. Secondly, trading is still a high-risk activity in which I can lose money, so I risk only small amounts there, and accordingly my profit there is also quite small. In comparison, hold does not require any additional time investment from me, I buy Bitcoin hold it for several years, and get a profit that is much larger than what I could earn in trading.

[Iranus]

...I agree with you that profit are determined by our knowledge, skill, and experience. But the truth is, long term investing is still much better than trading.

If you have the knowledge and experience, then why not combine trading with long-term investment? This strategy will help you make a good profit in a few years and at the same time make a small profit from short-term trading, which you can also invest if desired.

That's entirely possible, and everyone can give it a try. But as I said, trading is not a job where you can just use knowledge and experience and automatically make a profit. Making a profit from trading is not as easy as it seems.

Many also believe that combining the two will yield better returns and make it easier to increase capital. But the reality is quite the opposite, many people have even lost their long term investment because trading caused them to suffer continuous losses.

Easier said than done.

[tvplus006]

If you have the knowledge and experience, then why not combine trading with long-term investment? This strategy will help you make a good profit in a few years and at the same time make a small profit from short-term trading, which you can also invest if desired.

That's entirely possible, and everyone can give it a try. But as I said, trading is not a job where you can just use knowledge and experience and automatically make a profit. Making a profit from trading is not as easy as it seems.
Many also believe that combining the two will yield better returns and make it easier to increase capital. But the reality is quite the opposite, many people have even lost their long term investment because trading caused them to suffer continuous losses.
Easier said than done.

This means that they did not have enough knowledge and experience to make a profit from trading. Or they ignored risk management in their trading, failure to comply with which necessarily leads to the loss of the deposit. It will take a lot of time and effort to trade profitably, but it's real... it took me 6 years.

[GiftedMAN]

When has playing safe every made us money?

Being scared of the market is one thing but regretting you never tried when you had the chances to is the worse. If everyone decides to stop trading because they go through losses, then maybe trading won't have been as popular today.

Holding plays safe, but you can't still try to see other areas where taking risk can increase your returns. At least there are different kind of trading market, finding that which you can fit in would be a better solution instead of quitting completely.

You are very right, but you should also know that everyone has their own choices, which they know what is best for them and what its not good for them, that doesn't mean that decision are not valid. And also its important for one to go through the pros and cons of their choices, before they can act on it, for them to be at the safe side, which they can be able to achieve their success, and people should not make decisions based on what people asked them to do without doing proper verification, which can lead to more losses.

[GIF-JOBS]

If you have the knowledge and experience, then why not combine trading with long-term investment? This strategy will help you make a good profit in a few years and at the same time make a small profit from short-term trading, which you can also invest if desired.

That's entirely possible, and everyone can give it a try. But as I said, trading is not a job where you can just use knowledge and experience and automatically make a profit. Making a profit from trading is not as easy as it seems.
Many also believe that combining the two will yield better returns and make it easier to increase capital. But the reality is quite the opposite, many people have even lost their long term investment because trading caused them to suffer continuous losses.
Easier said than done.

This means that they did not have enough knowledge and experience to make a profit from trading. Or they ignored risk management in their trading, failure to comply with which necessarily leads to the loss of the deposit. It will take a lot of time and effort to trade profitably, but it's real... it took me 6 years.

Many people lose real knowledge here by thinking of making quick profits in trading, in fact it is a long learning process, but if someone does not have this learning mentality, then they will definitely not be able to achieve anything good here. They will keep trading here with emotion, but they will never get any positive results from it. So those who can survive in the long-term learning process, they can move towards good success.

[mirakal]

Holding is better than trading if you are a bad trader, as much as trading is better than holding if you make it a point to trade and end up with secured profits. There's always pros and cons either way.

However, if you are doing good in both and are making consistent profits from them, then what's the purpose of comparing? One should trade and hold as well, that would bring quick and bigger profits.

But if you find yourself hard to succeed in both, then never force yourself to trade or hold. Or make it work first by developing your knowledge and reliable skills, and eventually work on your attitudes so that you won't be trading or holding like a compulsive gambler.

[TheUltraElite]

Trading is not bad, but it's risky. If you are good in analyzing the crypto market or the stock market you can trade, but trade with caution.

With caution is one thing. Trading itself is something that needs you to be at the nerves. Most people end up losing because they time it wrong. Patience is the key here and being cunning with your entry and exit points is what marks the best profits and least losses.

Of course holding is better than trading because you are getting into a long term investment and therefore having less risk, I always recommend that. Buying at 50k USD you will be at profit anyway today.

Still if one wants to enter at a different price, just wait till a drop happens and then buy.

[Minor Miner]

Holding is better than trading if you are a bad trader, as much as trading is better than holding if you make it a point to trade and end up with secured profits. There's always pros and cons either way.

Of course, each method has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, I think holding is better than trading for most people.

Many people have become rich and successful thank to crypto. But as you can see, most of them are long term holder. Meanwhile, very few people, if not almost no one become wealthy through trading. Instead, there are countless tragic stories of trader losing money, going bankrupt, or even committing suicide.
Holding is still better than trading.

[Pandorak]

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

There’s a compelling reason why trading is one of the most challenging professions in the world. The reason is its extremely high level of difficulty, you must not only know how to buy and sell, but also have a clear trading plan, a proven strategy and a solid understanding of money management. However, if your sole focus from the start is on profit, you’re better off finding another way to make money, because trust me, you’ll keep losing money.

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.

This is a better option, you don’t have to go to the trouble of analyzing the market from a technical or fundamental perspective. All you need to do is keep buying Bitcoin and be patient as you wait for the next bull market, it just might take a little longer.

[blockman]

Holding is better than trading if you are a bad trader, as much as trading is better than holding if you make it a point to trade and end up with secured profits. There's always pros and cons either way.

However, if you are doing good in both and are making consistent profits from them, then what's the purpose of comparing? One should trade and hold as well, that would bring quick and bigger profits.

But if you find yourself hard to succeed in both, then never force yourself to trade or hold. Or make it work first by developing your knowledge and reliable skills, and eventually work on your attitudes so that you won't be trading or holding like a compulsive gambler.

If I'm good in both of it, I'd definitely won't stop trading and the profits that I am making from it will have a big part for future savings and that will be in the form of additional investments and continual DCA. It will be going to Bitcoin and I'll be holding more with that. But I agree that if someone is not good in trading, this gives us another good option that we don't have to force ourselves to go into trading. Because there's an option to hold then that makes sense for people that don't want to pressure themselves into trading just because they see others do it. Don't feed the peer pressure if that's what you're feeling of pushing you to trade.

[GeorgeJohn]

Holding is better than trading if you are a bad trader, as much as trading is better than holding if you make it a point to trade and end up with secured profits. There's always pros and cons either way.

Trading has more of disadvantages than Holding...In trading they're a lot risks that is involve and if you fail to understand the scopes of trading very well, you might lose what you have within an hour...But in holding, you will be monitoring the movement and you can equally be converted to a stable coin if it get to worst...So holding have more advantages than trading....

However, if you are doing good in both and are making consistent profits from them, then what's the purpose of comparing? One should trade and hold as well, that would bring quick and bigger profits.

Their's no ways you can be making profit in both sides, except that you are holding for future purposes...Trading requires more attention and focus, so it's obvious that people in trading always needs concentrations in their jobs to enable make a profit .....

[Italian Panic]

However, if you are doing good in both and are making consistent profits from them, then what's the purpose of comparing? One should trade and hold as well, that would bring quick and bigger profits.

Their's no ways you can be making profit in both sides, except that you are holding for future purposes...Trading requires more attention and focus, so it's obvious that people in trading always needs concentrations in their jobs to enable make a profit .....

I completely agree with you trading and hodling are very different and apply to different assets. Hodling is suitable for things like Bitcoin, where its scarcity allows its value to increase intrinsically, or in the case of stock markets with significant valuations and cash flow. Trading, whether intraday or over longer periods, is a job because it requires concentration, study and consistency that you cannot afford to treat as if it were a hobby.

[Odusko]

Trading is good to those that have and understand the trading skills and strategies that wins, but for a random newbies, is far more better to hold your crypto assets at least you have the guarantee of not losing it, unlike with trading where you can actually lose everything with just one bad trading decisions, this make trading open to only those that have the skills to do so and be in profits.

[LastKiss]

Trading is good to those that have and understand the trading skills and strategies that wins, but for a random newbies, is far more better to hold your crypto assets at least you have the guarantee of not losing it, unlike with trading where you can actually lose everything with just one bad trading decisions, this make trading open to only those that have the skills to do so and be in profits.

If nebiews don’t want to learn how to trade they will keep staying as a newbie. Instead, they can do both, holding and trading. With a small amount of money they can start learning how to trade while avoiding trading every day or getting carried away by their own greed. They just need to trade when they feel confident in their strategy. I believe trading can become profitable, just like holding since both are meant to generate profit for us but sometimes we just use them in the wrong way.

Holding can also become difficult if we don’t prepare an emergency fund because our hodling might get disturbed, right?

[Italian Panic]

Trading has more of disadvantages than Holding...In trading they're a lot risks that is involve and if you fail to understand the scopes of trading very well, you might lose what you have within an hour...But in holding, you will be monitoring the movement and you can equally be converted to a stable coin if it get to worst...So holding have more advantages than trading....

That’s absolutely true too: hodling is far more advantageous than trading because as the number of buys and sells increases, so does the margin for error. Furthermore, if you consider the purchase prices of assets held via hodling (Bitcoin or optimal stocks), even if you enter at market ath, they always pay off in the long run, something that intraday trading might not allow. It’s a completely different matter when it comes to insider trading news, which is always a winner, but then everything change.

[michellee]

Trading is good to those that have and understand the trading skills and strategies that wins, but for a random newbies, is far more better to hold your crypto assets at least you have the guarantee of not losing it, unlike with trading where you can actually lose everything with just one bad trading decisions, this make trading open to only those that have the skills to do so and be in profits.

Some newbies trying to trade as they see others make a profit making it difficult for them to understand that trading is not easy, they need to learn before trading which make us see many new people suffer of their losses. If those newbies realizing that holding is better, they should not try before they learn the basic and also know about analysis. They don't have risking more money in trading but they can use that money continuing their investment. While they invest, they could learning trading so they will have better knowledge of trading.

[Zanab247]

Trading is good to those that have and understand the trading skills and strategies that wins, but for a random newbies, is far more better to hold your crypto assets at least you have the guarantee of not losing it, unlike with trading where you can actually lose everything with just one bad trading decisions, this make trading open to only those that have the skills to do so and be in profits.

Especially those that have the knowledge of crypto trading and also have the money to buy crypto to trade, because they will be ready to trade their coins to see what will be the outcome of the result. I guess some newbies will appreciate you if you give them that kind of advise to buy crypto and hodl before they can trade, because they will see profits that will make them to like crypto trading and also increase their capital in the future.

Some of us did not learn from hodling crypto than to start trading whenever we have the opportunity to enter the the market, but since we discover that you can make a reasonable profit from hodling crypto before you trade, I always advise newbies around me to start with hodling crypto before they can trade to achieve what they want.