Usually, I hold for 6 months, sometimes longer. Also, from time to time I can enter the market after 3-4 months of waiting. It depends.
You are real holder with altcoin because you can hold your assets more than six month and waiting altcoin back with higher price, I have the same with your position keep holding altcoin more than one year and when feel tired I sell my assets although with lower price, many altcoin not give profitable although have been hold more than one year.