Holding Bitcoin for long-term is risky?

[bayu7adi]

So, what you're thinking is the bigger the risk, the bigger the profit you'll get? And are you also forgetting that the bigger the risk in your trading, the bigger the potential loss too?

I understand that there are still many people doing short trading to seek profit. That's not wrong. But what needs to be remembered is about risk management, where everyone has different abilities to handle risks.

I'm not smart enough to do technical analysis or anything related to short and medium-term trading. And instead of spending money on that, what suits me better is long-term holding.

[Dgsksn]

I'm new to this forum, but I've learned a lot about bitcoin. I have spent a lot of time researching Bit Coin and Altcoins. I've done a lot of research on Bitcoin's bullish and bear markets. I learned that long-term holdings in Bitcoin have a higher potential for profit. Short-term holdings may hurt us. I think everyone should be holding long.

[pacar_tiri]

So, what you're thinking is the bigger the risk, the bigger the profit you'll get? And are you also forgetting that the bigger the risk in your trading, the bigger the potential loss too?

I understand that there are still many people doing short trading to seek profit. That's not wrong. But what needs to be remembered is about risk management, where everyone has different abilities to handle risks.

I'm not smart enough to do technical analysis or anything related to short and medium-term trading. And instead of spending money on that, what suits me better is long-term holding.

Short trading, or what is usually called scalping trading for me, poses a very big risk and must be avoided because scalping trading has the potential to get you trapped at high prices. Many have experienced this, including me. When trading, I prefer to do it because trading is normal and I don't really want to make quick profits because I understand the process that has to be gone through and, of course, the risks that have to be minimized.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

      -   Holding Bitcoin long-term for me is no problem, as far as I know, especially if you hold it for 5 years. That means you will just wait for the 5 years that will pass before you sell it. That also means that whatever happens in the market, you will not be affected because your only target is to sell it after 5 years.

This is the difference between the long-term and short-term holders of Bitcoin, where the short-term are somewhat affected by what happens in the market because they are the ones who need to get profit in a short period.

[Uruhara]

I think Holding Bitcoin for a long time is not risky, but there might be less profit if i don't do trade.. So, to make a good profit from BTC we must do the short-term trade as well.

What do you think?

yeah, I too am someone who thinks that holding bitcoin in the long term is a very good thing to do. Because bitcoin continues to make history with the ATH price they continue to reach every time after the bitcoin halving. So I learned from the history of bitcoin prices and have decided to invest in bitcoin for the long term. But I don't like trading it in the short term. Because the profits are small and if you want big profits you need large capital. So for short term trading I prefer to do it on altcoins and take advantage of their volatility.

[taufik123]

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Because the profits are small and if you want big profits you need large capital. So for short term trading I prefer to do it on altcoins and take advantage of their volatility.

Bitcoin is only specialized for long-term investment because it has proven to provide great returns.
Trading short-term certainly requires a lot of money, but the best for short-term trading is indeed Altcoins, moreover we will also soon welcome altcoin season.

Choose a top-ranked altcoin with high volatility so that it has a fast movement.
My favorite altcoin, which is ETH up and a few other altcoins.

[JoyMarsha]

I believe that the solutions you provided are way too incorrect. In the sense that an investor will ultimately earn if they plan to hodl bitcoin for an extended period of time. Consider any investor who purchased bitcoin in the vicinity of 2018, the year this post was published. And I managed to hold onto it till now (2024). Was it why I made money from it? As of 2018, the price of bitcoin is "2024", if we were to check.

There has been a significant price difference since then. Bitcoin is now worth $45k, compared to about $20k in 2020. a significant disparity in cost.

[vegasus]

In fact, Bitcoin is very suitable for long-term investment. As long as we understand bearish and bullish time periods, it will be very worth it to invest in Bitcoin. Imagine if we buy Bitcoin at a rate below $10k now, until later in the bullish era, the increase will be multiple times that to get the profits. So, the potential to gain the profits are high. although there is still  risk.

[dwyane36]

In fact, Bitcoin is very suitable for long-term investment. As long as we understand bearish and bullish time periods, it will be very worth it to invest in Bitcoin. Imagine if we buy Bitcoin at a rate below $10k now, until later in the bullish era, the increase will be multiple times that to get the profits. So, the potential to gain the profits are high. although there is still  risk.

Buying BTC at the bottom and selling it at the peak seems like a simple strategy, but only on paper. In reality, there are many, both novice and experienced investors, who cannot correctly identify the end of a bearish trend. Moreover, not everyone has the patience to wait out a bearish trend, especially if the entry point was initially chosen incorrectly.

[therozaq]

Buying BTC at the bottom and selling it at the peak seems like a simple strategy, but only on paper. In reality, there are many, both novice and experienced investors, who cannot correctly identify the end of a bearish trend. Moreover, not everyone has the patience to wait out a bearish trend, especially if the entry point was initially chosen incorrectly.

We should have experience to know when bearish, It's difficult but wait until the dip after bitcoin touch new ATH.
I have several do that, and successful. I have bought at 2022 Bitcoin price at $ 20K. Maybe It wasn't the bottom. But I hold until now, I have gained big profit if I seel now. But not for now. I will sell next year.

[Uruhara]

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Because the profits are small and if you want big profits you need large capital. So for short term trading I prefer to do it on altcoins and take advantage of their volatility.

Bitcoin is only specialized for long-term investment because it has proven to provide great returns.
Trading short-term certainly requires a lot of money, but the best for short-term trading is indeed Altcoins, moreover we will also soon welcome altcoin season.

Choose a top-ranked altcoin with high volatility so that it has a fast movement.
My favorite altcoin, which is ETH up and a few other altcoins.

It seems like ETH has always been a favourite of many crypto users or even the majority of crypto users. Because we have to admit that the hype on the ETH network has never died out. If their Layer 1 doesn't have an event then what happens is that their Layer 2 creates an event and creates hype. Like Arb and others. So trading on everything in the ETH ecosystem sometimes rarely makes me disappointed. Because the hype never seems to stop. It's just that we have to know which way the narrative is moving.

The long term is still Bitcoin and the short term is altcoins.

[taufik123]

It seems like ETH has always been a favourite of many crypto users or even the majority of crypto users. Because we have to admit that the hype on the ETH network has never died out. If their Layer 1 doesn't have an event then what happens is that their Layer 2 creates an event and creates hype. Like Arb and others. So trading on everything in the ETH ecosystem sometimes rarely makes me disappointed. Because the hype never seems to stop. It's just that we have to know which way the narrative is moving.

The long term is still Bitcoin and the short term is altcoins.

Maybe this is a little off-topic because we are talking about ETH.
ETH has a strong ecosystem, being the pioneer of many emerging chains today and being the parent of all Layer 2, layer 3 etc. Chains.

So any project in the ETH Ecosystem will have better value, but certainly thirsty for projects that are really fully supported and have good hype.

Holding ETH for the long term is just like Bitcoin, because ETH follows the price of Bitcoin.
ETH for me is a long-term investment because it's almost like Bitcoin, it has a strong community and the development of ETH is getting better.

[AirtelBuzz]

I'm new to this forum, but I've learned a lot about bitcoin. I have spent a lot of time researching Bit Coin and Altcoins. I've done a lot of research on Bitcoin's bullish and bear markets. I learned that long-term holdings in Bitcoin have a higher potential for profit. Short-term holdings may hurt us. I think everyone should be holding long.

As you have done a lot of research and learned a lot about Bitcoin, you should also learn that if you don't invest in Bitcoin for a long time, you will never get the desired results. Those who invest in Bitcoin should invest long-term for a minimum of four years.

For short term investment I think you should invest in alt coins where you can get short term profit but the risk involved is very high. And if you invest in Bitcoin then do it for a long time then you will get good returns at one time.

[JISAN]

I think Holding Bitcoin for a long time is not risky, but there might be less profit if i don't do trade.. So, to make a good profit from BTC we must do the short-term trade as well.

What do you think?

Trading will not you guarantee profit because it is short term process and it has high risk so you should skip trading plan if you choice bitcoin. bitcoin is a potential currency and profitable assets for long term holding. it has aslo risk for long term holding but much less then trading. so i will suggest always to everyone for holding bitcoin for long term without trading it. if someone love trading and want to do that then altcoins will be better for them because as there is high risk, there is opportunity for high profit in short period of time. So if you take a risk, you should take the risk here.

[Gladitorcomeback]

I think long term trading in case of bitcoin is good because if we kept our bitcoin for at least four years then there is a chance that we will see more profit during Bull season that take place after every four years.

You can also think about your profit that if you have larger profit then sell your bitcoin and then wait again for lower buying price but all the time price does not reduce to the desired cost and you can miss Bull season in such situations.

Everyone has different thoughts and they think according to their benefits so keep check on your win percentage and then take any decision but in my opinion long term investment is good for getting good profit.