Trading is very crucial if doesnt delivers profit in a short span of time, Usually traders do daily trading. Mostly traders spend too much time infront of their pc or laptop monitoring the fluctuations for a couple of hours, Its a stressful kind  of job because you need to wait an hour just to earn profit while holding is like an asset, where in you need to hold it for a couple of years just to earn good profit. A perfect example of holding just like a land property, a jewelry(gold). Where in a specific time comes. The value also rises..