Is trading more stressful mentally than long term investment?

[PX-Z]

.... I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. ..

Yes, it always does, trading regularly means you need to think and execute your plans regularly, plans compose of so many thoughts or list/notes. Which means, it will exhaust you mentally if you're not prepared. Unlike holding or long term investment, you just need to think is before you invest and when you will sell it after how many months or years, the difference of the number of thoughts is very significant its much more appropriate for someone these days imo, where people have so many plans and thoughts.

[Minor Miner]

Is trading more stressful mentally than long term investment?

Crypto trading and crypto investment are like someone who can swim and someone who can't.
I mean, if you are good at swimming you will trade well, In fact, whatever your swimming style or style of trading in crypto, spot, margin, futures, you can easily do it without any obstacles, that's the way to play.

Investing, if you can't swim, there's no problem, you can do the above without having to have trading knowledge without having to enter a water pool, that's what it's like, your investment buys a crypto asset, saves it and sells it when the price rises, it's done without needing strategy and style.

You are oversimplifying the issue by comparing trading to swimming.

Learning to swim is not too difficult, and as long as you keep practicing for a period of time, you can eventually master it and swim well. But trading is different. Even with extensive knowledge and years of experience, there is no guarantee you will make a profit. The market is constantly changing and does not follow any pattern.

In terms of investing, it is simpler than trading. But without knowledge, do not expect to reap any reward from it. I have never seen anyone lacking knowledge manage to profit from this market.

[Z_MBFM]

.... I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. ..

Yes, it always does, trading regularly means you need to think and execute your plans regularly, plans compose of so many thoughts or list/notes. Which means, it will exhaust you mentally if you're not prepared. Unlike holding or long term investment, you just need to think is before you invest and when you will sell it after how many months or years, the difference of the number of thoughts is very significant its much more appropriate for someone these days imo, where people have so many plans and thoughts.

Yes, the market conditions change and based on that condition, different decisions have to be made and strategies have to be developed. So, you always have to spend enough time here and do the analysis with attention. So, those who trade can never be relaxed. But those who invest for the long term, even if they do the analysis, they do not have to do it regularly. First, while investing, they do technical analysis and predict the future of the coin and then buy that coin and hold it. However, those who are more greedy think that if they trade, they will make a good profit regularly which will be more beneficial than holding, that is why they accept that amount of stress for trading.

[Lannakosa]

Yes, that’s absolutely true, to have less stress, it’s better to buy Bitcoin for the long term, while trading will always require you to be in a state where you’re ready to react to any changes. With Bitcoin, everything becomes simpler when you know when you’re going to buy and how much, without constantly thinking that you need to sell if the market drops. But I also enjoy trading, because I can still make money there when I see a good opportunity.

[o48o]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

When markets move a lot, they become more stressful, no matter if price is going up or down, or zig-zag in daily basis.

Accumulating more BTC is probably a good idea, but if you are planning to do that with trading it, just remember that you are probably going to lose. There are few ways of minimizing it but losing is inevitable sooner or later. So either embrace that or embrace waiting and hodling. Investing can be mental stressor as well, if you keep looking your portfolio daily.

[pawanjain]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

Trading is indeed more stressful than holding bitcoin for long term. Investing for long term should be the ideal choice for people who want to live stress free.
Those who don't have enough time for trading or do not want to care how their portfolio is performing should rather choose accumulating over the long term.
Trading is constant stress and it's not for everybody. You can surely try it out but once you figure out that it's causing you stress then it's better to move on to accumulation instead.

[Olatundespo]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

When markets move a lot, they become more stressful, no matter if price is going up or down, or zig-zag in daily basis.

Accumulating more BTC is probably a good idea, but if you are planning to do that with trading it, just remember that you are probably going to lose. There are few ways of minimizing it but losing is inevitable sooner or later. So either embrace that or embrace waiting and hodling. Investing can be mental stressor as well, if you keep looking your portfolio daily.

The most dangerous phase of trading is to watch portfolio every hour/every day. I have realized this in just a few days of trading experience. You are right that even in long term Bitcoin investments, the tendency to look at the portfolio frequently can cause stress. Trading attitude puts pressure on traders and it is inevitable to lose money because you cannot make perfect predictions about the price.

When you trade you cannot make firm decisions during market fluctuations because if the price decreases, it will create panic in you and you will create a tendency to sell at a loss. Although the price increase period is impressive for you there is a kind of confusion in determining the time of profit and sale. Capital is always at risk.

Long term Bitcoin holding strategy is not stressful but a great opportunity to get high profits by buying regardless of the price.

[Cgrexp]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

Trading is indeed more stressful than holding bitcoin for long term. Investing for long term should be the ideal choice for people who want to live stress free.
Those who don't have enough time for trading or do not want to care how their portfolio is performing should rather choose accumulating over the long term.
Trading is constant stress and it's not for everybody. You can surely try it out but once you figure out that it's causing you stress then it's better to move on to accumulation instead.

Mental stress, regular market analysis, observation and decision making based on it, due to which trading is more stressful than long-term investment. If someone cannot control his emotions and cannot mentally handle the ups and downs of the market, then long-term investment is a more comfortable method for such people than trading. However, if there is no proper management, investment can also cause mental stress. In this case, suppose a person invests from his basic expenses instead of investing from his extra money. In this case, he may have to break the investment to face a bad situation later. Again, there may be a shortage of basic expenses. As a result, the financial shortage caused by the lack of proper financial management can cause mental stress. At the same time, it is not possible to continue the investment for a long period.

[Finebone]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

Things like this constantly happens in trading, and you know why you were so anxious about it?
It's because you are trading with what you cannot afford to lose, because if you are trading either the spot or derivative market with what you cannot afford to lose, you will always be in a start of panic if it's not going as planned, but once you are doing it with what you can let go, you will never be in an anxious state when things are going wrong.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

Even when accumulating Bitcoin, if you fails to invest with what you cannot afford to lose, be rest assured that you will still sell in panic when their is a serious dip in the market, so controlling your emotions by trading or investing with what you can afford to lose is the best way to taime any form of anxiety.

[SquallLeonhart]

.... I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. ..

Yes, it always does, trading regularly means you need to think and execute your plans regularly, plans compose of so many thoughts or list/notes. Which means, it will exhaust you mentally if you're not prepared. Unlike holding or long term investment, you just need to think is before you invest and when you will sell it after how many months or years, the difference of the number of thoughts is very significant its much more appropriate for someone these days imo, where people have so many plans and thoughts.

And take note, not just the same old plan that we are using but we need to tweak/modify it from time to time because the market is also changing often. We make a thought first along with doing an analysis, then we take down notes to ensure that we can not forget all of those. This is preparing already but this is still exhausting.

It is only normal though. Finding a way to make money is never easy anyways but that is also makes it more rewarding once we truly get successful. When it comes to investing, what you said there is not true though but worries are still there during our investment journey. In fact, it is much harder because we are not yet allowed to touch our investments. Not like to trading that we can sell to prevent more losses.

[I_Anime]

Yes, that’s absolutely true, to have less stress, it’s better to buy Bitcoin for the long term, while trading will always require you to be in a state where you’re ready to react to any changes. With Bitcoin, everything becomes simpler when you know when you’re going to buy and how much, without constantly thinking that you need to sell if the market drops. But I also enjoy trading, because I can still make money there when I see a good opportunity.

That’s true but both can lead to good result when well mastered. Holding to usually requires one to be familiar with some complex knowledge and stuff , though when come to trading one need to be well knowledgeable and skilled too , inorder to make something good from it , folks kept marking trading as something bad cause they have not actually equipped themselves with the right knowledge and appropriate trading ideology.

[LogitechMouse]

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But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

I think you should forget trading for a moment if you have a feeling like that. You have 2 options. It's either:
1. Quit trading if it's already affecting you psychologically in a negative way.
2. Continue trading, fight that anxiety that you're experiencing and learn from the mistakes that you'll be doing if you want to be a successful trader.

I haven't had that kind of experience like the one you have. I'm looking at my portfolio on a daily basis back then though, but the movement of my capital isn't enough for me to have anxiety or whatever it is. Just continue to accumulate Bitcoin on a weekly basis and stop trading if it makes you stressful enough that it affects your daily life as well. Trading isn't for everybody just remember that. There are many traders who feel very stressful because they're losing consecutive times, and we've seen traders who unfortunately took their lives because of their wrong decisions.

Like what I said, if doing DCA isn't stressful for you then focus on it. Don't trade if you can't handle the stress, the pressure, and all the negative things that you could experience while you trade.

[Peanutswar]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

Better to trade with your availability, before I used to become stressful with the market because I was doing a futures and after many failed attempts trades I ended up having a realizations that the lower time frames arent my really ideal frames instead I shifted to become a swing trader, now most of my trades are into a 4H to 1D time frame now its less stress because this will act days or weeks before having a changes now that's the time I will make a position to my trades could be spot for a long term and a futures in an open trades. Sometimes we burn out because of the volatility but well were into the market of volatility which is crypto.

[michellee]

Many traders have the same feeling as you but that is normal.  You should starts to manages your feeling and not affect to that so you can focus to your trading. Trading will not be a stress if you can treat well, maybe you can calm down when checking your portfolio and don't think much.

But I agree that trading more stressful mentally than long term investment. That is because you analyze the market time to time finding entry and exit point and not feels late to act. But that can be manage such as only using the money you can afford, analyze carefully, not rushing making a decision and others.

[Zigabel]

Beyond technical analysis and Risk managements is the more to trading which many don't really put to consideration before they switch or start to trade. Trading Psychology is one thing we should start talking about enough, after learning to trading, it is important to learn how to build a psychology around trading, in my experience i have seen that it has ruined many traders than risk management has.

In psychology is embedded the emotional control and discipline that will see you through trading and not just your technical skills. There are traders who are very good at technical skills and can explain everything so well to you that you begin to see success on the chart but then you wonder why they are not successful trading, then you will discover they don't have the psychology so the result to selling courses because they are very good at teaching others how to do it, knowing all of the terms, jargons and the ways to go about it but they lack the ability to applying that which they are supposed to know.

Trading comes with some Psychological dynamics that you will need to adopt, if you are unable to do so, it will be best you just stick to accumulations and wait for price change and they you take profit. Not only is trading demanding psychologically, it is time demanding also. But when you master the act of trading having everything in place, you are not going to see it as stressing as you do now, but untill then it is best you stick to your accumulation as trading may be stressing to you and you could end up trading wrongly and losing money more.

[GreatArkansas]

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Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

The best explanation here is that the more you keep monitoring the market, the more stress you will get. So if you are a trader, expect to be busier checking the market from time to time. The same applies if you are just doing a long-term investment, there are lot of investor especially new one that will tend to check the market time to time especially on their free time, that's why I admire myself if I am more busy in other things like outside the market because it will just help me to lessen my stress.

[Synchronice]

A few days ago I bought some coins separately for trading. I am not new to trading, I started trading before starting Bitcoin investment and now I am accumulating Bitcoin regularly. I started trading in an attempt to use that experience. I had lost my funds from trading before but I did not want to lose again now. But I realize that there is a mental urge or anxiety to look at the portfolio every now and then. The purpose of looking at the portfolio is to see how much my capital size has changed. This is creating a mental anguish for me and I am not able to focus on my work

Do you have this situation in spot trading or is it happening to me? I would like to know this matter from you.

My psychological state was stable in accumulation Bitcoin weekly in long term Bitcoin investment but in trading it is completely different and stressful. Instead of wasting our nerves, I am realizing more and more that we should accumulate Bitcoin for the long term. Trading is a mental stressor.

This is normal, I feel the same way. Trading isn't for me because I constantly think about my opened positions and this makes it hard for me to focus on work and I basically waste days. I also can't imagine myself going to the restaurant or the swimming pool and having opened positions, I would always think about my positions and it would ruin my day. Long-term investments are the best option for me. I'm anxious in first weeks but later, I don't care much about the price and I don't check my portfolio, so I feel mentally stable and it doesn't affect my work or weekends.

[Bobrox]

I have the same experienced with your when trading at coins make difficult mentality exactly when the market at downtrend perform, trading with coins outside the top ten standings on the market give us difficult position with possibility raise up significant but can't avoid for dumping drastically. I remember well when holding Matic and rebranding become Polygon coins since higher price above $0.67 almost one year more price not increasing yet make me have cut loss, sometime trading with altcoin make us stress after the market and coins price dump significant, need magician for price recovering back or have to cut loss although loss few percent than become long term holder.

For right now must be careful when trading with altcoin but my priority for right now investing at top altcoin or prefer become holder for bitcoin, won't take risk indeed promising high return when trading at altcoin.