If you are good in trading, then trade, because it can bring a lot of profit. I cannot trade at all, so I prefer to buy a promising coin and to hold it till the better times. In my opinion it is less risky and more profitable.
The risk is indeed low if you buy for the long term. But in this case, one thing to pay attention to is what coins you want to buy and for you to store for a long time. If the coin has no potential or a newborn coin, it will have a high risk. Unless you buy coins that are good and potential, it is a good thing for long-term investment.
that is what has happened so far when many people only suffer from the wrong buying and or investment, because not all coins have good potential in the future and if that is the case holding it for the long term will only get a loss. so in this case the risk will at least always be there so whatever is done at least you have to know what coins are worth trading and what coins are worth holding for a long time