Coping up with the falling prices needs a good patience. Since I am sure many will be impatient and try to sell low to avoid losses which could be considered as a wrong move.
Coping with the falling prices of bitcoin and altcoins on the crypto-currencies trading market does not only requires good patience from the traders, it would also requires the traders to have a lot of extra money in his bank account that are enough to cover his daily expenses for many months, as he would not need to sell away his crypto-currencies at a loss in order to pay for his rent and food.