I think it depends on you. If you have a good sense of market then you can trade. It can be more beneficial in a short period of time through trade. But there is more risk.
But in my opinion, HODL is the best at the moment. Because it is less risk. If you wait patiently 100% benefit.
I think ,You can do both for your profit. if you want a long-term profit you keep your Altcoins , Although they have a possibility for profit.
Remember that there is always risk in trading . If you can control your emotions and trade, then you can eliminate the damage and will be success
Everything really depend on the current price and the way we decide to make profit. I thing trading is the best way to earn a huge amount of profit in a verry short period of time, but sometimes we need to hold and wait for the right time to trade. We can really think everything like an easy task but if we are going to decide by our self decisioning we can really feel pressure on both ways.