Being involved in crypto space for quite some time now, I have seen the price going up and down a numerous times.
I plan to try out trading to try my luck.
What I am looking forward to is if there are any exchanges that enable us to trade BTC/USD without the need to link a USD Bank account. I want to be able to keep my USD funds on the exchange itself (I am aware that it's not recommended to keep funds on exchange) and trade as normal. I would be just withdrawing the funds in crypto as the time comes.
Do enlighten me regarding this.
I don't want to trade between the cryptocurrencies because almost the entire crypto market follows the trend that Bitcoin takes on (more or less).
local bitcoins is a good option for you if you don't want to withdraw money directly to your account. It would look like the person is sending you money for some service and in return you will be sending him BTC over the exchange. You are right it's not recommended to hold high amounts of USD on exchanges they can be shady at times.