Can small investors actually make good profit with bitcoin ?

[JoyceBTC]

Can small investors actually make good profit with bitcoin?

Or are there other ways to make money with bitcoin as a small investor rather than just buy and hold?

As a small investor you can actually make profits from Bitcoin investment if you can be patient enough and also using DCA can give you an advantage as a small investor to make good profits in the long run but it's all about having the patience to keep on holding for a long period of time. But when using DCA it is important to start with the amount of money that you know you can afford to lose.

In addition to what you said, beginners should also know that the amount you use to invest doesn’t guarantee if you will make profit or not. An investor who invested with huge sum can end up running in lose while a small investor end up making good profit. It is important to go into bitcoin knowing you can make profit but profit isn’t guaranteed, this helps investors not to act out of emotion when the market isn’t going as expected.

[Odusko]

I believe you, my friend. From my personal experience, trading anything isn’t fun, especially when you want to sell something valuable. People always think you want to deceive them, and you end up selling something valuable for pennies if you’re in desperate need of cash. Trading Bitcoin is similar to that. There were times when it was hard to sell BTC for $200, and here we are - trying to sell it for $85k. I 100% agree with you, mate — trading Bitcoin is far from being fun.

I get the bull run in 2017. Nobody could make a mistake in that short time, everything you would buy could turn to gold. But that's the fun of gambling rather than trading. Stay long enough and all that gold turns to dust and then its mass panic as you chase losses. I was there, I was one of them

DCA is fun though

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

[Inwestour]

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

I think it’s important to first define what we mean by a small investor and how much they can realistically invest in Bitcoin. I think a small investor could easily be someone investing just a few thousand dollars, perhaps anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000. Let’s say someone managed to invest $10,000 in Bitcoin during a bear market, at an average price of around $70,000. What kind of returns could they realistically expect? I think that investment could potentially double, or even triple in the best case scenario, during the next bull market. Even then, I think a 3x return is overly optimistic. So we’re not talking about particularly large profits, especially when the initial investment is relatively small.

[GIF-JOBS]

Can small investors actually make good profit with bitcoin?

Or are there other ways to make money with bitcoin as a small investor rather than just buy and hold?

As a small investor you can actually make profits from Bitcoin investment if you can be patient enough and also using DCA can give you an advantage as a small investor to make good profits in the long run but it's all about having the patience to keep on holding for a long period of time. But when using DCA it is important to start with the amount of money that you know you can afford to lose.

In addition to what you said, beginners should also know that the amount you use to invest doesn’t guarantee if you will make profit or not. An investor who invested with huge sum can end up running in lose while a small investor end up making good profit. It is important to go into bitcoin knowing you can make profit but profit isn’t guaranteed, this helps investors not to act out of emotion when the market isn’t going as expected.

Here, unrealistic expectations of success cannot be met, Bitcoin investment will certainly give a very good chance of success in the long term, but it does not guarantee it in any way. What we are investing in will create opportunities for profit for our future, but at the same time there will be a risk of uncertainty, and you have to accept this risk, be aware of it, and invest by considering your own capabilities. Basically, here you have to keep investing within your capabilities, do not invest large amounts of money at once outside your capabilities, but rather, keep investing within your capabilities, no matter how small the amount is, consistently over the long term. As a result, the chances of success will be very good, but even after that, your investment will not be risk-free, but there will still be risks, because it does not guarantee success, and that is why it is important to invest within your capabilities.

[Mate2237]

As a small investor you can actually make profits from Bitcoin investment if you can be patient enough and also using DCA can give you an advantage as a small investor to make good profits in the long run but it's all about having the patience to keep on holding for a long period of time. But when using DCA it is important to start with the amount of money that you know you can afford to lose.

It is true that the DCA  strategy and patience can help a small investor build a good bitcoin position over time. But DCA  is  a strategy use for accumulating bitcoin and does not guarantee profit, and  also holding bitcoin for a long time alone does not guarantee success either.

And you are wrong by  saying you should only invest money you can afford to lose. For me, this is investment and not gambling here you invest only using discretionary income, which is the money left after taking care of your needs and other importtant responsibilities. Which enable you invest without putting yourself under financial pressure.

You have a point, but you need to understand that every investment has risks this also includes Bitcoin investment as well, the phrase invest what you can afford to lose is used not just In gambling but also In Bitcoin investment as well because if you make an investment with such an amount of money there's a very low chance that you will sell your coins due to the fear of losing.


Even though this might be uncommon but a discretionary Income for some people might also be an amount of money that they are not capable of losing, it is not meant for any expenses and emergencies but it could still be an amount of money that is way too much for the investor to lose and losing is something that you should always be prepared for because the market can crash at anytime.

[Charcol]

If you are looking for other ways to make money from bitcoin asides from buying and holding then you can go into trading, although this is considered to be high risk in crypto but there's also a way to make profit from this if you start off with a small capital. Trading bitcoin can be very tricky especially for a beginner, you might end up incurring losses in the early phases but it's possible to get good results when you improve your trading skills.

Trading has put a lot of people into losses and it's not advisable for a brand new investor to start his bitcoin journey with trading because it's highly risky and not a good way to grow wealth for the future. Bitcoin is a long term investment and not a trading tools which is the main reason why anyone into bitcoin should be a long term investor in order to limit the risk associated with it in the long run.

It's easily said than done to make profit in trading and why will anyone go and start gambling with his money when he can just stay focus and use DCA to buy and build his bitcoin stash overtime. No matter how long it will take you to accumulate your bitcoin target, it's worth it because bitcoin is a store of value and a hedge against inflation. Whether, you start with small capital or not, you will end up in losses in the long run but bitcoin long term investment wouldn't put you in any losses, if you don't sell and use the right amount from your discretionary income to invest into bitcoin and build your emergency funds.

Traders end up with little or no bitcoin in the future and they will definitely, regret their actions but a long term bitcoin investor will have a significant size of bitcoin in the future.

Of course, a new investor should not trade for quick profits. But if we say that long-term investments will not lose money, we are starting him off with another kind of false expectation. DCA creates an average purchase price. But it does not create a rule that the value of his Bitcoin in the future will definitely be higher than the total cost. Similarly, an emergency fund can help avoid selling when necessary, but it does not change the outcome of the market. Remember that a person can either have the ability to hold for a few years and assume that his profit is guaranteed after those few years.

Many people may have a long-term mindset. But if he invests money that he may need in a few months, then despite his long-term mindset, he may be forced to sell when he needs it. This ruins his plan.

[Mate2237]

People know that gambling is very risky and is more of losses but they still go ahead to gamble believing that they can still be lucky to hit the jackpot and before you know it, they incur losses upon losses. Some even go as far as looking for gambling strategies to make profits. This is the same with trading because majority of traders are losers. Making profit shouldn't be the main focus in the beginning because that's what will mislead people into trading.

What makes a trader stand out completely from other traders is being able to minimize losses because no matter how good or experienced a trader might be they are definitely going to incur losses but if they can follow the principles then it is possible for them to be in profit in the long run. But chasing profits in the beginning should not be the focus just like you said, strategy development is what should be done during that phase.

I don't know if you're a trader and have made more profits than losses because from the way you sound, you made it look as if trading is easy to make profits whereas, it's an empty promise. I don't trade and discourage trading.

Studying the market and trying as much as possible to reduce your losses doesn't really mean that making profits is guaranteed, mind you I never made it seem like it's easy because if you read closely I said that a trader would have to analyze the market and this isn't something that is easy to do, this is what makes trading difficult and different from gambling but every smart trader knows that nothing about the market is certain which is why strategy must be backed up with risk management

[BITBI-4]

Sir, in my opinion small investors can also get a chance to make good profits from Bitcoin in the long term. There is no such thing as having to invest a large amount of money in the beginning. I myself started with a fairly small amount of money but my goal is to continue investing regularly and hold Bitcoin in the long term. My plan is to hold Bitcoin for at least 4–10+ years or more.


I have been on the forum for more than a month and regularly read other members' posts. I keep trying to learn from various things there in investing it is important to learn from others experiences not just what I think I am invested in the DCA approach therefore rather than investing some huge amount of cash in one shot I can deposit smaller sums of Bitcoin at regular intervals as I can.

For me the main thing is that how much money I started investing with at the beginning is more important than how consistently I can continue investing. Over time if my income or investment ability increases I will also increase the investment amount.


I believe that small investors are not supposed to be left behind. It's better to begin what you can stick with DCA and find out what other people have learned and to have a long-term perspective. While it's wise to start with a small investment, if you're willing to invest and be patient you can accumulate your Bitcoin investments over time.

[Solokan]

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

Indeed, if we look at the BTC price, it's clear that for some people with limited funds, it's certainly not easy to make significant profits from BTC because they certainly won't be able to buy 1 BTC. However, if we use the DCA technique, we will ultimately have 1 BTC or many BTC. Therefore, the DCA strategy is clearly suitable for anyone looking to invest long-term in BTC or who wants to make significant profits from BTC, provided they hold it for the long term.

It's indeed better to focus not on the BTC price but rather on BTC accumulation. We must be resilient in the face of bearish and bullish markets. In reality, many people fail to make significant profits in BTC due to being unable to withstand bearish and bullish markets, even with substantial capital. In reality, those who succeed in making substantial profits in BTC are those who hold their capital for the long term, regardless of whether their capital is large or small.

[Cossyblack]

This path is were the emergency funds comes in separate your bitcoin investments funds from your bitcoin investments account, it always advisable to have 3-6 months of emergency funds when investing in bitcoin as a newbie, We have seen many stories here of people who had to sell their BTC because of medical bills or job loss.

This is why they should build their emergency fund alongside their bitcoin stash so that they won't sell when they are face with real life emergencies. The reasons why they had to sell their bitcoin stash was because they didn't have an emergency fund when that unexpected bill came and the only option they had in mind was their bitcoin stash. Believe me, if they had an emergency fund, they wouldn't have sold their bitcoin stash but because they didn't have an emergency fund was why they had to sell their bitcoin stash to cover for those expensive.

Emergency fund is important whether we like it not and the hard truth is that if we don't have an emergency fund to protect our bitcoin stash then we should also have in mind that we are prepared to sell our bitcoin stash when face with real life emergencies.

[Charcol]

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

Indeed, if we look at the BTC price, it's clear that for some people with limited funds, it's certainly not easy to make significant profits from BTC because they certainly won't be able to buy 1 BTC. However, if we use the DCA technique, we will ultimately have 1 BTC or many BTC. Therefore, the DCA strategy is clearly suitable for anyone looking to invest long-term in BTC or who wants to make significant profits from BTC, provided they hold it for the long term.

DCA strategy is specifically designed to help small investors accumulate Bitcoin. However, it does not guarantee that they will eventually receive 1 BTC or more. It is impossible to give a specific amount without knowing how much you are investing, how long you can invest regularly, and whether you can hold it for the long term. It is also necessary to distinguish between having a whole Bitcoin and the amount of profit. If you buy at the same price and sell at the same price, the proportional profit of a small part of the Bitcoin and the whole one will be the same before deducting costs. The profit may be less in terms of money for a small investor, but not having a full 1 BTC does not mean that his profit rate is low.

[Nothingtodo]

The issue for me here is what exactly the OP meant by small investors. If what he means are those who do not have a huge amount of discretionary income to invest, then I believe they can indeed benefit from Bitcoin, but that’s only if they remain consistent in their accumulation and also maintain a long term mindset.

The investor means exactly that those who have very little capital but want to invest in Bitcoin. How will they profit from Bitcoin? The only answer to all these questions is that he should focus on holding Bitcoin for the long term and if he has the opportunity, then he should gradually increase his Bitcoin portfolio by DCA and hold it for a target period, otherwise it will not be very easy to profit by investing a small amount.

[slaman29]

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DCA is fun though

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

What do you mean? DCA ignores bear and bull and in fact, longer bears, bigger bears are even more fun (which is usually the opposite in trading because people seldom short for long) as your average price lowers. Bitcoin makes it the best asset even since it always spends much more time in bear than in bull!

[GhostOfBitcoin]

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

I think it’s important to first define what we mean by a small investor and how much they can realistically invest in Bitcoin. I think a small investor could easily be someone investing just a few thousand dollars, perhaps anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000. Let’s say someone managed to invest $10,000 in Bitcoin during a bear market, at an average price of around $70,000. What kind of returns could they realistically expect? I think that investment could potentially double, or even triple in the best case scenario, during the next bull market. Even then, I think a 3x return is overly optimistic. So we’re not talking about particularly large profits, especially when the initial investment is relatively small.

First off, while thinking about a scenario when we have a Bear Market, considering the average price to be around $70k doesn’t make sense either. After all, that’s where our All Time High was during the last cycle. So if we really do go down into a bear phase, there will be plenty of room to get the entry price much lower than what it currently stands.

Now consider yourself lucky enough to have a total investment amount of $10K (which itself isn’t chump change). What’s even better? You can enter at the very bottom of the bear market and ride through its entirety — and enjoy returns of well over 2-3x in the upcoming bull market. But then why should I think I’d see those kinds of gains if I’ve just bought in at some price near an all-time high? Well, maybe I’m being too hopeful but it seems inevitable!

[Mansoveh]

Can small investors actually make good profit with bitcoin?

Or are there other ways to make money with bitcoin as a small investor rather than just buy and hold?

As a small investor you can actually make profits from Bitcoin investment if you can be patient enough and also using DCA can give you an advantage as a small investor to make good profits in the long run but it's all about having the patience to keep on holding for a long period of time. But when using DCA it is important to start with the amount of money that you know you can afford to lose.

In addition to what you said, beginners should also know that the amount you use to invest doesn’t guarantee if you will make profit or not. An investor who invested with huge sum can end up running in lose while a small investor end up making good profit. It is important to go into bitcoin knowing you can make profit but profit isn’t guaranteed, this helps investors not to act out of emotion when the market isn’t going as expected.

Let me add to what you said. Profits are not guarantee in Bitcoin, but have the person ever tried to hold for a long term? If profits are not guaranteed in Bitcoin, does that mean those who are holding over some years will not be in profit with the price of today? Everyone is using that word “profit is not guarantee in Bitcoin” but I hardly see a long term investors complaining to be in loss. We need to be clear sometimes and use this word “Bitcoin is not where people easily lose money holding for the long term.

[samadam007]

Let me add to what you said. Profits are not guarantee in Bitcoin, but have the person ever tried to hold for a long term? If profits are not guaranteed in Bitcoin, does that mean those who are holding over some years will not be in profit with the price of today? Everyone is using that word “profit is not guarantee in Bitcoin” but I hardly see a long term investors complaining to be in loss. We need to be clear sometimes and use this word “Bitcoin is not where people easily lose money holding for the long term.

Bro I think you are missing the point. Nobody is saying Bitcoin cannot be profitable long term. Of course we’ve seen it happen in the past, but past success does not guarantee future outcome. We are only following the long term path just like past investors, so that hopefully we will also be among those that will benefit in the future when bitcoin performs better again. One can believe in bitcoin long term potential and still accept the fact that profit is not guaranteed. The reason why we use the term is so that folks be careful not to put in all they have with the hope of guaranteed future profit. They still have to consider if it is what they can afford to lose.

Some folks that have been holding for years now are definitely in profit with current price, but that does not mean everyone that held is in profit. It depends on the price they bought at. Someone who bought at a low price may be in profit today, while another that bought at higher price may still be in loss or not much increase. That is why he still has to hold much longer to increase his chances of being in a more better position over time.

[Just Say]

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

Indeed, if we look at the BTC price, it's clear that for some people with limited funds, it's certainly not easy to make significant profits from BTC because they certainly won't be able to buy 1 BTC. However, if we use the DCA technique, we will ultimately have 1 BTC or many BTC. Therefore, the DCA strategy is clearly suitable for anyone looking to invest long-term in BTC or who wants to make significant profits from BTC, provided they hold it for the long term.

DCA strategy is specifically designed to help small investors accumulate Bitcoin.

DCA is a highly effective strategy for retail investors, although this is a universal strategy but why do you think it is specifically designed to help small investors save bitcoins. Basically we all know that this is a universal and traditional Bitcoin investment strategy that has been used for decades and is also used by many to purchase gold. Literally it can be said reasons for the popularity of this method among small investors are: no worries about market timing, start with small capital and control emotions.

However, it does not guarantee that they will eventually receive 1 BTC or more. It is impossible to give a specific amount without knowing how much you are investing, how long you can invest regularly, and whether you can hold it for the long term. It is also necessary to distinguish between having a whole Bitcoin and the amount of profit. If you buy at the same price and sell at the same price, the proportional profit of a small part of the Bitcoin and the whole one will be the same before deducting costs. The profit may be less in terms of money for a small investor, but not having a full 1 BTC does not mean that his profit rate is low.

The DCA method does not guarantee that investors will get one BTC or more in the end but adopting this strategy guarantees that one can start with fractional amount of money and it seems to me they invest regularly and without paying attention to market ups and downs. In fact depending on the earning capacity and the amount of money spent on Bitcoin investment, how long an investor can save a BTC, however the condition of the dollar costaveraging strategy is that long-term bitcoin savings are required to earn significant profits from this BTC investment.

[BluebloodCXVI]

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DCA is fun though

DCA still remains the fun angle in Bitcoin accumulations because you will be working with your available cash flow to make sure that you remain at a consistent pursuit and the goal becomes the amount of Bitcoin you accumulate and not the value of price conditions at that time.

What we should look out for now is if we can be able to withstand both the bull market and the bear market when their occur since their Major features of cryptocurrency market?

What do you mean? DCA ignores bear and bull and in fact, longer bears, bigger bears are even more fun (which is usually the opposite in trading because people seldom short for long) as your average price lowers. Bitcoin makes it the best asset even since it always spends much more time in bear than in bull!

During that 2017 bull run period, it was almost anyone who bought bitcoin during that time that could make money from it because the price was rising fast due to all the hype around it then and also the growing interest in it and the new money entering into the market back then

In that kind of situation, it would be difficult to tell the difference between folks who truly understood the market and those who just got lucky.
That’s why it kinda felt like gambling, because people could literally make profit without necessarily having any solid investment strategy.

When the real problem came was when the bull market ended , the people who thought that things were gonna keep being sweet forever, they now had to deal with price crashes and losses, some even went as far as taking bigger risks just because they want to cover their losses, all these because they never planned or knew how to handle a market downturn.