Should You Trade Bitcoin Or Just Buy & Hold?

in #cryptocurrency7 years ago

I'm not a financial advisor. Make your own trading and investment decisions!

I've recently seen a lot of comments on my videos and some people saying, "Don't trade bitcoin, just buy and hold and you'll get rich."

Well, if we look back in hindsight over the past few years it's obvious that if you bought Bitcoin in the $200's and were still holding above $2,000 that would be an incredible return.

So yes, the "buy and hope" strategy works well when markets have incredible gains - and bitcoin has been the best performing market on the planet for the past few years.

But if we look at the total number of people around the world that own bitcoin (which I have no clue exactly how many people there are), the fact is that only a small percentage of those people bought and held bitcoin from below $200's.

There's a large majority of new people that have purchased bitcoin for the first time above $1,000 - that's why the price went from $1k to $3k in just a few weeks. It didn't just magically happen. People had to buy at those levels for the price to go up.

And because of human nature, people tend to buy into something when it's hot or popular. That usually means when the price is high. And a very high percentage of those people that buy high end up panic selling when bitcoin's price falls by 50%+.

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Too soon to just buy and hold... Bitcoin's value is still up in the air until this UASF / BIP 148/49 debacle settles. Until then Bitcoin is just a reserve, expensive, slow Dinosaur drooling at a pending invitation to the Segwit party. By time Bitcoin gets invited there's a chance he might just show up with his evil twin brother.

I'm going to keep some on the side for long-term potential and take most profits off the table now. That's just me though.

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