Long term hodling and short term trade is literally two most common ways Bitcoin investors used in their accumulation. Though, so many people don't really opt for trading, due to the risk involve, but that doesn't mean that those who are into it are not making profits either. Let's be sincere, they are making profits, as well as losses, but they choose to do it because it's their choice. As for me, I prefer hodling for long term. I haven't shown any interest in trading at all. Maybe it's because I don't have the time to learn it, but it's obviously not risk related.
And just to add, inorder for someone to hold for a long term, then should be other avenue where he or she can get cash, i.e having other sources of income. Because if enough money is not coming in to sustain an investor thereby providing the basic things for survive, then the long term investment might have a little set back. But like I said earlier, long term investment has always been my thing. I might go into trading some day, but it's clearly not for the now.