In my experience HODL yes is profitable but why you should HODL if you can earn through swings in bull and bearish market, by holding you wasted the opportunities to earn through swings and day trades.
What you can do is to have half of your investment go into HODL and the other half to day trading and swing trades.
there should be 2 patterns in our finance in cryptocurrency. The first thing we have to do is to share the money that is used in trading, as you say to be able to get more maximum profits and some for long-term holdings, which of course also provides many benefits, but indeed with a long-term target.