The recent pumps and dumps of bitcoin it's heaven for experienced traders, because (without no offence to anyone) current market is full of noobs driven by emotions which panic sell with every little price change. And those pro traders, who then buy low are laughing hard.
I have been HODLing my bitcoins for forever, and I never sold, not even when the price dropped to $250ish after having reached $1300. I don't give a damn, I don't sell for price swings up or down.
But just recently I did sell 25% of my coins and exchanged them for altcoins, because I am getting sick and tired of this blocksize debate, and it's hurting bitcoin.
If this debate isn't resolved soon, bitcoin will die from it.
And the worst thing is, is that bitcoin core had the responsibility to avoid this debate, and they failed. Yet they still have support of many people, even though they failed the one job they had.
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With you on this, most of us who've been HODLing will continue to hold, perhaps with some appetite to add to our stock when the price dips to more "affordable" levels. I hardly think those who've been in it for the long haul would feel any concern for price this year. The only significant event was the new high, and that is overall good news.
You're also probably not alone in diversifying to some of the more established alts now, however, what with all the blocksize wars going on. Makes me wish I had a bit more capital to manage that strategy.