I read the thread and most of the answer is trading! Yes it is true that trading is really a good method of growing your altcoins. But not all of the times you can win, there are risks in trading and there is not trader even he/she is professional that are not experiencing losses.
Sure thing inside trading,it's not everyday win whenever you make your position, a lots of people loves doing this activities in hope that they can make a good executions and earned from this venue of investment.
If you have time and you can do more effort to make good research before taking any action. Continue being optimistic and even you loses your position you can get back if you continue to try harder.