Do both. Spread risk. Hedge. Just like stock trading and management of any 'traditional' portfolio.

The problem with buying and holding a small cap alt coin is it's just like trying to trade on Penny Stocks.

They seem attractive as it's easier to double your money on a $0.001 value coin (or stock) than on something that's priced at say $100. They seem doubly attractive as you get so many for your money and if they go up you can get a 1000x or 10,000x return.

The problems with this idea, as many have pointed out, is liquidity and volatility risks (along with scams, lack of regulation, ...). There is a very great probability that liquidity (money in the market to buy and sell the token) is being provided by a small number of holders and can be taken away at any time. When they buy in the price jumps, when they sell it plummets. This is in part where the volatility comes from. It's the same effect from pump & dump sessions we see initiated in so many Telegram groups.

However, just because a token is inexpensive doesn't mean it's not one to buy into. If it has a great business case / use case, a solid team backing it, etc. and you understand the field or want to support investment in that area - then buy in and hold through the rough times. History is littered with missed opportunity from startups that no one realised would become so huge. Apple ($0.46 in 1986) beating Microsoft ($0.11 in 1986) or say Coca Cola that never got above $1 until late 1985.

Ok, even for oldies like me the 80's feel like the distant past, but we all wish we'd spotted those and bought shares, we'd be billionaires by now. It's the same with crypto. You can trade the swings, pump & dump or get in at the ICO/IEO and probably lose money - or you can evaluate them against your trading model, invest and hold (so long as the rules of your trading model aren't breached). This is what I personally (i.e. not as a member of the CBF) have done with XRP and PBL. Two very different projects in very different spaces, but I understand the market and feel the projects are sold. Now we wait.

However, do NOT put all your money into small caps / alts unless you love risk and can take the loss of all your capital. Buy into the major projects that might grow more slowly but are more certain to succeed in the long run. That would be like buying into say BP, pretty boring, slow but safe and if you get minced on your alts, these should provide gains enough to offset them.

Don't gamble, hope is not a strategy - analyse, plan then invest.

CBF