Investing in long term plans is fine for people who don't have enough time in real life and who are very busy because investing in long term plans does not require so much scrutiny of the market or spend so much time behind the market. But in the case of trading, a trader must have enough time left to review the market and have enough knowledge about the market. When he has the remaining time he can hold as well as invest. Now as I catch up I get a lot of free time which allows me to trade well. But no matter how busy I am, I will certainly spend some time trading as well as having my investments.
Luckily if you have time to do both, because I do more holding than trading. Haven't even had time this time to analyze the coins you are looking for. I only trade on weekends, the results are small and can't be maximized.
That actually nice, but lately have been focusing on holding , because the plan is to hodl for long term. Minimizing my tradings . At same time am trying to learn more to improve my trading skills , you know one can use trading as an emergency funds, as he hodl. Though in trading is not every time one win (make profit) because losses can't be avoided but can be managed. As trader is still good to have good sources.
As am holding I'm making some plans ahead, like keeping some funds for reserve . So that incase of any dip, I would still be able to buy the dip . Now halving is close by , we should get set to purchase the dip because Bitcoin going to experience a dip with other coins going dip with it.
HODL is a term that says many things with one word. Unfortunately, I am not a good holder. I mean, I hold Bitcoin and some of the major altcoins, but I don't think I'm good enough at it. I aspire to have more by trading. I think it's something to do with my personality. I'm not going to be a good holder no matter what I do. I can only be a good holder if I get away from this market. When I stay in this market I feel like a kid in a candy store. Nobody can stop that kid. 
well I understand what you are trying to say that why most time I try all means to avoid checking Market., Looking at charts, there's this thought that always hit me , telling me to swing with the Wave inorder to make some profit (trade with my asset). But I always try to fight it because I focus more of my funds in allocating more coins for holding while I leave some percentage for trading , keeping my emergency funds aside .