If you are a investor then your goal is to earn profit in a long period of time. I am a trader and perception of trader and investor are different. I only buy bitcoins if my technical analysis me a signal to buy. I keep making profit in a short period of time.
A real trader trades his coins whatever the market status is, thus he will gain profits everyday. Traders know how to take advantage of any situation that the market will give to them.
Point of correction, a real traders don't need to trade in very market conditions cause there's always a time for everything and not every market condition are good for day trading. Mind you, crypto trading is a learn basis you learn more everyday when you make lost or a success trade and taking advantage of the market have to do with time and patiently study of the market.