you HODL something that is worth HODLing not anything that moves! hodling altcoins is not really worth it since as you already noticed they get pumped and dumped... how are you going to hold something that is used by every single other person as a temporary pump and dump thing? you will be left holding bags!
The sad part of this story is that, if you see this happening the next time and you feel the market consolidating, you will just sell high and buy cheap again.
no i will sell high and buy the next altcoin which is getting pumped instead to sell that high after the pump was over and the next and the next...