We know, practice makes perfect. If we trade daily or occasionally then we can learn more. But !! it's not for newbies or unexpert traders. I think it's too risky then Holding. I am not saying you are wrong, I am saying there are need experience and knowledge to do that.
Holding coins will need the patient to wait for a while, and not all people have the patience. It is easy to say about the patience, but it's hard to do, and sometimes I feel I can hold my patient and want to sell the coins. But after that, I check on the last price and trying to place my coin amount, I see it's not good enough for me to accept the loss and it makes me realize that I really need to be patient.