Holding Bitcoin for long-term is risky?

[I-Bit]

The risk attached to a Bitcoin investment is that if the investor doesn't have proper knowledge about Bitcoin, they can buy it at a high price, and when they see that the price is falling, they will rush and sell at a loss. Another risk is a security bridge that can lead to a loss of funds, and this problem is usually known to be the investor's fault. If investors keep their coins on a centralized exchange and the exchange gets hacked, then it's their fault; if perhaps any Bitcoiner mistakenly releases their private key or secret phrase to the wrong hand, they can get compromised.

Yes. Investing in Bitcoin will be risky if we have lack of knowledge. People who don't know the price history of Bitcoin and they don't know the potential of Bitcoin, never understand how to invest in Bitcoin properly. When there is a bad issue about Bitcoin, they easily panic and they sell the Bitcoin at loss. There are many cases of new investors to lose Bitcoin because they are hurry to sell Bitcoin. They don't know if Bitcoin price has the period to decrease and increase. We just need to understand when the best time to sell.

[legend45]

Investing in Bitcoin will be risky if we have lack of knowledge. People who don't know the price history of Bitcoin and they don't know the potential of Bitcoin, never understand how to invest in Bitcoin properly. When there is a bad issue about Bitcoin, they easily panic and they sell the Bitcoin at loss. There are many cases of new investors to lose Bitcoin because they are hurry to sell Bitcoin. They don't know if Bitcoin price has the period to decrease and increase. We just need to understand when the best time to sell.

If we invested bitcoin for along time , we always know bitcoin price will always volatile.
Panic is nature.
But we should have knowledge, sometimes negative issues against bitcoin and crypto.
It makes the price drop.

I agree with your opinion " We just need to understand when the best time to sell ".
Investment is doing at the right time to buy and sell.
It's the fact at crypto world.

[Doctor]

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 is more profitable, but we must have good knowledge, skill and manage emotion.
But during trading, we also hold several times when market down.
So both always we did.
Trading is needing focus and always monitor the market trend.
Learn volume and choose the right coin.
Several people prefer in new coins, they said It's  more profitable.
If we talk how much profit, it depends on your strategy.

It depends on how you deal bitcoin. If you trade btc make sure you have even a little profit and let it earn until such time to make it bigger. I think trading is not one day huge profit but it is all about little by little movement.

Absolutely right, trading is gaining profit little by little.
Except we use huge fund to do trading, we will gain big profit.
Whales will get profits during trading, but I see whales prefer hold the coins than do trading.

You are right because bitcoin is the king of cryptocurrencies it is save to be held for long term investment
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Yeah, bitcoin is always being the favourite for holder.
Bitcoin is more safe  for hold.
In my analysis, as long as bitcoin so popular and no negative issues I think bitcoin price will go up every bullish season.

[Power420]

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 in the short term is very risky because the price of Bitcoin fluctuates widely. If you buy bitcoins for short term trading then there is definitely a possibility that the price of bitcoins will go down. 

But if you hold long-term bitcoins then definitely four these bitcoin halving cycles will increase the price of bitcoins. This is proven by looking at the bitcoin halving since 2012, currently 2024 is the halving year so the price of bitcoin is sure to go up. This is why it is best to hold bitcoins for the long term, if you hold bitcoins for the time being and sell them at a small profit, you will experience the most losses.

[doc]

Trading in the short term is very risky because the price of Bitcoin fluctuates widely. If you buy bitcoins for short term trading then there is definitely a possibility that the price of bitcoins will go down.
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Trading is more risky than holding.
Bitcoin price is fluctuate and we can predict it accurately.
Maybe I didn't have good knowledge, skill and experience in trading.

It's the reason why I prefer invest for long term.
I think as a holder is more profitable and low risk.
But We should use cold money, not from deb.

[cryptoworld1]

I think Holding Bitcoin for a long time is not risky,it is very good coin and maybe bitcoin is upcoming years is going very high.

[Linda78]

We always find that those who invest for the long term are the only ones who succeed.  We see the Bitcoin market halve in 2012.  This proves that the Bitcoin market will continue to grow.  Everyone is holding that the Bitcoin market will definitely be pumping in 2024.  Those who stick to long-term goals succeed.  Many of us still lack so much knowledge that we do not properly understand when to invest.  When we see that the Bitcoin market is in a dumping position, we tend to get depressed.  When some people see that the price of Bitcoin is in a dumping position, they are busy selling their coins.  As a result they lose their currency.  Investors who rush a little never succeed.  Because they can't find the right time to sell bitcoins because they lose patience.  If you want to succeed in investing, you must take the long-term path.  Long term investment has less chance of loss.

[Papusha20]

I think Holding Bitcoin for a long time is not risky,it is very good coin and maybe bitcoin is upcoming years is going very high.

Of course, Bitcoin's momentum is bullish because there's always an ups and downs in Bitcoin prices. When you look back to 2021 you can see that the price of Bitcoin touched 68k dollars. From market highs coming into 2022, the Bitcoin market has touched 16 since the market bottomed out. This is the long fall of Bitcoin it will definitely recover, from January 2023 - January 2024 Bitcoin price was again up to 48k. Then you notice how the price of Bitcoin is going up, because the price of Bitcoin is going down creating opportunities for investors. This means that if Bitcoin was invested and held for a year, the price would have increased by two to three times. Just one year of holding can see a lot of dividends, long-term holding is much less risky. Because holding on to Bitcoin will surely increase its price.

[LogitechMouse]

The post is made in 2018, but still it's applicable until today 2024.
To answer that question, yes there's a risk in holding Bitcoin for long term... or I don't think there's any.

TBH, I always believe that every asset has risks including Bitcoin, but it has been the leading cryptocurrency ever since it was created, and it has been at the top in terms of market cap. Is there any risk in holding it for long term? I mean we know that Bitcoin's price is very unpredictable, but will it came to a point where the price of Bitcoin will reach 4-digits, or worse, zero?

I'm sorry. I'm at a point where I'm thinking whether it's risky or not. I guess it isn't that risky at all. There are risks but it's minimal to almost none.

[epidemia]

Trading is more risky than holding.
Bitcoin price is fluctuate and we can predict it accurately.
Maybe I didn't have good knowledge, skill and experience in trading.

It's the reason why I prefer invest for long term.
I think as a holder is more profitable and low risk.
But We should use cold money, not from deb.

That's correct. In trading, you can earn more and faster, but it's very easy to lose all your money. Therefore, it's better to buy BTC and other cryptocurrencies only for the long term. Absolutely, it will be safer for the mental well-being and health of any individual at the very least 

Bitcoin has demonstrated multiple times that price drops are inevitable. However, after these declines, new historical price highs are expected.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

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?

       -   The profit obtained in short-term trading is even greater if we have extensive knowledge about it. That's why it's really good that we can study and understand crypto trading well.

So I don't see any risk in long-term holdings. To be honest, unless you don't know that the crypto asset that you or we bought for the long term doesn't have the potential to rise as much as we expect,  But if you're sure, like Bitcoin, it's fine, and there's no risk at all.

[yohananaomi]

-   The profit obtained in short-term trading is even greater if we have extensive knowledge about it. That's why it's really good that we can study and understand crypto trading well.

returned to everyone who wants to do short-term trading; as long as they know and can analyze it well, they will certainly make a very good contribution.agree that you must prepare yourself first with reliable knowledge in order to determine the best steps.

So I don't see any risk in long-term holdings. To be honest, unless you don't know that the crypto asset that you or we bought for the long term doesn't have the potential to rise as much as we expect,  But if you're sure, like Bitcoin, it's fine, and there's no risk at all.

Long-term investment is of course something that doesn't want to take unwanted risks because price changes always occur quickly, but I agree that maybe for Bitcoin, which until now has a very reliable contribution, but it's not like there aren't any altcoins that are also good; just choose from the rankings. The best available at CMC is guaranteed to be safe.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

There's nothing being risky in holding bitcoin for a long time, it will be more profitable for us than we are doing for a short time, we need to know this that we cannot compare  bitcoin to other assets, this is the way we should first understand that bitcoin is a profitable asset of investment if we can hodl for a long time, when it's all about holding altcoins, I may not support that because of the risk involved but there's nothing to fear about with bitcoin investment if we can hold for a longer period, the longer the time we hold the higher our profitability chances got increases.

[de_prof]

There's nothing being risky in holding bitcoin for a long time, it will be more profitable for us than we are doing for a short time, we need to know this that we cannot compare  bitcoin to other assets, this is the way we should first understand that bitcoin is a profitable asset of investment if we can hodl for a long time, when it's all about holding altcoins, I may not support that because of the risk involved but there's nothing to fear about with bitcoin investment if we can hold for a longer period, the longer the time we hold the higher our profitability chances got increases.

Agreed, there is no risk if we hold bitcoin for long term. Bitcoin  will be  more expensive if we hold for long time. But for altcoin, we should hold for short term , or maybe one season max 3 years.
I don't underestimate for altcoin, but if we compare to bitcoin, I think bitcoin is better.

[JISAN]

There's nothing being risky in holding bitcoin for a long time, it will be more profitable for us than we are doing for a short time, we need to know this that we cannot compare  bitcoin to other assets, this is the way we should first understand that bitcoin is a profitable asset of investment if we can hodl for a long time, when it's all about holding altcoins, I may not support that because of the risk involved but there's nothing to fear about with bitcoin investment if we can hold for a longer period, the longer the time we hold the higher our profitability chances got increases.

Yes, there is no risk in long-term investment in Bitcoin because we have seen many times that the price of Bitcoin has fallen a lot for correction but it recovers again, sometimes it takes a long time and sometimes recovery takes less time, so those who will invest in Bitcoin for a long term should not  no risk  But his long-term investment must be so long that he will not sell the bitcoins until he gets a good profit.  But if someone panics and sells bitcoins after investing in bitcoins with a long-term investment plan, he has to take responsibility because panic selling can never be considered as a long-term investment.