As far as I'm concerned, you can avoid risks only if you hold.
Even that is no guarantee! Long term you will lose if no person will buy crypto, because there is a new product at the market or there is a crisis in the economy.
There are many ways to get nice profits short time for example this:
https://www.digistore24.com/content/181197/16697/Miguel2010/CAMPAIGNKEYCryptos are no physical product and you can't eat them. The value only is virtual