I have a mining experience in 2012-2013 and I think hodl strategy is more convenient and ease for a regular user. You just buy and hodl. And in mining need always to keep rigs live, make tuning and prophylactics, pay for expensive electricity, etc. It takes much time.
Honestly mining is really not that worth it sometimes, if you consider the money to set up these mining and even maintain the mining operation, I would rather use it to invest in promising coins even if they are smaller in value, I have seen a situation whereby someone invested just $50 and got about $600k back in return, what more does one need to have again.
So rather than facing all the stress in mining with the noise the machines produced coupled with the so much expensive electricity bill depending on the country it is being situated, I think it doesnt pay that much for me.