Yes you're right but not in all coin specially bitcoin. But for this situation of dip. I rather prefer holding my altcoin or bitcoin because i bought some of my crypto's in a high price.
Holding is very important this days because the market prices are down and that is the reason you should hold your coins in order to avoid losing a huge amount of investments in this bear market.
Ironically, this year was very tiring because asset movement continued to decline, even many began to saturate and sell in panic conditions, but it was very important to measure potential prices to remain stable at a minimum, so that momentum was needed to increase prices.
HODL is not recommended for people who are not strong enough to hold it for more than one year, but this condition will also determine periodic price developments.