Making profits through Short term trading with bitcoin is possible and many do that but like you have gained from the market there are lot of people who have lost there money in every moment you make a sell order or a buy order and it is common for any investing options but to reduce losses and increase income the investor should have patience and well understanding about the market and without those qualities an investor can loose so I think for newbies longterm investments are grate and if they become experts it is preferable to do short term trading